KUALA LUMPUR: Star Media Group received the second prize within the print class on the Building Trade Improvement Board (CIDB) Building Media Awards 2023.
StarMetro journalists Bavani M and Shalini Ravindran had been acknowledged for his or her excellent contribution with the second prize within the Print class for his or her story “No Room for Pedestrians.”
Along with the celebrated accolade, they acquired RM3,000 in money, a certificates and a trophy.
This sixth version of the Building Media Awards, organized in collaboration with CIDB and the Works Ministry, aimed to acknowledge and respect media practitioners’ essential position in elevating consciousness concerning the Malaysian Authorities’s initiatives inside the building trade.
As a result of Covid-19 pandemic, the Building Media Awards Ceremony couldn’t be held till now. AMP 2023 marks the primary time it had been performed for the reason that finish of the pandemic.
This 12 months’s competitors recognised 17 excellent journalists and photographers.
Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi mentioned the importance of the CIDB’s Building Media Awards spanned 4 aggressive classes—Print Media, Digital Media, On-line Broadcasting, Pictures, and the newly launched Infographic Award.
In the course of the Building Media Awards 2023 held on Monday (Dec 4), he expressed his hope that this occasion would function a platform for strengthening the Ministry’s relationship with the media, fostering thought change, and growing sensible approaches to handle the challenges confronted by the development trade.
“A complete of 176 entries have been acquired throughout all classes for the reason that opening of submissions final August,” he mentioned throughout Building Media Awards 2023 on Monday (Dec 4).
He hoped this occasion could be a medium to strengthen the connection between the Ministry and media, change concepts, and develop approaches to cope with the challenges the Ministry faces extra successfully.
“The strengthening of the position and contribution of media companions regarding points associated to the event of nationwide infrastructure is essential as a result of the media is the medium of communication between the Authorities and the individuals,” he added.
Additionally current had been Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad and Secretary-Basic Datuk Seri Hasnol Zam Zam Ahmad.