AMCE

Media Workshops @ 8th CMS VATAVARAN

Select media professionals from across the country will be participating in these two media workshops. These workshops will enable sharpening journalists’ skills and knowledge to improve the quantity and quality of media coverage on water issues by focusing on in-depth stories and reaching larger audiences. By building capacity to report on water-related issues and conflicts, the workshops aim to increase media coverage of the inter-linkages, challenges and opportunities of water conservation, build a community of journalists interacting and writing regularly about cross-cutting issues related to water.

MEDIA WORKSHOP 1 : WATER IN THE NEWSROOM

Co-host: India Water Portal | Date & Time: Oct 9, Friday 2.30-6 pm

Floods, droughts, monsoon, tanker mafias, dams, rivers, water disputes – the subject of water is always in news in some form or the other. It is one issue that has all the ingredients of headline news – a heady mix of environment, science, technology, climate change, crime, diplomacy, commerce and above all, life and people. Yet newsrooms tend to take it seriously only when crises like floods or water shortage in cities occur. How can water journalists hone their reporting skills? How can they pitch their story ideas and compete with other news ranging from crime to cricket? In what ways new digital sharing and data journalism techniques be applied to water reporting? Join the boot camp on “water in newsroom”, get an overview of the ‘water beat’ from leading experts, learn new techniques and share your experience with peers.

Session plan

2:30- 2.45 pm Introduction and background

2.45- 3.15 pm Presentation by Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma

3.15-3.30 pm Interaction and discussion

3:30 – 4.00 pm Developing sources and pitching stories - Mr Dinesh C. Sharma

4:00- 4.30 pm Experience sharing and discussion

4:30- 5:00 pmPresentation on data journalism by Mr Manu Moudgil

5:00- 6:00 pmDiscussion on story ideas, resources and social media