{"id":7542,"date":"2021-07-06T17:10:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrdibd.org\/?post_type=stories&p=7542"},"modified":"2022-12-17T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T10:04:11","slug":"mohons-craving-for","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/mrdibd.org\/bn\/stories\/mohons-craving-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohon’s Craving for Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Until 2007 journalist Mohon Akhand had a very vague notion of what business journalism is. Though in the profession since mid-\u201890s, Mohon could, at best, relate launching or anniversary programmes of business institutions, bank branches, showrooms and press conferences by trade bodies in the category of business journalism. He had no idea that it could be something deeper, in-depth, beyond run of the mill reporting.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a Katalyst intervention implemented through a development organisation \u2013 Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI), that has helped journalist in the likes of Mohon in Bogra to accrue business journalism acumen. It also helped establish a working relationship between the newsmen and the business circle.<\/p>\n

Apart from taking relevant training, Mohon, now the bureau chief of a national daily \u2013 The Samakal \u2013 in Bogra, also took part in activities like roundtables, participated by entrepreneurs and mass media workers, and field visits to gather firsthand experience on how businesses run.<\/p>\n

Mohon, who has been in the journalism profession for over 14 years now, became an active member of Business Reporters\u2019 Network (BRN) in Bogra and since the initial exposures to business journalism in 2007, started taking a great interest in covering important business issues for the paper he works for.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy lacking in experience on covering business issues and a state of non-communication between the journalist and business communities in Bogra actually held me back for long from traversing into the area of business journalism,\u201d explained Mohon, who had worked as staff reporter in Bogra for another Bengali daily \u2013 The Jugantar \u2013 also a few initial years in a Bogra daily \u2013 Aaj O Agamikal.<\/p>\n

Mohon, who used to write more on politics, civic amenities, gender and sport issues, now turned a bit more business-savvy and a regular contributor for The Samakal\u2019s weekly editions of financial page and specialized trade and commerce page. He gives the Katalyst-MRDI initiatives and business peoples\u2019 cooperation credit for this little twist in his journalistic career.<\/p>\n

In return, his writings \u2013 some of which also splashed newspapers\u2019 banner headlines \u2013 helped promote the causes of many promising business sectors including, foundry, rice mills, share trading.<\/p>\n

Once Mohon himself could little understand the trading of shares but, now the time has changed \u2013 many small investors and prospective investors get cues on making investments in stocks by reading his write-ups.<\/p>\n

People involved in businesses in Bogra are appreciative of such rise in volumes of business reporting while Mohon always feel requirement for more high-level long-course to further sharpen his craftsmanship in the field of business journalism.<\/p>\n

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