It's not just about reporting, but is about adding a spice to it

We live in a banana republic which favours the ones who favour themselves and those who know how to (if i can say) kiss some ass.

The first two lines here may show my anger but that’s how the world is and we are proud people in it. Crony capitalism is taking over the country and all we do is stand and stare. Though we might be on a scale length from all grave dangers that can bring down a country but we still are not far. Journalism is a leg in between all of this that connects the body to its functioning of 'moving on'.

As a student studying media and wanting to get into journalism i fear my stand as i believe anything can be bought and sold in this industry and when i enter and write something where will my stand - STAND?

There are words we are made familiar to during the course which ask us to recognize the "who of communication". Well I say here, The who is the people who read the news that interests them and looks like gossip rather than reality. With cricket making more news than Bhagat singh's 100th birthday and media itself being a tool in a scam all we see are loopholes and faults. The editorial page just goes 'flip' by the time the reader realises it existed too. If we were to have TRP ratings in papers then I'm sure the Supplements would make more money than the headlines and any other segments. Well true that it’s a reader's choice as to what he/she wants to read but when we can have media causing upheaval in the same generation then why not use it as a positive and a better tool in this era and let this era be called the one that was actually the Golden period.

 

When Mubarak happened due to the media -Corruption, Poverty and a better country can also happen dude to the media. If the masses are all concentrated to one specific source then it is the media and specifically Journalism. Gate keeping is long forgotten and many other words are just part of journalism text books now.

Let’s dust the dirt off and begin afresh and talk of reality rather than painting it "yellow".

P.s - This is completely a personal opinion, it is not meant to harm any specific person, community or religion.