 ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 10: The 7th Media Federation Excellence Awards 2013 were given away in New Delhi in a glittering ceremony. Prominent personalities who attended the function included, Ministers, MP's, MLA's and journalists. The function began with traditional custom of lighting a lamp and thereafter various speakers spoke on both print and electronic media. They spoke on the role of media in the Indian society. Media plays a significant role in our society today. The speakers focused their talk on the fact today media is all around us, from the shows we watch on television, the music we listen to on the radio, to the books and magazines we read each day.
Media can contribute a lot to a society. It can change opinions because they have access to people and this gives it a lot of strength. This strength can either be used constructively by educating the people or it can be used destructively by misleading the innocent people, the most important use of media is to educate the people about the basic human rights. The dilemma of the developing countries is that people are not fully aware of their basic rights and if they know, they don't know about what to do and where to go.
They don't know their collective strength. Even they don't know how to protest and what is the importance of protests. Media plays a very important role in the building of a society.
Media has changed the societies of world so much that we can't ignore its importance. Media is a source of information or communication, media includes sources like print media and electronic media. Newspapers, magazines and any other form, which is written or printed, is included in print media and in electronic media, radio, television and Internet etc. are included. I
n this age when there are so many channels and newspapers we cannot ignore its importance in the society.
Media has lot of responsibility on its shoulders as today's society is very much influenced by the role of media. We believe in what media projects to us.
We change our minds according to the information provided through it.
In the past when the media was not so strong we were quite ignorant about what is happening around us, today we come to know very quickly what is happening around us. We have the access to all the international news channels that provide us the facts and figures.
Considering this fact that media has the power to influence society, it should know its responsibility towards society. It should feel its responsibility to educate the society in a positive way.
It should be giving us fair analysis and factual information. Media plays a vital role in our society and is a part of our life. Media is a bridge between the governing bodies and general public.
It is a powerful and flexible tool that influences the public to a great extent. Media is voice of the voiceless and a great force in building the nation The biggest question is if the media is unbiased when reporting a news or an event, and are they truthful to their responsibilities?
This was followed by the awards ceremony and the awards included the following categories.1. Best Journalist of Regional Newspaper Young Bites J&K Vijay Gupta. 2. Best Rural Journalist of the year Dr. Mahesh Kurrey, Dhamtary, Chhattigarh 3. Special Award for Media Support Sarita Pandey 4. Best Multi Language News Channel of the year NE TV News Channel 5. Special Award for News Portal, Ram Niwas Sharma Best news magazine of the year News Street. 6. 7. Best PR Executive of the year, Vishwnath Chandan, PRO, NTPC 8. Best Regional language News Channel of the year, Hamar TV, 9. Best Media Cordinator of the year, Rajiv Malviya, Sahara Samay, 10. Best Small Newspaper of the year, Jai Hind Janab, Azad Khan, 11. Lifetime Media Achievement of the year, Dr. Krishan Dev Agarwal 12. Lifetime Media Achievement of the year, Pramod Joshi, 13. Best Only Women News Channel of the year, FOCUS TV News Channel, 14. Best PR Executive of the year, Mr. Rohit Inder Singh, BHEL 15. Best Regional Producer of the year, Praveen Dutta, ETV, Rajasthan, 16. Best Regional News Editor of the year, Chandan Mishra, Hindustan, Ranchi, 17. Best Public Choice RJ of the year, Nitin, Fever 104, 18. Best Journalist of Foreign Media in India, Parvez Ahemad, ARY ONE, 19. Special Award for People Choice, Meri Awaz, Sahara Samay, Rupal and Manisha (Rashtriya Sahara), 20. Best Input Head of the year, Durgesh Upadyay, Sahara Samay, 21. Best Media Young Entrepreneur of the year Rajesh Rai, MD Vaivhav Parivar, 22. Best Public Platform News Channel, Virender Rana, Janta TV 23. Best Channel of the year Viewers Choice Award Suresh Chouhankey, Chairmen, Sudarshan News 24. Best Special Correspondent of the year, Kumar Vikrant Singh, NDTV, 26. Best Crime Journalist of the year, Sanjeev Chouhan, News Express and 27. Best Principal Correspondent of the year Raju Raj , IBN 7, 28. Best Bureau Chief of the year, Sanjeev K Ahuja, Hindustan Times, 29. Best Assistant Editor of the year, Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, Hindustan Times, 30. Best Editor of the year in Electronic Media, Yusuf Ansari, Channel One news, 31. Best Upcoming News Channel of the, Samachar Plus, 32. Best Anchor of the year in Female category, Arfa Khanam, Rajyasabha TV , 33. Best Anchor of the year in Male Category Samir Abbas, IBN 7, 34. Best Regional News Channel of the year Samay (MP/Chhattisgarh, 35. Special Award for Media Support Ashok Kharbanda. |
