3 pages., Suggests that Nepalese media need to review their policies with regard to social concerns and national problems, using development journalism that "focuses on the needs of the poor, the deprived and the marginalized and emphasises their effective participation in developmental planning."
Fleury, Jean-Marc (author / Executive Director, World Conference of Science Journalists in Canada)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2004-06-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23745
Notes:
Via BBC World Service Trust.Org. 2 pages., "Development journalism is an oxymoron. Developing countries need good journalism and good journalists, period."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35800
Notes:
Pages 362-368 in L. John Martin and Ray Eldon Hiebert (eds.), Current issues in international communication. Longman, White Plains, New York. 390 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29028
Notes:
Posted on http://www.youtube.com > Search on "p. sainath", Via You Tube, Features the thoughts of an award-winning journalist in India, P. Sainath Palagummi Sainath, about what he identifies as serious gaps in mass media coverage. He observes that due to the advertiser-driven environment for media organizations, national media are not interested in serving the information needs of rural residents and the poor, generally. National media do not have "rural" or "poverty" beats, he explains, although residents in those categories make up the majority of the population in India. He urges media to signal the weaknesses in society as well as the areas of progress.
