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Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra Infiltration of Hamas into the territories of Israel and waging terror followed by attack by Israel army at Gaza between October 7 and 17, 2023, the first ten days of conflict, witnessed loss of lives of 15 journalists. A report published by New York based ‘Committee to Protect Journalists’ on October 17 revealed that among the dead 15 journalists, 11 belonged to Palestine, three to Israel and one Lebanon citizen. The organisation enquired into reports on eight wounded and three missing or detained journalists during the period. On the very first day of the conflict, on October…

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra Amidst various trends in alternative journalism, practice of Solutions Journalism in the United States of America claimed a place during the second decade of twenty-first century. Solutions Journalism aims to contribute towards mitigating social problems. Deep analysis of social problems from various angles and reporting on initiatives undertaken by different stakeholders to solve such problems constitute the main fabric in Solutions Journalism. It may suggest methodologies and showcase examples of success stories in solving similar issues elsewhere is also a part of Solutions Journalism. Newswriters deal with success or failure of a development with praise or criticism.…

The Multimedia and Content Development Course conducted by the Press Club of India and the Newswriters.in concluded successfully. The course got a tremendous response to the extent that we could not accommodate all the applicants.

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra Journalism, moreover news industry confronted disruptions in its traditional advertisement-dependent business model during post-carona-virus-induced-pandemic New Normal. As a result, subscription for news consumption identified as the alternative mode of revenue. On the otherhand, loss of pubic-faith in journalism resulted in growth of tendency for news-avoidance worldwide. The environment could not prove conducive to ensure financial stability for the news industry. In the New Normal advertisement spend for goods and services continue to be relocated into search engine, e-commerce and social media platforms. Two hundred year old tradition of news accompanying advertisements has been disappeared or fast disappearing…

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra Earlier to invention of printing technology ‘town criers’ pronounced information in high pitch of voice at crowded places and ‘news writers’ circulated news in form of newsletters dispatched to destinations. A large number of people joined the profession of news collection and circulation with increase in popularity of print newspapers and named as ‘journalists’. In the later times people working for radio, television and news web portals were also known as ‘journalists’. During middle of the first decade of twenty-first century rise of social media created opportunities for the news consumers both to receive and circulate information.…

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra News avoidance by majority of people worldwide is an unsolved problem in the post-pandemic ecosystem. Studies undertaken in developed countries reveal that non-news sites expose people to more political content than news sites. A paper published in the journal Political Communication in August 2023 indicated that among every 10 political news accessed by the public 3.4 belong to news platforms and 6.6 from the non-news platform sources. The estimate is the result of a survey conducted among over 7000 citizen in the United States of America, The Netherlands and Poland. The sample of the survey included mainly…

Search engine optimisation is important to get your content out there and attract more readers Search engine optimisation (SEO) can help an article appear higher up on Google search and bring more readers to the publisher’s website. It is also becoming a crucial skill for journalists but with every publication approaching it differently, it can be hard to know what to focus on. Some SEO tools and programmes used by news organisations are too expensive for freelancers but there is still a lot you can do to improve your SEO skills from home if you are looking for opportunities where…

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Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra India claimed the second position in internet shutdowns during the first half of 2023 in the international level as per a survey report published by ‘SurfShark’, a global online connectivity research organization. While 42 internet shutdowns were recorded during the period, India experienced nine shutdowns. Iran had 14 shutdowns between January 1 and June 30, 2023 and elevated into the first position. The third position belonged to Pakistan with three shutdowns in the six months. A three year status survey was conducted jointly by ‘Internet Freedom Foundation’ and ‘Human Rights Watch’ to locate shutdowns between January 2020…

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra  The total global entertainment and media revenue is expected to face stagnation with an annual growth rate of around 5 percent between 2022 and 2027. Leading trade and commerce consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)’s annual ‘Global Entertainment and Media Outlook (2023-27)’ published in July 2023 painted a gloomy future for the media industry. A section of experts expected growth stories in the media landscape during the post-Covid19-pandemic ‘new normal’. But the performance of the industry in 2022 presented an opposite picture. Total revenue year-on-year basis decreased from 10.6 percent in 2021 to 5.4 percent in 2022. It has been…