Kathmandu, June 22: A workshop on news writing was held here at Nepal Press Institute office in the Media House.

The two-week workshop that focussed on understanding the value of news and effective way of news writing wound up on Thursday.

Senior media instructor from Britain Mr. Peter Saunders conducted the workshop. Topics like news concept, news sources, reporters’ role and construction of news stories were dealt with.

Director of the Berlin-based International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) Mr. Peter Prufert oversaw the workshop. IIJ was the co-organiser of the workshop with the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Nine media persons from the capital-based dailies, weeklies and magazines participated in the workshop coordinated by the Singapore-based Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC).

At the closing, Mr. Prufert who attended similar workshop in Nepal before, hoped this programme will be of help to enhance the professional skills of the participating journalists.