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Learning Journalism |
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Over the last five years, several inputs have been organised for the Khabar Lahariya reporters to build their skills in various areas. Efforts have been made to strengthen technical skills like reporting, writing, editing and production, as well as to facilitate an understanding of current issues and politics. These inputs have been structured to cater to the specific needs of the women, many of whom have low levels of literacy and little access to other sources of information. Interactions and discussions with other media groups, women’s collectives, academics and other external resource people have also provided an excellent learning opportunity for the group. |
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Inputs are provided to the team periodically on various current issues that hit the national headlines. Examples of some of the issues discussed have been the Right to Food, the debate on capital punishment in cases of rape (which came up around a case that hit the national headlines), child sexual abuse, rights of sex workers and issues around producing information in the local language have been held with the team so far. |
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RURAL JOURNALISM WORKSHOPS
Designing the journalism workshops for rural women with little exposure to mainstream media has been exciting and challenging. The workshop content has included discussions around what constitutes news, as well as the practical aspects of identifying sources of news, gathering information, validating news sources and conducting interviews.
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