If you are simply addicted to
read , read and read for getting introduced to new concepts. Just to expand
your horizon of thinking through reading. And in this process you learn lessons
in life, which may be a key in your complex life. I am an avid reader on blogs.
I have come across a blog “Against the Tide” which is simply dedicated to
students of mass media by a journalist, Joe Pinto.
I being a media student know
Pinto sir at our college for his lectures on feature writing. He was the
strictest among all professors. But he was most concerned about the writing
style and teaching the art of writing to students from the bottom of his heart.
For this very reason he created a blog “Against the Tide”.
“Against the Tide”, is open for
discussions and comments and putting forward doubts related to mass media and
communication. Since Joe Pinto sir has a varied experience in the field of
journalism he guides and enlightens students based on his experience.
He had held various positions in
his career of journalism few of them are Editor of Gomantak Times, Assistant
Editor of Maharashtra Herald, a consultant at Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana, on
their Trustee Empowerment and Teacher Training programmes, and also as a visiting
faculty in mass media institutes and colleges.
The aim of “Against the Tide” is
to keep increasing the strength and faith of the students in journalistic
principles, values and ethics. To build a set of connections of journalists,
who think for themselves and will not, therefore, put up for sale themselves as
the "stenographers of corporate power" in the pursuit of
"manufacturing consent" or knitting the public opinion.
The blog further aims to help student
like us stand firm to the lure of mass media, especially due to corporate
influence. Also to encourage the media student to cherish and uphold their own
consciences; to learn how to keep listening to own self even in chaotic
situations. Some times we feel media in crisis, when we come across the
examples of journalist in the present issues of scams. But People like Pinto
sir, helps us to rekindle our faith in journalism.
“Against the Tide” has helped me
a lot in clarifying my doubts, as Pinto sir not only gives you fish to eat for
the day but he teaches how to catch fish by giving us a net of knowledge in the
field of mass media.
Here is the link http://sangatizuzay.blogspot.in/ ...
I had written this article when I had just started freelancing with Sakaal Times .... :)
