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Conference stresses need for ethical journalism

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ISLAMABAD: Improved working conditions for media persons, professional training and state support for free media were termed vital for the promotion of ethical journalism in the country. These views were expressed by senior media persons and activists at a two-day annual conference of Pakistan Coalition of Ethical Journalism (PCEJ) titled ‘Ethical Dilemmas for Media in […]


Amid the media industry lure,better journalists not in the making

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Karachi: If you are a working journalist, then the media studies department every university is intent on setting up is good news. Teaching there may add to your otherwise paltry salary. But the graduates these universities are churning out in several hundreds every year may not have a promising future ahead. The booming media industry […]


Radio employees plea on transfer IHC issues notices to PBC, others

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday issued notices to Federation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and Controller news /current affairs PBC in response to a petition filed by the employees of Radio Pakistan. A single- member bench of Chief Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi heard the petition filed […]


Ethical do’s and don’ts for media discussed

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Karachi: A daylong workshop on media ethics was organised by the Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies, Greenwich University. An official of the institution said on Monday that its objective was to highlight the ethical practices required for both news and entertainment and to discuss ‘unethical practices’ in today’s media industry of the country. […]


Training course on journalism begins at University of Peshawar

A three month training course on “Development Journalism”, funded by the German government has started here at Journalism and Mass Communication Department University of Peshawar on Thursday. The training course was conducted under the Independent Project Reporting (IPR) implemented by the Fata Secretariat and Deutsche Gesellschaft für InternationaleZusammenarbeit GIZ, funded by the German government. The […]