Islamabad—Pakistan’s first-ever journalism awards are being organized by Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with the leading Press Clubs
across country, local and international media development bodies,
regulatory authorities, private sector and other stakeholders.
The Awards have been termed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as an important initiative towards improving the state of journalism in Pakistan.
Amir Jahangir, CEO Mishal Pakistan and a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum, shared his views on the Awards as “the AGAHI initiative is about increasing the capacity of Investigative Journalism and Responsible Reporting - which aims to use institutionalized sustainable media structures in Pakistan to raise the bar of journalistic standards”.
He said “the initiative is carried out in collaboration with the Press Clubs and Journalists’ Associations, whereby the journalist community is being encouraged to undertake the responsibility of creating such initiatives on their own”.
Pakistan lost hundreds of journalists since its inception in 1947, however the trend has been on increase since 2004, when media in Pakistan was deregulated and it saw a mushroom growth of the number of media outlets. Puruesh Chaudhary, Ambassador to Pakistan from the Center for International Media Ethics, said that “due to the lack professional trainings and capacity building opportunities, journalism in Pakistan has been confined to a few issues coming to public debate, that too at times falls short on the ethical benchmarks”.—Online
The Awards have been termed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as an important initiative towards improving the state of journalism in Pakistan.
Amir Jahangir, CEO Mishal Pakistan and a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum, shared his views on the Awards as “the AGAHI initiative is about increasing the capacity of Investigative Journalism and Responsible Reporting - which aims to use institutionalized sustainable media structures in Pakistan to raise the bar of journalistic standards”.
He said “the initiative is carried out in collaboration with the Press Clubs and Journalists’ Associations, whereby the journalist community is being encouraged to undertake the responsibility of creating such initiatives on their own”.
Pakistan lost hundreds of journalists since its inception in 1947, however the trend has been on increase since 2004, when media in Pakistan was deregulated and it saw a mushroom growth of the number of media outlets. Puruesh Chaudhary, Ambassador to Pakistan from the Center for International Media Ethics, said that “due to the lack professional trainings and capacity building opportunities, journalism in Pakistan has been confined to a few issues coming to public debate, that too at times falls short on the ethical benchmarks”.—Online
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