Bhubaneswar: The fifth National Media Conclave-2021 that was conducted virtually ended here on Tuesday, November 23.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the three-day conclave, Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal called on the media to curb the menace of fake news. Decoding the meaning and role of media, the governor said media is similar to meditation – mindless agitation.
“Legendary sages like Adikavi Valmiki, Vyasa, Swami Vivekananda among others have contributed a lot to the world literature due to media and meditation,” he added.
Renowned journalist and founding editor of People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), P Sainath spoke about the state of media in India and how it has changed over time.
“Indian media is politically free but imprisoned by profit. The crisis facing organised journalism is more fundamentally a revenue problem. There is a huge distinction between media and journalism. Corporations have made this distinction for me. There was a time when media and journalism meant the same thing. Now, there has been a shift in the moral universe of the journalists. Media is a business…journalism is a calling. The death of journalism has come with hyper commercialism. The mainstream media now has turned into a dominant media due to corporatisation,” Sainath was quoted as saying in a press release.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the conclave on Sunday with several dignitaries in attendance.
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