Gets Green Light From Youth And Sports Ministry
The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) today
(14 September 2009) gave its green light to a suggestion by the Sportswriters Association of
Malaysia (SAM) to introduce a sport journalism award from next year.
Its minister, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, said
the introduction of such an award could enhance the quality of sports writing
and news.
"We want the award to also be on par
with other journalism awards. For that purpose, the ministry will allocate
RM100,000 to SAM and also for it to carry out its activities," he said in
his speech at a breaking fast hosted by SAM here Monday night.
Ahmad Shabery said the criteria for the award
would be discussed by the ministry and SAM soon.
"We may form an independent committee to
evaluate sports writing and critics, photographs, reports by the electronic
media, etc, to give credibility to the award," he added.
He said the ministry also planned to offer
grants, like scholarship, to SAM members to go for short-term courses or
training in sports journalism, locally and abroad.
— BERNAMA
