Srinagar, June 17: Following the issuance of new
Accreditation Rules by the State Government, the Department of Information
& Public Relations (DIPR) has invited applications from the working
journalists in the State for granting fresh accreditation.
The journalists seeking accreditation have to submit the requisite
information/credentials on the prescribed application form available in the
Directorate of Information and also in the offices of the provincial Joint
Directors of Information at Jammu and Srinagar.
The application forms for accreditation would be placed before the State
Media Accreditation Committee (SMAC) comprising Bashir Manzar, Editor Kashmir
Images; Shuja-ul-Haq, Bureau Chief, India Today TV; Taufiq Rashid, Bureau
Chief, Hindustan Times; Manish Gupta, Resident Editor, Early Times; Vivek
Sharma, Correspondent, State Times; Pradeep Dutta, Bureau Chief, Times Now;
Tariq Lone, Video Journalist, Aaj Tak; Farooq Javaid Khan, Photo Journalist,
Rising Kashmir; Rajnesh Bakshi, Video Journalist, IBN7 and Channi Anand, Photo
Journalist Associated Press as members.
Director Information is the Convener of the Committee while Deputy
Director Information (PR) is the Member Secretary of the Committee. The
Committee would also review the existing accreditation granted to media persons
in light of the State News Media Accreditation Policy-2017.
Pertinently, the Government notified the revised accreditation rules
rechristening these as State News Media Accreditation Policy-2017 on 6 June
2017. The fresh accreditation to the media-persons would be granted as per
the guidelines laid down in the State Media Accreditation Rules-2017 available
on DIPR website at http://www.jkdirinf.in/Upload/50deeed7-1a74-4c4b-91af-82769538338d_SNMAS%202017.pdf.
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