Google’s Ashish Kalsi here on Friday demonstrated the methods of using Google tools in journalism. In the world of digital journalism, Google can be a life saver, he added.
He gave demonstration on Friday at the workshop oraganised by the Google and Vox Foundation. Kalsi not only explained each part of the tool clearly to the present journalists, but helped them with their curiosity. The co-founder of newslaundry.com and the creator of Gustakhi Maaf, Abhinandan Shekhri said that in his website he never used advertisements, but this is being considered now. He also said that there is a lot of possibility for Hindi in digital media.
Editor of Huffington post Shivam Vij said that the senior journalists of traditional media are entering into digital media. The change that has come in the world of digital media, is positive and there is a lot of space for expression, said Akshat Sharma of Swadesh.
In the opinion of editor of Daily News Sandeep Purohit the traditional media has the same value as it had in the past.
“To get on qualitative information on digital media is not only the need of the hour, but people like it too,” said OSD of Madhya Pradesh Madhyam Pushpendra Pal Singh.
The editor of MPPost Sarman Nagele said that the digital media has expanded mainly due to Hindi. This is all due to the expansion of the social media and the support of Hindi on them. He further said that digital media is supplementing traditional print media and electronic media. The traditional medias are getting depended more and more on digital media, added Nagele.
The workshop was managed by the founder of the Vox Foundation Avinash Kalla. On this occasion, the regional news head of Doordarshan Bhopal Vinod Nagar, senior editor of E-TV MP/CG Ajay Tripati, Bureau Chief of Hindustan Times Ranjan Shrivastava, lemuel lal of PTI, Dilip Motwani of Bhasha, Shuriah Niazi of India Today, Raju Kumar of Outlook and many journalists from print, electronic and digital media were present.