In a Contest Sponsored by AFPF & DPFrnFour journalists receive awardsrn [Archives:2006/918/Local News]
Sanaa, Feb 4 – Four Yemeni journalists were handed their awards yesterday for winning a contest sponsored by the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) and the Daniel Pearl Foundation (DPF). rn
rnThe awardees were two writers for the Yemen Times, namely Ms. Amal Al-Ariqi and Mr. Saddam Al-Ashmouri, along with Mr. Osama Ghaleb of Annas Newspaper Weekly, and Ms. Bilqees Al-Hanash from Al-Thowra Daily.rn
rnStories by Ms. Al-Ariqi and Mr. Ghaleb won in the News Reporting category, while articles by Ms. Al-Hanash and Mr. Al-Ashmouri won in the Feature Reporting category.rn
rnEach award consisted of a financial award of USD 150 along with a certificate recognizing the winners' merits and potentials in the journalism field.rn
rnThe selected winning stories were among a total of 13 stories competing in the contest initiated as a follow up to a workshop held in Sanaa in November last year sponsored by AFPF and DPF and attempted to help Yemeni journalists improve their skills in writing news and feature stories.rn
rn “”I express my gratitude and appreciation to the AFPF and DPF for sponsoring the contest and workshop and recognizing the potentials in young Yemeni journalists.”” said Al-Ashmouri