Kathmandu March. 10:A two-week training on Basic Journalism for women organised by Nepal Press Institute and UNICEF concluded here today. This was the first specially developed training module for women participants of graduate level.

The training, which had 19 participants from Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Pokhara and Kanchanpur focused on the definition of news, features, the art of interview taking, writing news and articles, ethics of journalism.

Speaking at the opening session, General Secretary of NPI, Bharat Dutta Koirala expressed pleasure on the changing scene of Nepali journalism. He observed that not long ago participation of women in journalism was negligible. Now the situation is different as part of the training each participant had to produce an article.

NPI President Gokul Pokhrel gave the trainees a certificate at the end of the session.