‘We are limited by numbers & figures and that stop us from delivering what people want’
At e4m NewsNext 2023 Summit, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Bharat Express Upendrra Rai shared his take on present-day journalism
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Published: Aug 28, 2023 9:15 AM | 2 min read
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At the e4m NewsNext 2023 conference, Upendrra Rai, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Bharat Express, shared his take on today’s world of journalism which, he said, is evaluated by numbers and not quality.
Starting the session Rai shared, “People are generally upset because we are not able to deliver the kind of news they want to hear. We are limited by numbers and figures and that is stopping us from delivering what people want.”
“Media has a great influence on the lives of people and even how the world works with regards to livelihood. Handful of people influence the markets, demand & supply, and thinking. There is a lot of pressure to get revenue, or to expand or not. We lose out on a lot of things and don’t think about how it impacts us. We are all at fault in some way or the other,” he added.
Further on, he shared words of Makhanlal Chaturvedi to put forth his point. “In 1925, Karamveer Makhanlal said we have turned this service into business.”
“I believe there are 1000 definitions of journalism, and one of them is to report what is happening now. Today, there are a lot of surveys to see if our reporting is bringing any happiness into people’s lives. And if are we adding any value, I say, yes.”
“It’s our duty to have the things in order,” he concluded.
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