Friday, June 22, 2007
Vol-3/Issue-10/2007
Medai alert-03
BBC journalist and writer Sir Mark Tully has said Indian broadcast journalism is tending to get hyped-up in coverage.
BBC journalist and writer Sir Mark Tully has said Indian broadcast journalism is tending to get hyped-up in coverage.
Speaking on Wednesday at the convocation of the 2007 batch of journalism graduates of the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Tully suggested that broadcast in India, as different from print, tended to go overboard. "Live coverage of the Varanasi bombings was ghastly. Repeated images of the bombings is not good with the reporter saying the bomb is here..here..here..I tend to think the coverage gets very excited.
" Journalists need to find ways to control themselves.Most journalists think their job is to be negative and critical. But good news is welcome. There is so much good to say about the economy, the NGOs, civil servants and worthy politicians. It is important to know what is wrong, but it is also important to know what is right." He emphasised: "Keep the writing straightforward and simple. Inform the reader about facts. Don't be a grandiose writer — that you can leave to the short stories and novels!"
News going overboard: Mark Tully21 Jun, 2007 l 0143 hrs IST l TIMES NEWS NETWORK
