BY DR. ANIRUDH GUPTA
A GROUND REPORT FROM THE SPOT WHERE PM MODI’S CONVOY WAS HELD UP
MEDIA ASSOCIATIONS
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
ROLE: CORRESPONDENT
Press Trust of India (PTI) is India’s premier news agency, having a reach as vast as the Indian Railways. It employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India. Collectively, they put out more than 2,000 stories and 200 photographs a day to feed the expansive appetite of the diverse subscribers, who include the mainstream media, the specialized presses, research groups, companies, and government and non-governmental organizations. PTI correspondents are also stationed in major global capitals and important business and administrative centers around the world. It also has exchange arrangements with several foreign news agencies to magnify its global news footprint.
THE TRIBUNE
ROLE: CORRESPONDENT
The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restrain and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the paper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term. The Tribune has two sister publications, namely the Punjabi Tribune in Punjabi) and Dainik Bhaskar in Hindi).
CHANDIGARH-PUNJAB UNION OF JOURNALISTS (FEROZEPUR)
ROLE : PRESIDENT
The Chandigarh-Punjab Union of Journalists, affiliated to Indian Journalists Union (IJU) is the largest body of working journalists in this region, comprising of media personnel’s from print and electronic media. With the current membership exceeding 1000, the CPUJ can boast of being the Biggest Union of working journalists in North India.
Press Club- Ferozepur
ROLE: EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Press Club- is an association of media professionals and journalists in Ferozepur. The aim of PCF is to organize meets for the local media and work for their welfare. As a union, its major goal is to address problems faced by the local media personnel’s and bring them to the notice of the administration for potential solutions.