Press Coverage: Tinka Tinka India Awards 2016

TTIA 2016

Tinka Tinka India Awards: 2016

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Tinka Tinka India Awards 2016 were released by Shri K G Suresh, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication at Hauz Khas on December 9. The Jury included Dnyaneshwar Mulay, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and bureaucrat Rashmi Singh. The awardees received a certificate and a memento. This year, Tinka India Awards invited entries from both the inmates & prison administrators and the four categories for prizes included – Poetry, Painting, Special Talent and Prison Reforms.There were a total of 15 Awardees and inimates from Chattisgarh, UP, Uttarakhand and Gujarat bagged most of the awards. xxx

 Prizes for Poetry:

Vaibhav Jain (45), lodged in Bareilly Jail, Uttar Pradesh, received the Tinka India Poetry Prize for his poem “Cheente”. A teacher by profession, Vaibhav now writes poetry while serving his imprisonment in jail.

Manisha Ram Singh Dodia (30), lodged in the Rajkot Central Prison, Gujarat, was the second Tinka India Poetry Prize awardee and was nominated for her poem “Faasla”.

Dinesh Gaur, lodged in Agra Central Prison, bagged the third position for his poem “Main Qaid Hoon Toh Kya Hua, Mann Mera Azaad Hai”

Prizes for Painting:

Balveer Kumar Vishwakarma (24), lodged in Bilaspur Jail, Chattisgarh, received the first prize for his painting based on the theme of Demonetisation.

Ram Charan Dhru (38), lodged in Bilaspur Jail, Chattisgarh, received the second prize. He was a wall painter by profession before imprisonment.

Bhaish Lal Sahu (72), lodged in Bilaspur Jail, Chattisgarh, received the third prize. His painting shows the execution of Demonetization in India.

Ravi Shankar Singh (28), lodged in Bilaspur Jail, Chattisgarh, received the consolation prize for his painting on the theme of “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”. Before imprisonment, he had been working in a steel manufacturing unit.

Prizes for Special Talent:

Virendra Vitthalbhai Vaishnav (45), a former journalist and cartoonist, lodged in Surat Jail, Gujarat, was nominated for the Tinka Special Talent Prize for his illustrations.

India Vision Foundation, founded by Kiren Bedi, was nominated by the Jury for the commendable work they had done for the women and children lodged in jails. Their work focusses on teaching the women inmates various craft skills.

Annai K Kumkarangal Trust, working in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was nominated for their reformatory work within prisons.

Aaditya Nath Singh and Pankaj Yadav, inmates of Haldwani Sub-Jail, Uttarakhand, were chosen for their special contributions as a tailoring expert and a computer engineer respectively.

Prizes for Prison Reforms:

Five officers were selected for Tinka India Prize for Prison Reforms.

Somesh Goyal, IPS (1984 Batch), was selected for his meritorious services as Director General of Police, Prisons and Correctional Services, Himachal Pradesh. When he was promoted as DGP all the important press clips respectfully mentioned him as a winner of the Tinka India Awards. Apart from this, the café run by the inmates near the mall has set an example of eternal trust and confidence.

Lal Ratnakar Singh, Jailor, was selected for his work on encouraging inmates in honing their skill of creative writing.

Manoj Kumar Arya, Senior Superintendent, Haldwani Sub-Jail, Uttarakhand, was selected for encouraging tailoring and talent hunt initiatives in the jail.

Shivaji Singh and Anand Pandey from Dasna Jail, Uttar Pradesh, was selected for their contribution on making a wall painting based on the theme of Tinka Tinka Dasna as a part of the Project.

Tinka Tinka India Awards on Webdunia

Tinka Tinka India Awards, TOI Bareilly

Guest Lecture: Dr. Ambrish Saxena

The Department of Journalism hosted a guest lecture on 3^rd November, 2017, conducted by Dr. Ambrish Saxena, Head, Department of Journalism for Zee Academic Institute, Noida. Dr. Saxena has served as a journalist with three prominent dailies including The Pioneer and three Hindi Newspapers including Aaj Tak. The lecture was organized on ‘The Patterns of State Ownership in Radio’.

The session started with Dr. Saxena touching upon some of the basics of Journalism, the first being that as a journalism student, one should be exposed to all mediums, extensively, and that change in technology has increased mediums for dissemination of information, however, every medium has its own advantages and one cannot substitute the other, only supplement it.  He then went on to talk about the contemporary era as an era of convergence, and adding to this, he gave the example of ‘Integrated News Rooms’ that may be understood as a central point that cater to a channels- Television, Newspaper, Radio and Digital Mediums, all from one central newsroom.  

Elucidating on the distinction between Digital and Social Media, Dr. Saxena said that on one hand, where Conventional Mediums have gatekeepers, including the digital websites/applications curated by Media Houses, the news aired by these channels/mediums may be considered valid with due verification. On the other hand, there is social media that is unregulated with the absence of a gatekeeper, and hence cannot be relied on completely without checking the authenticity of the same. For example, he talked about facebook and whatsapp, and how it is easy to circulate information on these mediums without any gatekeepers. He then emphasized on the need for attribution, and said that news without attribution should not be trusted. And as a journalist, one must check the source of the news before trusting it. 

