Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada district committee of the Karnataka Journalist Union organised National Press Day and a felicitation ceremony to honour eight senior journalists at a unique event at the Abbakka Queen Cruise on Tuesday.
Inaugurating the programme, district Deputy Commissioner Dr K V Rajendra opined that cut and paste journalism is wrong. “Investigative journalism is crucial in making an objective report,” he said.
Mangalore South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath, who was also present on the occasion, said that a journalist is one who shows the truth to society and that it is a journalist’s duty to be alert and correct the mistakes in society.
Speaking further, he said that action will be taken to formulate new projects for Mangaluru’s tourism sector.
On the occasion, senior journalists Richard Lasrado and Lakshman Kunder from Mangaluru, Jayaprakash Kukketi from Sullia, Janardhan S Puriya (Kadaba), UL Uday Kumar (Puttur), RN Poovani Ujire (Belthangady), Raja Bantwal (Bantwal) and Hameed Vittla (Vittal) – were felicitated.
Karnataka Journalist Union’s DK unit president Harish Bantwal made the opening remarks and briefed the gathering on the unit’s evolution.
KJU District Committee General Secretary Taranath Gatti Kapikad compered the event, Organizing Secretary Canute J. Pinto read out the profiles of awardees. Karnataka Journalist Union District Treasurer Jyotiprakash Punacha proposed a vote of thanks.
State president of the Karnataka Journalist Union B Narayana, KJU Bangalore Honorary President Rajendra Kumar, General Secretary Narendranath, Secretary Raghavendra Kesavalalu, Vice President ET Care Raju, KJU Chikkamagaluru District President Jayakumar K, Joint Secretary Ishwar Varanasi, Vice President Giridhar Shetty, Gautam Shetty and other members were present.
After the formal programme was concluded, Dr Chandra Poojary, a retired professor of the Hampi Kannada University, delivered a special lecture on the topic ‘Expressionism; Principles and Practice’.
The National Press Day celebration was accompanied by a panoramic cruise between the river and sea, starting from Bokkapatnam on the Abbakka Queen Cruise.
