The PRD directorate of Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry organised a workshop called Media Vartalaapat Hazaribagh on Monday. MlA Hazaribagh Manish Jaiswal inaugurated the workshop by lighting lamp with DC Hazaribagh Mukesh Kumar and senior journalists of Jharkhand namely Harinarayan Singh and Vinay Kumar, in the meeting hall of Hotel Mayuri Regency.
Addressing the gathering MlA Manish Jaiswal said that media needs to be more positive. Talking about the ongoing debate on tolerance and intolerance he said that there is nothing at ground level but nowadays media is presenting it as if it is the main cause of concern for the entire country.
DC Mukesh Kumar said that media is the medium through which the administration reaches to the last man of the society so its role is very important. The media men should try to remain honest while filing reports because the common people believe on it. He expressed his concerned on the increasing trend of filing reports without proper investigation and understanding the subject. Senior journalist Harinarayan Singh talked about the immense scope of media in the rural areas of the country. He said that media is a strong tool which can make the rural people aware about the beneficiary Government programs and can take care of its proper implementation. He accepted that with time the quality of media reporting has deteriorated and said that we all should take care of it that more and more good people can join this field.
Senior journalist Vinay Kumar of UNI also talked about the deterioration in media and said that the visual media is more responsible for it. Criticizing the race of TRP Kumar said that it is the root cause of fake and negative news and presenting non-issues as major issue. He warned everyone that if we all do not take care of it in the days to come we will lose our identity and credibility.
Former President of Press club Hazaribagh Umesh Pratap raised the problems of rural media men. He said that it is the rural media men who actually visits the spots and then makes a report while reporters of town and cities usually file their reports from their offices or chambers. No media house takes care of these rural reporters; no one is interested even in thinking about their basic needs. Criticizing the department he said that the process of issue of identity card is so complicated that most of rural media men do not possess this card.
SN Rizwi, director PRD anchored the program while local journalist Shadwal Kumar gave vote of thanks.