Dr Ambrish Saxena at the lecture

News, in the 21st century is so live, that there is a tough competition and every second counts. The Television medium fights for (a) speed and (b) reliability. Radio,  as explained by Dr. Saxena, traces its roots back to 1926, when proper broadcasting began. However, the Indian Policy concerning Radio Broadcasting does not permit news broadcasting by radio channels.  The radio was in control of the government (Information and broadcasting Ministry) until 1997.  Talking about the emergency period, he highlighted how AIR & DD, were misused by the government, and hence a need was felt for the autonomy of these organs. The Congress government, as explained by Dr. Saxena, was in favor of controlling electronic media under the umbrella of ‘National Interest’, and the Opposition wanted the bodies to be autonomous. After multiple proposals and rejections, the bill for autonomy of these organs was passed by a Non-congress government in 1997, almost 20 years after the first introduction of the bill in the parliament. Then, Prasar Bharati was established, independent from the government, which took over AIR (All India Radio) and DD (Doordarshan). 

The lecture proceeded with Dr. Saxena making the students realize the void that the absence of a Broadcasting Bill created in our country. He stated that in 1997, the government of India created the draft for the Broadcasting Bill, however, the bill hasn’t been passed until present day. As a result of this, policy making in radio is still ad-hoc, but in lieu of the same, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has made a significant difference. It regulates broadband, satellite connections, Radio, Telecom ( Cable & wireless networks) etc. and has been pursuing the government to allow private Radio channels to broadcast news independently, however, the private players are only permitted to re-run the news bulletins aired by All India Radio. The request is denied on the basis that frequencies pose a threat to National Security and hence Prasar Bharati enjoys monopoly over News Broadcasting and Current Affairs Programmes broadcasted on all radio channels.

Dr. Vartika Nanda, speaking at the lecture

Talking about the structure of news in the three conventional mediums, i.e; Print, Radio and Television; Dr. Saxena made clear distinctions in their structure and format. A reporter, writing for the print medium must remember that the story is only meant for reading and must follow the inverted pyramid structure. Referring to the 70’s and 80’s, he said that the only attribution given to newspaper articles was ‘By Correspondent’ or ‘By Staff Reporter’, and no names were used, as the media houses believed the credibility of the newspaper to be above the reporter writing for it. Today, however, the print medium has adopted from the Television medium -  the feature of using names, and so, all newspaper articles attribute the name of the reporter covering the news story as well as their email id, which not only establishes a two-way connection between the reader and reporter, but also adds authenticity and accountability to the report.

Unlike Print, a Radio story is carried by two persons- (1) The reporter covering it, and (2) The anchor/news presenter. Hence, its structure is different from that of the print medium and is divided into 3 parts: (a) Anchor Piece, (b) Bites, and (c) Voice Cast. In 2001, AIR decided to introduce a new format in radio news, which was to use the voice of the correspondent while presenting news bulletins, and launched ‘FM Gold’, the channel identity being Bollywood songs and news and current affairs.  The advantages of this medium as compared to Television, as highlighted by Dr. Saxena, are that it doesn’t require the reporter to go to any external spot, and voice cast can be recorder from the studio,  by simply calling the reporter.

Television, much like radio, has 3 parts of production: (a) Anchor Piece, (b) Bites, and (c) Piece to camera. After the inception of Television, as talked about by Dr. Saxena, Radio became obsolete and it’s listenership dropped drastically. In the Television medium, ‘Piece to camera’ is of utmost importance for the viewer to be able to relate to the reporter. Receptivity is strong as the news is coming directly from the reporter and the backdrop of this piece is usually the spot where the event has occurred.

Dr. Saxena then opened the floor to questions and a few students from the second and third year batch asked relevant questions. In his concluding statement, Dr. Saxena touched upon the need for curating content that delivers to the target audience while at the same time following journalistic ethics.

-Written By Paridhi Bhanot, Student of LSR

Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings:

 

Media Theory

Name of the book	Author	Publisher	Year	Link to the PDF
A Hand Book for Journalists	M V Kamath	Vikas	2007
Companion to Media Studies	Angharod Valdivia -	Blackwell Publishers	2004	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470999066
Communication for Development	Melkote and Steeves	SAGE	2001
India's Communication Revolution	Singhal and Rogers	SAGE	2001
Understanding Media	Marshall McLuhan	Routledge	2001	http://robynbacken.com/text/nw_research.pdf
Mass Communication Theory	Denis McQuail	SAGE	2001	http://docshare04.docshare.tips/files/28943/289430369.pdf
India's Newspaper Revolution	Robin Jeffery	Oxford University Press	2000
Manufacturing Consent	Herman and Chomsky	Pantheon Books	1988	https://focalizalaatencion.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/herman-chomsky-2002-manufacturingconsent.pdf
The Global Media	Herman and McChesney	GDN	1997
Here is the News	Rangaswamy Parthasarathy	Sterling Publishers	1994
History of Indian Journalism	J. Natrajan	Publications Divisions, Ministry of I&B, Government of India	1997
The Press in India	G N S Ragahvan	Gyan books	1994
Mass Media and Cross Cultural Communication	S.R. Joshi and Bela Trivedi	Indian Space Research Organization	1994
The Indian Media Business	Vanita Kohli	SAGE	2006
Mass Communication and Journalism in India	D.S. Mehta	Allied	1992
Whose News? The Media and Women	Ammu Joseph and Kalpana Sharma	SAGE	1996
Image Journeys	Christiane Brosius and Melissa Butcher	Sage	1999
Being in the World	Jonathan Friedman	Sage	1990

