Author: newswriters

Appeal for special donation to support journalists under attackAmid all the anxiety caused by the global pandemic, our need for fast and reliable news reporting is greater than ever. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a special donation appeal to support journalists that are under attack for their COVID19 coverage.Link:https://rsf.org/en/campaigns/coronavirus-we-need-reliable-news-more-ever-act-now

   Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching Tracker-19 to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on journalism and to offer recommendations on how to defend the right to information.The press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a tool for monitoring an unprecedented global crisis. Called “Tracker 19” in reference not only to Covid-19 but also article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this project aims to evaluate the pandemic’s impacts on journalism. It will document state censorship and deliberate disinformation, and their impact on the right to reliable news and information. It will also…

प्रिंट मीडिया के लिए यह समय काफी मुश्किलों भरा चल रहा है। इन सबके बीच इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे (IRS) के आंकड़े नॉन मेट्रो सिटीज से इंडस्ट्री के लिए थोड़ी राहत भरी खबर जरूर लाए हैं। वैसे तो अंत में आशा की किरण रीजनल एरिया से ही सामने आती दिखाई दे रही है, क्योंकि वे ही पब्लिशर्स की ग्रोथ लगातार जारी रखे हुए हैं। बता दें कि पिछले दिनों ‘मीडिया रिसर्च यूजर्स काउंसिल’ (MRUC) द्वारा इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे 2019 की चौथी तिमाही (IRS 2019 Q4) के डाटा जारी किए गए हैं। यह रिपोर्ट इंडियन रीडरशिप सर्वे 2019 की पिछली तिमाही यानी…

Interview with  Rohit Dhulyia at the Second Haldwani Film Festival by Suchitra AwasthiAs a director one needs to keep on working relentlessly on one’s films without paying much heed to success. Here, on this note, I would like to narrate an incident. While I was a student, I made a short film called Rooh Afza. It was greatly appreciated in one film festival, but on being screened in another film festival, it was subject to criticism. This was a great lesson for me. I realized that day that one should have a balanced approach to life and not let emotions interfere…

An interview with Vinod Kapri at the Second Haldwani Film Festival by Suchitra Awasthi“I was quite satisfied with my career as a journalist, but Journalism somehow did not satiate my hunger for creativity. I have always been a person who has yearned for creativity”Suchitra Awasthi: I would like to begin by asking you about your early life and your career as a journalist?Vinod Kapri: As my father was in the Indian Army and was posted at various places across the country, I completed my education at various Kendriya Vidyalayas in states like Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal and…

शैक्षणिक एवं व्यावहारिक अनुसंधान को प्रोत्साहित करेगा समझौता : प्रो. संजय द्विवेदी  भारतीय जन संचार संस्थान (आईआईएमसी) ने महात्मा गांधी केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय, बिहार के साथ मंगलवार को एक समझौता पत्र (एमओयू) पर हस्ताक्षर किए। इस एमओयू का उद्देश्य पत्रकारिता और जनसंचार शिक्षा को प्रोत्साहन देना एवं मौलिक, शैक्षणिक एवं व्यावहारिक अनुसंधान के क्षेत्रों को परिभाषित करना है। आईआईएमसी की और से महानिदेशक प्रो. संजय द्विवेदी एवं महात्मा गांधी केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय की और से कुलपति प्रो. संजीव कुमार शर्मा ने एमओयू पर हस्ताक्षर किए।आईआईएमसी के महानिदेशक प्रो. संजय द्विवेदी ने एमओयू के बारे में जानकारी देते हुए बताया कि इस समझौते के…

Mill Lawrenz We live in an age of information overload. Bombarded by messages on radio and television, billboards and magazine ads, phone mail, email, text messages, Facebook, and Twitter, each of our days is like crossing a river with a strong and unpredictable current. Shut your eyes and just think for a moment how many voices and messages are pounding their way into your eyes and ears. The messages contain truth and error, grace and malevolence, healing and hurting. Marketers will do anything to get us to buy products. They play on our fears and insecurities and loneliness. Some journalists…

PRAMOD RANJAN An artist is known and respected for her art. But she is equally or even more so, known and respected for her social concerns. An artist’s social concerns or in other words, her worldview, give a direction and purpose to her art. History remembers only such artists whose social concerns are deep, reasoned, and of durable importance. Lata Mangeshkar (28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was a celebrated playback singer of the Hindi film industry. She was the uncrowned queen of Indian music for over seven decades. Her popularity was unmatched. Her songs were heard and admired not…

Dr. Kirsten Eddy & Dr. Richard Fletcher On 24 February, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking the start of the biggest war in Europe since the Second World War. Major news organisations around the world have embedded journalists in Ukraine to cover bombings and violence in hard-hit towns and cities across broadcast, digital, and print media. Journalists, civilians, and politicians – most notably Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – have also taken to social networks like TikTok, Telegram, and Twitter to document the horrors of the war for a global audience in real-time. The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine,…

Dr. Pradeep Mahapatra———————————————————————————————————–“‘Digital News Report 2022’ covered a representative sample from half of the world population to collect information about digital news consumption.  In  India, 72 percent of online consumers access news through smartphones and 35 percent via computers. The most popular platforms include ‘You Tube’   53 percent and ‘WhatsApp’ for 51 percent”———————————————————————————————————–While the spread of mass media and daily audience engagement time is on the wheels of consistent rise as a result of the popularisation of social media, statistics on avoidance of news platforms or particular forms of news have turned to be a cause of concern by the…