Wi-Fi Internet Service in Press Club premises
The Wi-Fi internet service will be available for journalists Monday onwards in Guwahati Press Club. The specific service, offered by Java Internet, will be launched on on June 6. The member-journalists can use the facility free of cost any day. This wireless service will also be available in all laptops taken inside the press club premises.
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Media persons of Assam have to perform their duties under tremendous work pressure but with low return in terms of salary and other legitimate facilities. The trouble torn region has witnessed a media boom in the last decade but the media persons, including the journalists, continued to be the victim of exploitation by their respective proprietors.The journalists, who remained vocal against the exploitation faced by the employees in other sectors, work without any job security as most of them do not have proper appointment letters. They are denied their due economic benefits recommended by the statutory wage boards and labour laws of the country. The insurance coverage to the media persons...
Terrorism is threat to democracy and humanity. And the terrorists have no caste and religions-the speakers of a Citizens' Meet at Guwahati Press Club today came out to these conclusions. Organized in by the Journalists' Forum, Assam, the meeting also emphasized that the authority must take responsibility and ensure the safety of the people of the State. Addressing the gathering, Nirupama Borgohain, a Sahitya Academy award winner littérateur insisted that the government must be pressurized for actions. The government has the legitimate power to serve the country and save its citizen, Borgohain asserted. Talking about the United States of America, which has dealt with terrorism after the...
On the occasion of World Heart Day, the Cardiological Society of India ( North East Chapter) in association with theGuwahati Press Club had organised a heart check up camp on September 28, 2008 at the press club campus. About 70 member-journalists participated in the camp. Out of them twe were diagnosed as diabetic and 13 found with high blood pressure.Besides, blood pressure, ECG, BMI, sugar, weight, height check up was also carried out.The theme of this year's Heart day was 'Know your Risk'. Addressing an interaction program with the media persons, senior doctors of the Cartdiological Society of India ( Dr MC Bhuyan, Dr AK Baruah, Dr DC Barkataki, Dr Neil Bordoloi, Dr Pritam Barthakur, Dr...
Floral tributes were paid by the members of Guwahati Press Club to Pankaj Sharma, an upcoming photo journalist of 'Dainik Batori Kakot', an Assamese Daily from Guwahati, who died of Jaundice in a city hospital on 26 th September 2008.He was 31 years old. Cremation was done today at the Navagraha cremation ground in the city.All Assam Photo Journalists Association and other media organisations have expressed their deep shock over untimemely demise of Sharma and prayed for peace in his heavenly abode.
Guwahati: Journalists Action Committee, Assam has demanded public apology from the commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation for his unruly behaviour to a section of reporters on September 16 in his office.Mentionable that a group of journalists, representing print and visual media went to the office of GMC commissioner to gather information regarding the demands from a group of 28 councilors of Asom Gana Parishad, Trinamul Gana Parishad, Bharatia Janata Party with few independent members. The councilors were unanimous while demanding the re-instating the public representative forum of GMC following a verdict by Gauhati High Court in this respect.The JAC, a media rights body of Assam,...
A media workshop titled 'Tracking the activities of MPs and MLAs' was organized at Guwahati Press Club today (September 16, 2008), where variuos aspects of media reporting on the functioning of legislative bodies and legislators were discussed. Organized by PRS Legislative Research, a New Delhi based NGO, in association with Guwahati Press Club, the workshop also focused on highlighting the activities of MLAs and MPs using authentic information sources. Nearly 30 journalists representing the print, web and audio-visual media participated the programme, where Chakshu Roy and Mr Madhavan attended as resource persons. Mentionable that PRS Legislative Research is an independent research...
A media workshop titled 'Tracking the activities of MPs and MLAs' has been organized at Guwahati Press Club on September 16, 2008. Organized by PRS Legislative Research, a New Delhi based NGO, in association with Guwahati Press Club, the workshop will focus on tracking the functioning of legislative bodies and legislators, as well as, highlighting their activities using authentic information sources. The workshop, beginning at 11 am, is open for Assam based journalists representing the print, web and audio-visual media. Interested media persons are requested to register their names at the office of the press club as not more than 25 journalists will be entertained for the programme....
Journalists from different parts of India with advocacy groups had met at Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh in central India today for a wide range discussion on the freedom of press as well as the protection of the journalists working in the conflicts zones.Inaugurating the workshop, Justice Subashan Reddy, Chairman of Human Rights Commission, Andhra Pradesh endorsed that the media must be protected to uphold the democratic values, but, he added, the journalists must also be restrained and cautious while performing their duties.“After all the people (readers and viewers) have their rights as well to read (and listen) correct news,” commented Justice Reddy adding that...
The Press Institute of India (PII) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have jointly organized a daylong workshop on Media, Conflict Reporting and International Humanitarian Law at Hyderabad on September 5. The workshop is expected to pave way for journalists and advocacy groups for a wide range discussion on the freedom of press and the protection of the journalists, who continue reporting from the conflict zones.Organized in collaboration with the Department of Journalism, Osmania University, the workshop is designed to sensitize the participating journalists about the existing rules and norms of conflict, the role to be played by media while reporting conflict, safe...
A group of journalists from Guwahati Press Club today visited the city based Forensic Science Laboratory to attend a media sensitization programme on various aspects of forensic science, which is essential for authentic reporting on crimes.The joint director of the Laboratory, Dr Padmapani made a power point presentation and elaborated about the facilities available in the laboratory.
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