World Class : Myanmar Journalist Awarded For Outstanding Reporting

4:12 PM MMT, Wed January 20, 2016

 

A Myanmar Journalist, Htet Khung Linn, was awarded with EU’s Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for his outstanding reporting on child prostitution in Myanmar. Out of more than 1,400 registered participants across the world, the European Commission selected nine journalists for the quality of their journalistic work. Their journalistic reports covered topics ranging from the e-waste economy in Ghana, to innovative farming methods in slums in Kenya, drug crime in Mexico, and child prostitution in Myanmar. The 2015 edition of the award was organized in the context of the European Year for Development, and for the first time, the competition was open to both professional and amateur journalists, as well as bloggers. Established in 1992 by the European Commission, the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize is awarded in memory of Lorenzo Natali, former Commissioner for Development and a staunch defender of freedom of expression, democracy, human rights and development.--MITV