Mysuru: “Journalists should have investigating and reasoning ability behind every article they write which we do not find these days”, said retired Karnataka HC Judge K.L. Manjunath.
Speaking at Press Day held in Mysuru, he said, literature should be given prominence in the articles as it was given in the past but present Journalism is somewhere misleading.
Any news or article should improve the knowledge of readers. Present colleges don’t have proper infrastructure to give quality education he opined.
He touched upon the farmers suicide issue in his speech and said that even Journalists should contribute their time and knowledge to enlighten the farmers. Meetings should be conducted among them in every village and make them have a positive attitude towards life.
Newspapers have become courts now a days and they just publish the news just to gain publicity and TRP. They should stop glorifying news, which don’t have value, unnecessarily , Said Prof. K.S. Rangappa, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore at the function.
Actor Prakash Rai addressing the function said, Journalism should change their vision to build a responsible society and caste based Journalism should be eradicated which is presently seen. Media should work for the welfare of every section of the society.
Venkatnag Sobers, Sub-Editor of Star of Mysore; Guruprasad Thumbasoge, Sub-Editor of Vijayavani; Photojournalist Ganapathi Hedge; Ram, Reporter of TV9; Suresh, Reporter of Public TV; Hemanth Kumar, Cameraman of TV9 and Nithin Rao, Cameraman of Public TV were given annual awards
List of those felicitated included J. Shivanna, Senior Sub-Editor of Vijayavani, Rahmathulla Khan, Reporter of Rashtriya Sahara, Suttur Nanjunda Nayaka, amateur photographer; G. Jayanth, Reporter of Doordarshan and H.S. Muralidhar, Reporter of Mysooru Mithra.
MDJA Gen. Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu, actor Prakash Rai, retired Karnataka HC Judge K.L. Manjunath, Mysore University VC Prof. K.S. Rangappa, KPA Dy. Director Dr. Dharanidevi Malagathi and MDJA President K. Deepak, Litterateur Devanur Mahadev, actor Mandya Ramesh, Writer Bannur K. Raju, MDJA President K. Deepak, Vice-President S.T. Ravikumar, General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu, office-bearers of MDJA, journalism students of Maharani’s, JSS and Basudev Somani Colleges were among those present.
