Dated:
6th September, 2013
To
The
authority
2013/2014
Fellowship
The
Adopt a Negotiator Project.
Subject: Application for Fellowship.
Dear
Sir/Madam,
In response to your advertisement which is
published in the The Adopt a Negotiator Project website, I would
like to apply as a candidate for the 2013/2014
Fellowship
Program. I understood from your advertisement that, The Adopt a Negotiator
Project wants to nominate a candidate for
this program, who has an outstanding background in climate change as a
communicator. I think I am enormously fit for this fellowship program.
Tell
us how you hope to make use of the opportunity to participate in the upcoming
climate talks? What kind of impact do you think you could have
on the effort to respond to climate change? How might your participation help
shape your country’s role in responding to climate change? Each fellow has
unique set of skills and contacts. Use this letter to make us understand how
you will leverage those personal resources to make the most of the fellowship.
Bangladesh,
where currently I am living, is most vulnerable country in the context of
climate change issue. Like Bangladesh there are many states who are suffering
with the bad impact of climate change. But there are no quick remedies for
them. They need deep cooperation from the richer countries to reduce the harm.
That’s why we need to talk in favor of the poor country. We have to raise voice
to protect their rights. They are
not responsible for climate
change, but it's going to take
responsibility for them. There are many countries
in the world where
people can’t take minimum food in a day but they have to responsibility of climate
change! It is inhuman!
If I get the chance to join in this fellowship program
I will raise voice against this inhuman. I'll try to understand the negotiator, how we can save the poor people from the climate change impact,
how can be protected them from
this loss. Our
role is to
protect victims in many ways, I'll try to understand it to
the negotiator. I will talk and interview the negotiator and the delegation
team about this issue. My work will be, make them committed to do something for
the vulnerable specially for the child and women who are suffering most.
Millions of people of my country’s going to be loose
their livelihood and household for the impact of climate change. I will raise
my voice with the global community for these people, so that they can get the
compensation.
My
working organization, The Daily Bhorer Kagoj is a top circulated Bengali
newspaper in Bangladesh. I am reporting here as a staff reporter. Basically I
do report about administration, politics and corruption. But I have exposer in
several fields of reporting. My passion is environmental related journalism
also.
Here I
can share one thing. In February of this year, there is a big incident in
Bangladesh. War criminals are going to be punished here. Young people raise the
voice about this issue using the Social Media. If I get the chance to join in
this program I will make some stories about Social Media or New Media’s
influence in Politics in Bangladesh. How Social Media can make a social leader
and then a national leader! – I will give some recent example in Bangladesh.
Dr. Imran H. Sarkar became a social leader only because of his Facebook
profile! Really is there any influence or impact in politics about New Media
such as Facebook, Twitter, Google plus including so many blogs in Bangladesh, I
will find out it to make my news-story.
In my
journalistic career I have done many kinds of reporting. From human rights to
environmental issues, politics to health issues, business reporting to
educational reporting in Bangladesh. I have immense experience of
inter-government issues. Now I am involved with covering all sorts of
assignment centering administration and government.
I have
awarded from the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) for excellent reporting on the
Climate Change impact on food security in Bangladesh. Those reports were an emphasis
on women, children and sustainable development. I also awarded WFP Media
Award-2008 for best reporting in Food Security, which can be destroyed by the
impact of climate change.
Beside
that I have achieved UNAIDS Media Award-2007 for best reporting about HIV &
AIDS. Moreover I am fellow of UNESCO, Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) and
Journalism Training & Research Initiative (JATRI). I traveled in Malaysia
in the year of 2007 to cover an international seminar on tourism. Last year (26
March-06 April 2012) I have successfully completed an international training
course named freedom and responsibility in the media in Chennai, India. It was
jointly organized by International Institute for Journalism (IIJ), Germany and
Asian College of Journalism (ACJ), India. That was for young journalists from
South Asia. Recently I joined in a workshop at the Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE) in Delhi. This course was about New Media tools for
journalists.
Now if the
East - West Center selects me to participate
this fellowship program, I believe that it will be seriously helpful for my
career. It will certainly help me to gain experience in economic, social
and political developments in the USA, Japan and China including the situation
of Myanmar also. And as a third world
& developing country Bangladesh needs that kind of reporting for its
vulnerability to uphold the facts and figure, problems and solutions as well
as.
In
the finishing point, I would like to say that I am able to communicate in English
smoothly. I have had exposure and experience of traveling abroad. I am young,
energetic and self-motivated and dedicated journalist. So it is my belief that,
if I get the chance to join this program I have the ability to finish it
efficiently. I hope the program will enrich my knowledge and experience which
will certainly help me contribute more to the nation and the world also.
