DK Co-operative Bank President Rajendra Kumar, who was the chief guest, said, those who work in the media are mostly middle class. “I have close association with the media persons due to my work. We must have a corruption free society for which the media helps. There is lot of respect given to the word 'press'. Whatever the situation is, the journalists have to bear a sense of duty on their jobs,” he said.
MCC Commissioner Harish Kumar said that because of the Journalists still there was transparency in society. Politicians and officers are fear to cross their limits only because of media, he said.
He also advised that debates on social issues must continue in media. There must be a clear differentiation between personal and social issues, he said.
DKWJU president PB Harish Rai presented a prolonged report that included the activities of the union.
Then various media persons who had bagged awards for their work were felicitated on the occasion. Among those who were felicitated were VU George of Mangalore Toaday, Ronald Fernandes of Deccan herald, Guruvappa Baliga, U Kumarnath, Surendra Wagle, Hillary Crasta, Ravindra Shetty, Agnel Rodrigues, Sharath Kinnigoli, Sudakar Yermal, Ravi Posavanike, Satish Ural, Dayanand Kukkaje, Ahmed Anwar from Coastal digest.com/Coastal Mirror, Jitendra Kundeshwara, Jagannath Shetty Bala, Hamza Malar, Durga Kumar, Muhammad Arif, S Jayaram, Srinivas Indaje, Venkatesh Bantwal and Naresh Sasihithlu.
The prizes for the winners of sports competitions which were conducted a few weeks earlier were given away. The programme included cultural performances by the young journalists.
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