Dear Ram The notiification signed by Supriya Sahu is not for the screening committee.Some unscrupulous elements in the name of consultants fill up the application forms and also submit a project report. Sajan is aware of those persons The clarification was in respect of that . Screening committee had already dispensed with the power point presentations. Dr. R. Sreedher Director Commonwealth Educational Media centre for Asia 8/4 Sarv priya vihar, , New Delhi 110016 91 11 26537146 Fax 91 11 2653 7147
On 5 May 2011 18:19, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send cr-india mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cr-india digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Campus stations in Pakistan (Arti Jaiman) > 2. New Notice from MIB for Community Radio (Ram Bhat) > 3. Citizen journalism and new media workshop in Guwahati May > 19-22 (Sapna) > 4. FW: AMARC Asia pacific newsletter _WIN special (Suman Basnet) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:39:40 -0700 (PDT) > From: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> > To: CR India <[email protected]> > Subject: [cr-india] Campus stations in Pakistan > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Campus radios or camp followers? By Aurangzaib Khan | DAWN.COM (4 hours > ago) TodayJournalists at Radio KUST - Kohat University of Science and > Technology - conducting a mock talk show. Photo by Aurangzaib Khan > > What > do you get if you cross a campus transmission with community broadcast > that eschews journalism? A hybrid that may serve the state regulatory > authority’s interests but is likely to lose sight of its core academic > purpose.Whether the campus radios in Pakistani > universities produce responsible radio-journalists or a crowd of > complacent broadcasters, ala Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and > Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), year after year depends largely > on their news and information agenda. Judging from the Pakistan > Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (Pemra) conditions allowing > campus radios in private and public sector universities that leave very > little room for critical independent views, the scale may be tipped in > favour of the latter.A campus radio, by definition, is not a > mouthpiece for the state but an academic tool free to pursue excellence > in education and career. Or is it?Pemra brands campus radio as > community radio with an academic thrust. Based at journalism schools, > the radio caters to educational needs of students while also accounting > for information needs of the campus community. Nothing wrong with it, > until one notices that “educational needs” mean no independent news and > information – political, critical or controversial – produced by > journalism students in the course of training for a profession that will > require them to cover exactly that.Among several Pemra > parameters, one is that “the radio stations may broadcast local news and > re-broadcast news and current affairs programmes of the national > broadcasters i.e. the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation and Pakistan > Television Corporation.”The authority does not recognise that > campus radio, as a tool to train journalism students, must produce its > own independent news bulletins, current affairs programmes, interviews > and discussions. More so, given that the stations are based in > journalism schools and depend on students for content that aspires to > professional excellence. By telling campus radios what to cover and not, > Pemra negates a cardinal rule of journalism training: You can’t make a > journalist indulge in self-censorship and expect her to excel in a > profession that requires her to be truthful and objective.“Not > covering real politics is against standard international practice of > journalism and journalism education where you are required to cover real > issues,” says Adnan Rehmat, head of the local media support > organisation Intermedia. “Journalism students should be able to produce > content like talk shows, interviews and current affairs programmes for > radio and TV as part of their academic activities.”Pemra’s terms > and conditions restrict production of such content. The authority grants > a license to a university to establish and operate a non-commercial FM > radio station of limited transmission capacity to cater to the academic > needs of the students of the university, especially the department of > journalism for what it calls “purely instructional programmes in > education.”News and current affairs come naturally to good > journalism. But torn between the choice to keep a radio station or lose > it by pushing the boundaries of the state-defined role of campus radios > as opposed to being a source of independent information and training for > journalists, the campus radios in Pakistan may be caught in a hard > place between duty and dereliction.“There are no restrictions on > us from Pemra although there are rules and parameters within which we > have to work,” says Dr Shahjehan Sayed, Chairperson Department of > Journalism and Mass Communications at Peshawar University where the > country’s first campus radio is based. “The rules for campus radio > should be more relaxed than a regular radio station. There should be > freedom of expression and free flow of ideas. The radio should become an > intellectual forum, generating debate and encouraging critical > thinking.”The governors in the provinces, appointed by the > federal government, are chancellors of their respective universities > that have campus radio stations. Their influence can go a long way in > shaping the campus radio’s news and information policy. But this is > where the Pemra comes in: Presumably to steer clear of political > controversies, to protect national interest and eschew content that > could spark conflict.Universities in Pakistan have always been > prone to politics, religious dogma and conflict, but should that keep > authorities from giving students and academic institutions a fair chance > to pursue higher professional standards and become centers of > excellence by limiting the potential of professionals and the tools to > train them?Lack of established university practices like > maintaining close contact with radio stations and business concerns who > can solicit services of students for research, surveys and marketing > trends is also an issue. There is no regular forum for taking in interns > and fresh graduates from journalism schools or other professional > institutions as in developed countries.