“Indian media is politically free but imprisoned by profit. The crisis facing organised journalism is more fundamentally a revenue problem,” said acclaimed journalist and founding Editor of People's Archive of Rural India (PARI) P Sainath.
“There is a huge distinction between media and journalism. Corporations have made this distinction for me. There was a time when media and journalism meant the same thing. Now, there has been a shift in the moral universe of the journalists. Media is a business…journalism is a calling. The death of journalism has come with hyper commercialism. The mainstream media now has turned into a dominant media due to corporatisation,” he told while addressing in the closing ceremony of three-day 5th National Media Conclave-2021 virtually.
Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal among others also addressed. Organised by the Institute of Media Studies (IMS) and in collaboration with Media and Entertainment Skills Council (MESC), the conclave witnessed participation of over 100 academicians, professionals and scholars in six plenary sessions. While more than 70 participants presented their research papers in five parallel sessions on the second day, three were recognised as best papers. On the day, communication experts Prof Vinod Pavarala, Prof Mohammad Sahid Ullah, Dr Sudhamshu Dahal, Dr Kanchan K Malik and NA Shah Ansari spoke on ‘Community Media, Civil Society and Social Empowerment’ in the last plenary session.