Prince Khalifa bin Salman Press Award registration opens

Manama, Mar. 28 (BNA): Information Affairs Minister Ali bin Mohammed Al Romaihi praised the support of His Majesty the King, His Royal Highness the Prime Minister and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, to the national Press role and its contributions in enlightenment and community awareness and promoting the developmental and civilizational accomplishments. On the occasion of opening the door for journalists to participate in the Khalifa bin Salman Award for the Press, the minister expressed the pride of the press and media circle vis-à-vis HRH the Premier’s king patronage of the third edition of the prize to be presented simultaneously with the festivities marking Bahraini Press Day in May, that constitutes the culmination of the patriotic role of the press and conspicuous sign of His Royal Highness’s constant support to press and media freedoms. Al Romaihi expressed his sincere appreciation and welcoming of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the Guest of Honour at the Khalifa bin Salman Award for the Press in its third edition. This is the first time a guest of honour has been chosen since it was launched, which mirrors the genuine deep-rooted and close fraternal bonds between the two brotherly countries and people and Saudi Arabia’s excellence in the field of journalism and the media as the role model to be emulated for cooperation among the brethren, that derives its strength components from the shared history, religion, language, kinship and common destination. The minister urged all local newspaper and magazine staff to compete for this prestigious prize which will be awarded in honour of the best journalism works published during 2017. Columnists, investigative reporters, interview will be considered in the political, economic, sports and cultural fields. The minister asserted that the Press corps yearly are honoured with this precious prize which bears the name of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Prime Minister and the patron of the press and journalists, allocated in appreciation of the free, honest word and the role undertaken by the press in enlightenment of the community and serving the nation and its issues. The Ministry of Information Affairs announced opening the door to participate in the Prince Khalifa bin Salman Award for the Press, and remains open until April 20. All press establishments and journalists in local dailies, weeklies, or periodicals in the King in Arabic or English may compete for the prize provided that their works were only published in 2017. The prize falls into the following categories: best opinion column, best investigation, best dialogue and best photojournalism classes in all fields. The works will be sorted out and selected by the award’s arbitration panel. The Ministry of Information Affairs added that any journalist or news establishment has the right to register five participations within each section of the award. Works previously reject in local competitions or previously winning works in any Gulf or Arab award will be disqualified. Applicants shall bear full responsibility for their submitted works. The Organizers do not bear any legal or professional responsibility in the event a work violated the professional norms. The ministry called to email the press articles or links to the ministry at: dma@iaa.gov.bh The name of publication, date of publishing and page on which it was published should be stated and the category of prize specified as well as the personal particulars of the applicant.