Newspapers will survive despite the internet, blogs and the growing culture of citizen journalists because the readers wants credible news.
Media is not only a mirror to show what is happening in the society; it also acts as an instrument of social change. Its job is to inform and educate the society and acts as a medium of communication between the various organs of society and masses.
With the decline of print newspapers, there has been a wave of new media journalism and with the entry of electronic media, the concept of reporting has totally changed as it comes with the breaking news on all channels and reporting in print media by that time become outdated.
The media should not indulge in biased projection and distorted interpretation of news rather comes out with truth in front of the whole society. There was a time when media was sued to pride itself for rational approach but now it has come under sharp criticism for its negativism. The projection of news is also suspected because of main idea of media just to increase their readership or tolerating point (TRP’s) of their newspapers and channels.
The news reporters should not forget that Pen is mightier than the sword, today and for all time and all great men have also endorsed this view. They should make best use of it with a penetrating eye, reflect noble ideas and expose social evils and help in their eradication.
Since the more than 60% population of India is in rural where the reach of big newspapers and even internet is not reachable, the small newspapers have become popular and will help to overcome the news challenges.
To meet the print media challenges, the main requirement is go to with the concept of objective journalism and dig out facts and come up with truth with hard work.
Media is not only a mirror to show what is happening in the society; it also acts as an instrument of social change. Its job is to inform and educate the society and acts as a medium of communication between the various organs of society and masses.
With the decline of print newspapers, there has been a wave of new media journalism and with the entry of electronic media, the concept of reporting has totally changed as it comes with the breaking news on all channels and reporting in print media by that time become outdated.
The media should not indulge in biased projection and distorted interpretation of news rather comes out with truth in front of the whole society. There was a time when media was sued to pride itself for rational approach but now it has come under sharp criticism for its negativism. The projection of news is also suspected because of main idea of media just to increase their readership or tolerating point (TRP’s) of their newspapers and channels.
The news reporters should not forget that Pen is mightier than the sword, today and for all time and all great men have also endorsed this view. They should make best use of it with a penetrating eye, reflect noble ideas and expose social evils and help in their eradication.
Since the more than 60% population of India is in rural where the reach of big newspapers and even internet is not reachable, the small newspapers have become popular and will help to overcome the news challenges.
To meet the print media challenges, the main requirement is go to with the concept of objective journalism and dig out facts and come up with truth with hard work.
