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Media Black Holes

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For some places to get any attention, people have to die. In Balochistan, mere death is not good enough, people have to die in large numbers, better still, die due to a natural calamity since natural disasters seem to be politically neutral. As Awaran was struck by one of the most horrific earthquakes of recent […]


Journalists to be trained for blogging

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PESHAWAR: To use modern techniques of disseminating information and get a feedback from general readers and authorities concerned, a training workshop for working journalists and bloggers held in Peshawar. The training workshop was arranged by the Individual-land Pakistan, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in collaboration with another organisation National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on the concept […]


Media: need for content quality

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FREEDOM of the media is depriving the public of their freedom. Media personnel hold their ‘weapons’ in the streets, chase the news ‘item’, arresting the wrongdoers and snubbing them on the spot. Road shows and talk shows are merely for increasing channel ratings and are a nuisance. Most reports, documentary reports and morning shows depict […]


Remembering a great: A journalist like no other

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LAHORE: Syed Irshad Hussain Rashid – more commonly known as I H Rashid – breathed his last on August 8 of this year. During his funeral in Lahore, it was of no surprise that many in attendance were those journalists whose rights he campaigned for throughout his life. “I H Rashid’s actions spoke louder than […]


Book on history of journalism in Pakistan launched

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KARACHI: “It was the golden era of journalism when people connected with this profession made big sacrifices while remaining truthful to their work. Writing about the injustices faced by journalists is also a way of taking revenge,” said I.A. Rehman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He was speaking at the launch of Dr […]


FIR against a TV channel

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There is indeed no doubt about the fact that the freedom of press and freedom of information is the key to a healthy society as well as a healthy democracy A First Information Report (FIR) is a written document prepared by police organisations in Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable […]


Baat Cheet Launched

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KARACHI: Amidst tensions at the LoC and an exchange of belligerent rhetoric from politicians and the media on both sides of the border, an alternative media platform called Baat Cheet initiated by Tehelka in India and PeaceNiche in Pakistan was launched at T2F on Wednesday. The Indian participants in the event led by Kunal Majumder, […]


Behind the conspiracy theories

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By: SYED IRFAN ASHRAF ON television, a couple of celebrity anchors were discussing the rising tide of conspiracy theories in Pakistan. One of the anchors complained that everyone in Pakistan is a foreign agent in the eyes of the other. Media anchors skilfully identify a malaise but circumvent a candid prescription. Such tricks have become […]


Collection of data on families of slain journalists begins

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PESHAWAR: The Journalists Welfare, Safety and Development Foundation (JWSDF) has issued a data form to all of its coordinators to collect basic information about the relatives of the slain mediapersons so that practical steps could be taken for the welfare of the bereaved families. The decision was taken in a meeting of the foundation at […]


CPNE rejects threats to media

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LAHORE: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) in its meeting rejected all those steps of the government that could put fetters on journalism and right of expression. The meeting of the Standing Committee of the CPNE chaired by CPNE President Jamil Athar Qazi was also attended by Editor-in-Chief of Daily Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation Majid […]


Deutsche Welle seeks young journalism trainees

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Candidates native in one of 11 languages — Arabic, Bengali, English, Hausa, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese (for Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu — can apply for the program, in which participants will learn how to be journalism trainers. The international training, to be conducted in Bonn, Germany, is specially designed for young journalists from the […]


NPR offers reporting fellowship (Worldwide)

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Journalists worldwide can apply for a US$24,000 fellowship to conduct a reporting project abroad. Sponsored by the John Alexander Project and NPR, the Above the Fray Fellowship is designed to give a promising journalist the opportunity to cover important, under-reported stories from abroad. The selected individual will spend three months filing on-air and online stories […]


KU journalism alumni body’s officials elected

Karachi: The new office-bearers of the KU Journalism Alumni Association were elected on Sunday. Mehmood Farooqi and Abid Hussain were elected as the president and the general secretary respectively. The elections were held at the Karachi Press Club. Khalida Siddiqui and Omer Ansari were elected as vice presidents, Dr Fatima Hassan as the joint secretary […]


Condolence reference held for M.A Majid

KARACHI: The Dawn Unit of Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) held a condolence reference for veteran journalist late M.A Majid for his services to journalism, the trade union movement and his fight for the cause of the downtrodden. Those who spoke included senior journalists Mohammad Ali Siddiqui, Zubaida Mustafa, Jawaid Bokhari, Habib Khan Ghori, Asim […]