Mangalore, Jul 1: Television journalism will undergo a great change and mature significantly in the next 10 years, said associate news editor of Vijaya Karnataka, Bangalore, Lokesh Kayarga.
Speaking on 'Changing trends in media' on the occasion of Press Day programme organised by Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists' Union at Press Club here on Monday, he said that Kannada news channels gave more emphasis to their speech than visuals these days, focusing more on aspects such as glamour and crime. Kannada television has a long way to go to reach a certain level of maturity, he said, adding that Kannada web news portals have remained relatively backward in terms of readership.
“As there is lesser readership for news portals in Kannada, it has become inevitable to propagate news through mobile apps on the lines of English dailies. These apps should be used to reach out to Kannada readers,” he said.
Sharing his views on challenges faced by print media, he said that the major problem was that the local editions of dailies were limited to their own regions, and the news in these editions did not reach other parts of the state, or country.
“Local issues of importance should reach other regions. But today with more and more local editions coming into place, this is not happening.
The plight of victims and families affected by Endosulfan, which should have been highlighted as an issue of national concern, has become confined to coastal areas with no far-reaching effects. This is a failure not of the news, but of journalism in itself,” he said adding that magazines of vernacular languages also faced the problem of reduced readership and circulation, since the target audience tended to deviate towards television.
He also lamented that no efforts were made to encourage, develop or retain new reporters in the field of journalism. No training camps or workshops are held for fresh reporters to develop their talent, he said.
Speaking after inaugurating the programme, executive editor of Kannada weekly Taranga U B Rajalakshmi said that the role of women in media was increasing in recent times.
Three decades ago, women were confined to desk jobs due to late and long hours in the field. Now, a study has found that there were several women working in the field of journalism, with greater opportunities. However, there is a need to introspect why there are fewer women journalists working in investigative journalism, crime, business and sports, she said and pointed that there was staleness in news along with deteriorated language, matter and lack of study in journalism. There is a need for workshops to coach young journalists in language and other aspects of writing, she said.
A three-day exhibition featuring cartoons by cartoonists of the coastal region was inaugurated in the premises of Press Club in Urwa. Over 140 cartoons by 29 cartoonists were featured in the exhibition.
On the same occasion a portrait of Hermann Mogling was unveiled.
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