Web Journalists Urged to Uphold Credibility and Responsible Reporting at Patna Event

If you do true journalism then it is beneficial for the government and the common people. We assure to put your point in front of the top officials and the government to give proper respect to the web journalists. The above things were said by Ravi Bhushan Sahay, Joint Director (Press) of the Department of Information and Public Relations, while addressing the web journalists in the program "Samvad se Samadhan - Litti Chokha ke Saath" in the capital Patna on Saturday on behalf of the Web Journalists Association of India.

He said that in today's time most of the people come in the name of journalism but they do not know the purpose of journalism. He said that we review the news published by you people every day and if there is any departmental error, then we also try to correct it. If you raise questions related to the concerns of the common people, then the government appreciates your work. To make your identity, you have to serve the right content and not sensationalism.

Presiding over the program, the National President of the Association Anand Kaushal said that the Web Journalists Association of India has been formed for a specific purpose. He said that journalism is a very big responsibility. Our main objective is to provide correct information to the common man and highlight the problems of the common man. Today, the result of the struggle of WJAI is that today the Central Government and the State Government have brought media guidelines for web journalists. Now web media is also being given preference everywhere. He said that just showing negative news of the government is not journalism. You should give direction to the society by showing positive news, this will increase your credibility.

Addressing the program, News 18's input editor and senior journalist Braj Mohan Singh said that true journalism is possible only through struggle. In today's time, due to social media, information reaches people very fast, but due to lack of facts, it becomes social media content instead of media content.

Addressing the program, Zee News' Bureau Chief and senior journalist Rajneesh Kumar said that how you present the news also matters. Explaining some nuances of camera and reporting, he said that if you present the news in the right way, people will read and watch you. In today's time, people try more to show the logo of their channel, whereas giving priority to content is more important than the logo. Whenever you go to collect any news, keep in mind that whatever you are recording should be recorded correctly.

Senior journalist Ravindra Bharti and Amar Ujala, Bihar Edition editor Kumar Jyoti also discussed the struggles of their journalistic life and warned the journalists about the challenges ahead.

National Vice President Dr. Leena said that today web journalists are also addressed as YouTubers, it is your job to stop this, because you show news but YouTubers entertain. Therefore, you have to say that you are journalists and not YouTubers.

Addressing the program, National Secretary Madhup Mani "Pikku" said that web journalists will have to exercise restraint on their dialogue and writing. The association has been organizing workshops from time to time. Participation in this workshop will increase your skills.

Addressing the program, State President of WJAI Balakrishna made aware of the objective of WJAI and he also told the basic duty of journalism. He told the journalists present that they must keep in mind that in the rush to be the first one, wrong news should not be spread as it affects your credibility.

Present in the program were ETV Bharat's Bureau Chief Brijm Pandey, National Treasurer Manjesh Kumar, National Office Secretary Akbar Imam, National Joint Secretary Chandan Kumar Raj, National Secretary Vivek Kumar, State Vice President Alok Kumar, Raju Pathak, District President Deepak Raj, Bihar Police's Media PR Sanjeet Mishra along with several web journalists, Bihar heads of reputed media institutions and local correspondents.