Competition on media excellence launched

MUSCAT: Ali bin Khalfan Al Jabri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information on Tuesday launched the sixth version of Media Excellence Competition 2017.

In journalism field, the competition will have five themes namely the best journalism news, article, feature, interview and photograph.

Developing tools

He pointed out in the press conference which was held at the Ministry of Information headquarters in the presence of Dr. Abdul Munim bin Mansour Al Hasani, Minister of Information, that the organisation of the competition comes to achieve the Ministry’s aims and mission with relation to developing all tools of media work.

He added that the media system started giving fruition of the care accorded to it since the dawn of the blessed Renaissance under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

He added that the competition will be held every year and each year it will focus on a different theme. He noted that the coming years’ themes will focus on radio, T.V or e-journalism fields.

Awards

“There will be awards for the top positions at each of the five themes, in addition to an award for media students at higher education institutions,” he added.

On his part, Dr. Abdul Munim bin Mansour Al Hasani said that the Media Excellence Award this year is a continuation of the award which was launched in the past years.

“The award aims at encouraging media professionals and students in the Sultanate to develop themselves at the media organisations they work for,” he concluded.