For the first time, Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) organised a seminar on the theme of Journalism Ethics and Challenges in Digital Era to observe National Press Day at Media Hut on Friday. Several media persons and officials attended the event.
Dr Jayadev Sarangi, Secretary (PR) welcoming the participants said, “Social media has lent pace to dissemination the news and views and also made the space more participative and competitive. I hope that this media will be utilised more responsively and not for propaganda.”
Giving a detailed presentation on cyber law, Nalin Chauhan, Deputy Director talked about fake news and content regulation, importance of digital media/social media in government programme and policy in recent era.
In the interaction session, DPAC Chairman Sharad Sharma presented his views on the theme Journalism Ethics and Challenges in Digital Era. He expressed his views on difficulties of live reporting and commercialisation of corporate media houses and challenges of fake news spreading through social media.
In the session, several journalists from various newspapers, news channels and web portals also expressed their views on the topic.