Daily Sun’s Shamim Chowdhury honoured for sports journalism

Daily Sun sports editor Shamim Chowdhury has received a special award from online news outlet Bangladesh Mail24.news for his contribution to sports journalism. The outlet’s chief editor A B Ziauddin and editor Rashed Talukder presented the award at a ceremony marking its third anniversary at the Bangladesh Crime Reporters Association (CRAB) auditorium on Friday, 23 October.

Shamim was honoured for his 34 years in sports journalism, particularly his research-based and fact-driven reporting.

Several other personalities were also recognised for their contributions in their respective fields. They included film actor and Bangladesh Film Artists Association general secretary Joy Chowdhury; National Student Forum chief organiser Salman Sharif Sajid; writer and media analyst Omair Ahmed Shawon; teacher and social worker Dolon Bhowmik; Rafiqul Islam Khokon; Bangladesh Pratidin senior reporter Mostafa Motihar; and United News of Bangladesh (UNB) special correspondent Md Jahangir Alam.

The outlet’s editor and chief editor expressed hope that the awards would recognise the work of professional journalists and encourage responsible, research-based journalism.