Speaking at a seminar with the theme “How far media trial is genuine,” on the 4th Annual Day of the Sundargarh Journalists’ Union, an affiliated body of the Odisha Journalists’ Union (OJU) on Sunday here, Transport and Commerce Minister Subrat Tarai said a journalist should always work for the betterment of society.
Everyone has certain lapses. So, soul searching is needed to know the evil and get rid of it. While presenting the facts happening in society, a scribe should not compromise with its ethics, exhorted the Minister and advised the scribes to use pen for the greater interest of the society.
Guest of honour senior journalist Prasanna Mohanty said the 21st century is called media era. Media has been playing a vital role to unravel many things for the better cause of the society. Journalists Haladhar Dhir, Subrat Nayak, Kshetrabasa Khanda and Ganesh Sahoo were felicitated. While SJU president Satyananda Mohanty presided over the meeting, general secretary Kaliprasad Mohanty and many other journalists were present