Guest Lecture on
“Presentation of Radio News and Voice Culture”
Radio is always a conscious and alert medium for news: Chandrika Joshi
A special lecture was organized on the topic “Radio: Presentation of Radio News and Voice Culture” at the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Subharti Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut. The speaker of this program was Ms. Chandrika Joshi, a national news reader of Akashvani (All India Radio). The program was started by lighting the lamp in front of goddess Saraswati. Dr. Preeti Singh, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication presented the welcome address to the guest and participants.
Addressing the students on the occasion keynote speaker Ms. Chandrika Joshi said that journalism is a responsible profession. This is the fourth pillar of democracy. Being a radio news representative it is also a very responsible job, for which you have to work for years and have knowledge about every field. A person can only get a place in radio news and journalism only after hard work. It is a team work that presents single news. She further said that a journalist should always be alert because even though a person sleeps, this world always goes on. We should always make proper use of time and make ourselves capable so that we can move with time and when the time comes, we can move ahead of it. Further, while talking about a BBC report, she said that a news anchor gets a maximum of three seconds to choose his/her words and give direction to the news. Also, the specialty of a journalist is that they can make news of six sentences into 16 lines and news of 16 lines into 6 lines.
The eagerness for news inside a journalist should always remain there. The second most important factor in radio journalism is language. The language you use should be dignified, concise and clear. Along with this, your way of presentation should also be attractive.
In the end she said that the news should be such that expression and sentiments should not be hurt or disrespected. Also, disrespecting any community, religion or individual is never allowed in journalism.
On this occasion Prof. (Dr.) S. C. Thaledi, Head of the Department, said that for the skill development and learning of the students, they should meet the people from the industry, which will result in practical experience. While introducing the keynote speaker, Dr. Thaledi described her professional life journey in detail to the students and said that it is a blessing and a privilege for the students to meet a stalwart like her. Advising students to make listening to radio a habit in their lives, he said that radio is still popular among people living in remote areas.
The program was hosted by Palak Tandon, second year student of BAJMC and the vote of thanks was given by Madhur Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
In the program Prof. Ashok Tyagi, Dr. Preeti Singh, Madhur Sharma and Shelly Sharma were present. Apart from this, all the students of the department were present in this lecture
