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Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra Journalists confront moral injury due to various reasons. Moral injury among journalists is defined as the suffering that results out of failure to satisfy one’s own deeply held moral beliefs and values on journalism. Though ethics in journalism are determined at different platforms, every journalist construct its own ethical frame-work basing upon his or her perspective, ability, training, ideal and environmental compulsions. It differs from person to person. However, search for truth to disseminate, writing for public good and endeavour to secure the status of journalism are some of the universally accepted journalistic approaches every one adheres…

राजेश बादल  भारत के महान संपादक राजेंद्र माथुर (1935-1991)की आज पुण्यतिथि है। यहाँ प्रस्तुत है उनके पैंतीस साल पुराने एक दुर्लभ व्याख्यान का अंश ,जो उन्होंने पत्रकारों की गिरती साख और आचार संहिता के बारे में दिया था।  व्याख्यान का यह हिस्सा उन के बारे में नेशनल बुक ट्रस्ट की ओर से प्रकाशित मेरी पुस्तक सदी का संपादक – राजेंद्र माथुर से लिया गया है। पत्रकारिता पर उनके विस्तृत विचार आप इस पुस्तक में पढ़ सकते हैं। पुस्तक अमेज़न पर उपलब्ध है    राजेंद्र माथुर पत्रकारों को प्रायः यह ग़लतफहमी रहती है या सहीफ़हमी रहती होगी कि वे बहुत वे…

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra After one year completion of the public launch of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), the earlier days of 2024 witnessed enough speculation of possible impact of the new technology on everyday life of the people worldwide. Following footsteps of ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLM) like Google Bard, BingChat, ClaudeLLM are available free of charge, while Jasper solicits subscription for use. In addition, applications like Adobe Firefly, Bedrock, BloombergGPT, Dall-E2, Eighthfold.ai, Grammarly Go, HR Signal, Microsoft-365-Copilot, Midjourney, Retrain.ai, Salesforce-Einstein-GPT, Soundbite.ai, SlackGPT, Tome etc. are available for professional use. Experts in the field claim that dominance of GenAI in various…

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra In a measurement of public trust in four major areas of society through a five point scale, India ranked fourth position in media. The Edelman Trust Barometer 2024 report published on January 15, 2024 ahead of annual meeting of World Economic Forum at Davos disclosed peoples opinion on business, government, non-government organisations and media in the international level. Indians placed business and NGOs in the first position, and dragged government to the last position. For preparation of their 24th annual report, Edelman conducted a survey during October and November in 2023 among 32,000 people spread over 28…

Preparing for the CUET UG 2024 can be a challenging yet rewarding journey. Here are eight key techniques to help you succeed as a student https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/tips-and-tricks/story/cuet-ug-2024-8-proven-strategies-to-excel-in-the-exam-2524032-2024-04-06

Ask an AI app if it will kill off journalism and you get a nuanced answer. But from a human point of view, things seem more black and white. Full article: https://news-decoder.com/even-ai-thinks-journalism-is-essential/

The International Initiative on Information & Democracy powered by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) aims at bringing guarantees for the freedom of opinion and expression in the global space of information and communication. This project is set to implement Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in the digital era. https://rsf.org/en/information-and-democracy

A new book looks at the audiences who never read the news. Co-author Dr Benjamin Toff says that newsrooms must think about fitting around the lives of busy, anxious and alienated people News avoidance is a trend that has had the industry concerned for the last few years. In the last Reuters Institute Digital News Report, nearly half (41 per cent) of Britons said they sometimes or often avoided the news, citing mental health, negative news and information overload as some of the top reasons why. But there is a smaller subset of audiences known as consistent news avoiders who…

Want to be recognized for your science journalism, or looking for funding for your next environmental reporting project? Check out these grants, contests and fellowships, all with deadlines next month and available to journalists globally https://ijnet.org/en/story/9-worldwide-opportunities-deadlines-april

Janine Jackson interviewed filmmaker Rick Goldsmith about his documentary Stripped for Parts for the March 22, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Documentary filmmakers don’t start when the camera rolls. The work involves not just gathering knowledge on a topic, but establishing relationships—sometimes with people who have no reason to trust that a camera in their face will lead to anything good for them. Likewise, documentary filmmakers are not done when the film is finished, especially in the media-everywhere-all-the-time world we live in now. Simply creating something is not the same as guiding it…