“Absence of mechanisms for > institutional interaction with press clubs such as membership of press > clubs and journalist unions’ mars journalism education in Pakistan,” > says Rehmat. “In good universities, journalism students and schools > cultivate close ties with such institutions and students become members > quite early in their career. In Pakistan, media unions are not strong > and nobody pays attention to journalism students.”In order to > broaden the news and information agenda of campus radio, media experts > advise against treating the a radio station as a property of the > journalism schools and Pemra.In major public-sector universities > that have campus radios, the stations have become battlegrounds for turf > war between a possessive administration and the journalism schools. > Although the use of a radio facility for a journalism school comes > first, it needs not be restricted to that alone. It could involve staff > and students from any and all disciplines of the university benefiting > industry and community through diverse content.Having a board of > directors comprising chairpersons of different disciplines would > encourage students from other departments such as international > relations, political science, and economics etcetera to participate in > campus radio activities and diversify its content. Similarly, it would > add up to content if students from journalism schools report on > activities of other departments.“When we restrict a campus radio > to journalism schools, we isolate the audience that is not the > university alone but anyone living within the reach of the radio,” says > Rehmat. “Students don’t come from university campus alone but from all > over the town and can bring their unique perspectives and stories from > where they live. By restricting campus radio to campus activities alone, > we isolate our listeners from outside and lose potential sources of > news and information.”Practical journalism at campus radio to > complement theoretical knowledge is an argument with obvious merits. > What is not clear though is how journalism schools mean to use this > facility to produce good journalists, given the limits imposed by > regulatory laws and the university administrations that tow the policy > line.The writer is a senior award-winning journalist based in Peshawar and > has also worked extensively in the development and uplift sector in KP and > FATA. > > Arti Jaiman > > Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM > email: [email protected] > website: www.trfindia.org > > Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio > station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in Hindi > and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating community > content, and community participation. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20110419/ceed3d9e/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:48:49 +0530 > From: Ram Bhat <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [cr-india] New Notice from MIB for Community Radio > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear All, > > Just happened to come across a new notification from MIB, signed by Supriya > Sahu, > might be helpful to potential applicants. > It basically says that NO project report is required at the time of > appearing for Screening Committee. > The full notice is available on the MIB website, under the What's New > section on the right. > > There is also the option of applying online now: > http://www.cronlineindia.net/default.asp > > best, > Ram > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20110418/65610a94/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:00:18 +0530 > From: Sapna <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [cr-india] Citizen journalism and new media workshop in > Guwahati May 19-22 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Hello, > > Wave India is co-organising a citizen journalism workshop at Guwahati > University from May 19-22 (4 days). I will be facilitating the workshop > along with Babul Gogoi of Assam Times, assisted by young women journalist > trainees from Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim. > > > I would particularly like to invite NGO staff from Sikkim, Tripura and > West Bengal to attend. Please forward to anyone you may know in these states > or other states in the northeast. There are limited spaces for non-students > and they would have to pay for their own travel/ stay/ course fee which is > Rs 500. But we hope to accommodate all who are interested. > > > We may also be holding similar workshops in Arunachal Pradesh > (Naharlagun), Nagaland (Dimapur), Meghalaya (Shillong) and Manipur (Imphal). > > > > Thanks! > > Sapna. > > Sapna Shahani > Director, WAVE (Women Aloud Videoblogging for Empowerment) > www.waveindia.org > 9922509310 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:43:41 +0545 > From: "Suman Basnet" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [cr-india] FW: AMARC Asia pacific newsletter _WIN special > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear friends and colleagues, > > > > Please find attached the AMARC Asia Pacific newsletter - WIN special issue. > I hope you will like it. > > > > With warmest regards, Suman > > > > _________________ > > Suman Basnet > > Regional Coordinator > > AMARC Asia Pacific > > Kathmandu, Nepal > > Fax: +977 1 5521714 > > Phone: +977 1 5554811 > > <http://asiapacific.amarc.org> http://asiapacific.amarc.org > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20110425/7d594a92/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: AMARCAP_Newsletter_year 7_No.1_April '11.pdf > Type: application/pdf > Size: 287749 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20110425/7d594a92/attachment.pdf > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > > > End of cr-india Digest, Vol 75, Issue 1 > *************************************** >
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