Report reveals over 52% of people spend more than seven hours a day on internet
tech2 hours ago
Over the course of the year, there is a day for almost anything and everything — and anyone and everyone — under the sun; at times, one feels giddy at this “overexposure” to attention. But ‘world news’ is a vertical that actually needs more spotlight — the more, the better. Today, 28 September, is World News Day, and this year, according to worldnewsday.org, the body that campaigns for this project, “the day will highlight the critical importance of credible journalism in providing trustworthy information about the climate crisis”. Be that as it may, it goes without saying that never has news been so delicately poised at the threshold of a revolution. So, let’s stick to the larger brief that “World News Day is a global campaign to display support for journalists and their audiences who, using facts and understanding, make the world a better place”, while also factoring in the incredibly important back story of the environment.
There are two critical takeaways we need to ponder over. One, the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic that has changed the way we think about life — and our planet — and how much journalism stands to gain by being the link that explains cause and effect. Two, news itself has been in the grips of a sweeping transformation, with “alternate” forms of platforms springing up every day and readership patterns changing in tandem with technological advancements. Given this background — the total volatility and flux that the news media, globally, finds itself in — there have to be basic tenets of journalism that cannot be compromised. Whatever may be the pulls and pushes. The challenge is to stick to the métier that news stands for while adapting to new interpretations.
“Journalism is the first rough draft of history” is a line popularly attributed to Philip L. Graham, who used to the Washington Post’s president and publisher: he, or whatever we extrapolated from what he said, couldn’t have struck a deeper chord, more than half a century after he set the bar. As members of the Fourth Estate, you cannot fiddle around or be opaque with telling people — or readers — what they need to know, in order to stand up for themselves, for their ideals, and, yes, Planet Earth. On this day, let us remember perhaps the most workman-like journalism summation by the great Henry Grunwald, one-time editor-in-chief of Time Inc: “Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.”
Report reveals over 52% of people spend more than seven hours a day on internet
tech2 hours ago
Dubai-based Adrian Meronk is among a quartet of players tied in the runner-up spot as Smash GC leads Team Event by one shot
sports2 hours ago
The prospect of a large-scale invasion of Rafah, where around 1.2 million civilians are sheltering, has sparked intensifying global alarm
world3 hours ago
The festival saw the participation of 120 students in school theatre, Arabic calligraphy, and visual arts
uae3 hours ago
The PTI founder emphasised a deal is made by someone who wants to leave the country or avoid incarceration
asia3 hours ago
The ministry said later that Russian aircraft and air defence systems had downed a total of 15 ATACMS in the past week
world3 hours ago
Judge ordered the police to ensure the appearance of nine suspects in the Jinnah House attack case, and five others in the Askari Tower case on May 15
asia3 hours ago
Honouring Sharjah as the Guest of Honour at this renowned cultural event also recognises its central role as one of the key World Book Capitals
uae4 hours ago