Has the photograph or video been manipulated?
Region: India
Social media and blogs are important form of journalism.When a journalist write a blog or use social media as a communication tool,he or she should keep the same professional and ethical standards of fairness, accuracy, tr... more
Views: 1284Plagiarism is unacceptable
Region: India
Always try to remember the Code of Ethics adopted by the Radio and Television News Directors Association(RTNDA) such as : Broadcast journalists will inform the public in an accurate, comprehensive and fair man... more
Views: 1577Backup story
Region: India
Every story has its own backup story.In television news, duration of each backup stories should be 40 to 50 seconds.For instance,when the police bursts a inter-state car theft racket,the appropriate backup story could be t... more
Views: 1429Lalgarh mayhem
Region: India
The decision of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) to attend Mamata Banerjee’s 'apolitical' Lalgarh rally on Monday (August 9) has put party leaders in a dilemma.TMC supremo Mamata statigic... more
Views: 1503Proper sound and light are necessary for any TV news
Region: India
I agree with Angela Grant,a renowned multi media journalist that sound is nearly the most important part of any news video. She suggests that it would be more trouble than it’s worth to use your voice recorder to cap... more
Views: 1271Me and my Editor
Region: India
"Crime Branch is the only complete fortnightly Bengali Crime magazine published from Calcutta," claims Biplab Chowdhury,the Editor of the magazine.The association of Crime Branch is now not a new comer in the field of crim... more
Views: 1209we should know how and when to use the hidden cameras-spy cams
Region: India
Before any undercover operation, meticulous planning is necessary.Use of hidden cameras-spy cams without planning and preparation may ruined a reporter's carrier and badly damage the image of TV stations.As an investiga... more
Views: 1270MMPL's new Bengali entertainment television channel
Region: India
Mahuaa Media Private Limited (MMPL) has launched a 24-hour general entertainment channel Mahuaa Bangla with a bang.The channel brings former Brazilian football stars Branco,Romario De Silva and Diego Forlan (Forlan h... more
Views: 2405Karat behind Somnath's expulsion
Region: India
Somnath Chattarjee who was expelled from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) blamed general secretary Prakash Karat for his expulsion in his new book 'Keeping the faith :Memoirs of a Parliamentarian'.But Central leaders... more
Views: 1279Four days of festival recalls the power of female power
Region: India
Countdown starts for Bengalies' favourite festival Durga Puja.Four days of festival recalls the power of female Shakti (power) symbolized by the Goddess Durga who killed asura(demon) to re-establish peace and sanctity on u... more
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Shanthanu Bhattachaarya, a calcutta (India) based news researcher and Investigative reporter.He has been working as a journalist for more than 15 years.Presently he is working as a sub-editor of a crime based bi-weekly Bengali magazine.He had worked as a news researcher for various news based programs like Khas Khabor Aaj Ki,Aaj Ki Baat,News Post Mortem etc.He considers Deborah Potter and Theressha Collington Moore as his mentor because in his early days of journalism carrier, he was inspired and motivited by their works and learns a lot from them about media ethics and news research.Though,a news researcher don't get enough credit for his job,he sticks to it.He believes that Journalists should follow the jounalism mantra that if your mother says she loves you, check it out.we work as a store clerk.Facts are more important than adjectives.Earlier,he worked as a private investigator to brush up his skill as an Investigative Reporter.
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