For
any further query, you can reach me at my mobile phone +8801712 28 69 49 or +8801713 14 77 63. You can also e-mail me at moniazadi@yahoo.com or
press.moni@gmail.com.
Thank
you very much.
Yours
truly,
 |
Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan (Pen Name: Moni Mahmud)
Staff
Reporter
The
Daily Bhorer Kagoj
As I have been engaged with “Journalism” right from
the beginning of graduation studies in University of Chittagong and by the time
being developed interpersonal relationship with the society in every aspect.
Our society has been motivated by the traditional culture and emotion due to
the political and geological factors that I have learnt through the experience
till now.
As a journalist I found the reader of the newspaper
of this country are really very much aware and conscious of the contemporary
events of the society. My realization and active participation started with the
society through the reader of newspaper because the demand of information and
it’s by rotation follow up to the development sector is the key factor of my
vision.
2. In my point of view the most important challenges
of my country is unsustainable political situation and its consequences. We
started our journey to democracy in the year 1991 and a democratic government
has been formed but since then we have been facing unsustainable political
condition, till then after every five years we are being ruled by the two major
political parties of the country but the problem is when the party who is in
the opposition they call strike and other political activities which are mostly
at the maximum level of violence. They brought out the issue based on
corruption made by the government, I agree the point of this issue of
corruption of our country but the way of expression the anger by the opposition
party to the government are not acceptable cause mostly it goes against the
public interest of our country.
2.b It would be a great opportunity for me to attend
this program as I will be able to meet other participants from other South
Asian countries. Sharing views will be very important in terms of other
country’s system of solution addressing to the core problem of the development
sector. After few years of experience in the journalism field I personally
developed an online newspaper www.bartabangla.com. Beside that, I
established another online portal, which is completely based on development
sector www.ngonewsbd.com. Through these portal so many young people are working in my team under
one umbrella. Already I have planned to share my experience with other participants
and as well as could be able to share the solution of unsustainable political
solution of my country. Moreover, may be some new ideas can be generated from
them that can be implemented in my country which would be productive to our
young society.
3. As a professional journalist I usually try to
disseminate in my writings the message how to protect human rights. When I see
any violence against human I write news, feature story or commentary, so that
respective authority can take necessary action. My country facing a lot of
problem with sustainable democratic development as here we have various
obstacles to gain it. I used to write the news-stories and analytical articles,
how we become a modern democratic and developed country in every sector. Beside
that, as a journalist I used to search the facts what is the main barrier to
build my country as a vibrant, peaceful and economically solvent. Not only as a
journalist but also a sensible citizen of the country I create an obstruction
against human rights violence with different ways. Moreover, I do blogging
about basic human rights situation in Bangladesh.
4. I follow Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus as my mentor,
who has great impact on me. He is a Nobel laureate and has been serving our
society nationwide to change social condition, to improve poverty, to improve
human rights and overall changes that brings positive impact to our country. He
was a teacher of Chittagong University where I have studied. Since my
university life I have followed him to make myself in a position to help the
poor people of our country through my work. His work
has inspired me
to work as a social activist rather than a corporate. I believe that the peace
and comfort of social activities is not available for any other purpose than that, journalism also can be considered as social work.
5.
Apart from my job I have several online
portals. BartaBanla.com and NGO News are two of them. To protect human rights I would like
to utilize my profession to build a ruthless society. Within upcoming five
years I want to establish myself as a young leader of social worker, who can
play a vital role to change the society in every aspect. In addition with the
existence responsibility I also dedicate myself to establish to build long term
democracy in our country, where human rights and development of democracy will
come under priority.
6.
By
joining this program I would be able to get deep knowledge about human rights,
long-term and sustainable democracy, contemporary world politics through other
young participants from different parts of this globe. At the same time, I
would be benefited and guided by the resource person towards adapting policy
based on culture, society, politics, human rights, sustainable democracy and
overall social development. I strongly believe, existing standard of my
profession will be increased through the communicative network among the
participants of this program.
Next,
we want your pitch. Please prepare a letter of intent, maximum of 1-page in
length written in English . Use this letter to convince us that we should award
you a 2013/2014 Fellowship. Tell us how you hope to make use of the opportunity
to participate in the upcoming climate talks? What kind of impact do you
think you could have on the effort to respond to climate
change? How might your participation help shape your country’s role in
responding to climate change? Each fellow has unique set of skills and
contacts. Use this letter to make us understand how you will leverage those
personal resources to make the most of the fellowship.
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