Information and Public Relations Commissioner Mahendra Soni said that no news is ever confidential. It is the responsibility of an administrator to examine the facts thoroughly and give the right news of public interest to the media at the right time.
Soni addressed the trainee officers of the Indian Administrative Service at the Session on Media Handling programme held at Harishchandra Mathur State Public Administration Institute, Ripa, on Tuesday.
He shared his nearly 30 years of administrative experience and media-related experience of the Commissioner in the Information and Public Relations Department.
He informed the trainee officers about the structure of the Public Relations Department, the work of the District Information Centre and the functioning of the department, and also informed about the various dimensions of media through various media such as print, electronic, radio, digital and social media.
He said that the information, public relations department, the government’s action plan, policies, for publishing programmes, messages, information etc, in public interest, press notes, releases, information are published in print media, TV channels, MM radio, social media, websites, etc, are used.
“In today’s era, media is of utmost importance. In this time of viral and breaking news, we should be wise and quick enough to decide to give the right news to the media with proper facts, and should not carry any mistakes. He said that as a skilled administrator you should treat all media equally,” he said.