KISHTWAR, OCTOBER 25: Press Information Bureau, Government of India in
collaboration with District Information centres Doda and Kishtwar organized a
media workshop “Vartalap” at conference hall
of new DC office, Kishtwar with an aim to act as a direct interface between PIB’s
Regional, branch offices and the journalists working at district level.
The workshop was part of PIB’s
media outreach strategy with the aim of establishing direct contact with
working journalists.
District Development Commissioner, Angrez Singh
Rana who was the chief guest on the occasion held interactive session with
journalist fraternity from Kishtwar and Doda districts and sought valuable
feedback from them on various matters.
He urged upon media persons to work with utmost
sincerity and dedication without any biased approach. He urged them to also pay
attention to developmental stories of various departments in the district.
He maintained that Media awareness is important at
grass root level and reiterated that media should not entirely focus on
negative issues. “Constructive criticism is welcome, but at the same
time the positive aspects should not be ignored,”
he expressed.
He said that journalism should act as a bridge
between people and government. He said that media has a vital role to highlight
different projects and schemes of the government so that the benefits reach to
the deserving people.
The proceedings of the workshop were conducted by
Sunil Koul, Media and Communication Officer, Incharge Press Information Bureau
(PIB) Jammu who stressed upon the need to give preference to proactive
developmental journalism in the region.
Special sessions about various nuances of
developmental journalism and role of a local journalist vis-a-vis development
in rural areas were also held in the workshop, which was addressed by a number
of senior and experienced working journalists.
Among others SSP Kishtwar, Abrar Choudhary,
District Information Officer Doda-Kishtwar, Imran Naik, CTO Circle Doda,
Gyas-ul-Haq were the experts who spoke during the workshop.
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