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Workshop on news reporting ends
DHAKA, July 15, 2018 (BSS) – A two-day workshop on ‘Fact Checking and
Verification Techniques in News Reporting’ ended here today urging the
participating journalists to be more responsible in writing news and earn
credibility.
Organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication BNNRC
with support from Internews Network, the two-day workshop was attended by 26
journalists representing print, electronic and online news organizations
based in the capital.
The day-two sessions highlighted topics like, fighting fake news, circular
reporting, verifying images and videos, analyzing common mistakes in
journalism, being balanced and impartial and overcoming biases and using
neutral language.
Speakers at the concluding session said that journalists cannot always
guarantee presenting ‘genuine and original information’, but getting the
facts right is essential in journalism.
They said that journalists must have independent voices and must not act
on behalf of special interests whether political, corporate or cultural.
Guest of honour, Shah Alamgir, Director General of Press Institute of
Bangladesh, in his concluding remarks at closing session, said “There is a
difference between intentional mistake and unintentional mistake. You must
practice honesty, accuracy and fairness. These three principles will make
your stories credible and have newsworthy merit.”
Syed Zain Al Mahmood, Country Director of Internews addressing the closing
session said, “You are very capable and show skeptical attitude. You don’t
buy everything we say. You have a questioning mind which really inspires me.”
He thanked the government and all the stakeholders for their support for
the series of workshops being held.
Chris Stephen, a Guardian journalist mostly covering war news who is also
author of ‘War Crime Justice’ book, Judgment Day, The Trial of Slobodan
Milosevic, conducted the workshop.
AHM Bazlur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BNNRC said, “The
concept of internet governance is nothing new but we must be very cautious
about use of it. We must try to understand what internet is. We have to
understand internet and interpret this for our professional needs. Internet
has reshaped our life and it is really something that we should value.”
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