 

Broadcast Media

Television in India	Nalin Mehta	Routledge	2008
India on Television	Nalin Mehta	Harper Collins	2008
News and Entertainment	Daya Kishan Thussu	SAGE	2007
Advanced Journalism	Adarsh Kumar Varma	Har Anand Publications	2000
Satellite Invasion in India	S. C. Bhatt	Gyan books	1994
Broadcasting in India	G.C. Awasthy	Allied	1965
Broadcasting In India	P C Chatterji,	SAGE	1991
Satellites Over South Asia: Broadcasting, Culture and the Public Interest	David Page, William Crawley	SAGE	2001
Television in India: Changes and Challenges	Gopal Saxena	Vikas	1996
Television Handbook	Patricia Holland	Routledge	1997
Indian Broadcasting	H.R.Luthra	Publications Division	1986
Watching Dallas	Iena Ang	Methuen	1985
This is All India Radio	U L Baruah	Publications Divisions, Ministry of I&B Government of India	1983
The Radio Handbook	Carole Fleming	Routledge	2002
Radio Journalism	Guy Starkey  & Crisell	SAGE	2009
The Practical Media Dictionary	Jeremy Orlebar	Arnold	2003

 

Online Journalism

Online Journalism	Jim Hall	Pluto	2001
Web Production	Jason Whitmaker	Routledge	2001

Media Ethics and Press Laws

Law of the Press	D D Basu	Prentice Hall	1986
The Press	M Chalapati Rao	National Book Trust	1974

 

Media Management

The Fundamentals of Marketing	Edward Russell	Ava Publishing	2009
Marketing of Newspapers	R Padmaja	Kanishka	2008
Strategic Management in the Media	Lucy Kung	SAGE	2008
Media and Communication Management	C S. Rayudu	Himalaya	2003
Newspaper Management in India	Gulab Kothari	Rajasthan Patrika Limited	2000

 

Media and Politics

Headlines From The Hindi Heartland	Sevanti Ninan	Sage	2007
Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India	Badri Narayan	Sage	2006
The Argumentative Indian	Amartya Sen	Penguin	2005
Dalit Diary	Chandra Bhan Prasad	Navayana	2004
De-constructing the nation	Andrew and Vernon Hewitt	Oxford University Press	2004
Media Reform: Democratizing the media and democratizing the state	Beata Rozumilowicz	Routledge	2002
Politics After Television	Arvind Rajagopal	Cambridge University Press	2001
Need for News Service	Kanshi Ram	Bahujan Samaj Publications	1997
Rethinking The Public Sphere	Nancy Fraser	Cambridge	1992
Rethinking The Public Sphere	Nancy Fraser	Cambridge	1992
Rethinking The Public Sphere	Nancy Fraser	Cambridge	1992
Scheduled Castes	O.P. Sharma	Kar Kripa	1990

 

Photography

Complete Idiot’s Guide to Digital Photography

Steve Greenburg

Pearson

1999

 

Films

How to Read a Film: Motives, Media, Multimedia	James Monaco	Oxford University Press	2007
The Cinematic Imagination: Indian Popular Films as Social History	Jyotika Virdi	Permanent Black	2007
Bollywood: Sociology Goes to the Movies	Rajinder Kumar Dudrah	SAGE	2007
The History of Cinema For Beginners	Jarek Kupsc	Orient Longman	2006
A Dictionary of Film Terms: The Aesthetic Companion to Film Art	Frank Eugene Beaver	Peter Lang	2006
Our Films Their Films	Satyajit Ray	Orient Longman	1976

 

हिन्दी में इन्हें भी पढ़ा जा सकता है

Name of the book	Author	Publisher	Year
खबरें विस्तार से	श्याम कश्यप	राजकमल प्रकाशन	2008
टेलीविजन और क्राइमरिपोर्टिंग	वर्तिका नन्दा	राजकमल प्रकाशन	2010
पत्रकारिता की लक्ष्मणरेखा	आलोक मेहता	सामयिक प्रकाशन	2006
मीडिया की खबर	अरविंद मोहन	शिल्पायन	2008
टेलीविजन की भाषा	हरीश चन्द्र बर्णवाल	राधाकृष्ण	2011
टेलीविजन की कहानी	श्याम कश्यपऔर  मुकेश कुमार	राजकमल प्रकाशन	2008