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The suicide note of Pulitzer prize winning photographer Kevin Carter read like this 'he wrote, he was "depressed . . . without phone . . . money for rent . . . money for child support . . . money for debts . . . money!!! . . . I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings & corpses & anger & pain . . . of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners . . . " And then this: "I have gone to join Ken if I am that lucky."' Carter is remembered for the photograph of a vulture eyeing his prey, an anaemic child suffering from hunger in Sudan. The country was in the grip of a famine leaving its citizens on the mercy of international aid agencies. The photograph won him Pulitzer award. Read the aritcle carried by Time Magazine after his death. Open the link- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981431-1,00.html Hindi translation of the article will be uploaded soon.

स्टाइलशीटिया पाश क्या तुम्हें पता है की दुनिया बदल रही है? क्या तुम जानते हो पत्रकारिता के इस जगत में सबसे खतरनाक क्या है? सबसे खतरनाक है… न जानना ख़बर को बस करसर घुमाना आना और मशीन की तरह जुट जाना सही-ग़लत भूल, वर्तनी दोहराना फुट्टे से नाप कर सिंगल, डीसी बनाना ख़ुद कुछ न आए, दूसरों को सिखाना न बोलना, न सोचना, बस आदेश बजाना बॉस के हर अच्छे बेहूदे मजाक पर मुंह फाड़ हँसना अठन्नी बचाने के नाम पर, हजारों का नुकसान कराना काम के बोझ से मर जाने के नखरे कर, दूसरों पर लदवाना घोड़े की तरह आँख के दोनों ओर तख्ती लगवा लेना चूतियापे को स्वीकार करना, चूतियों को सर नवाना हर प्रश्न, हर मौलिक विचार की जड़ों में मट्ठा डाल देना अंतरात्मा की आवाज़ को अनसुना कर, सप्रयास दबाना वास्तविक काम को स्टाइलशीट की तलवार से चुपचाप कटते देखना नए खून को स्टाइलशीट के रेफ्रीजरेटर में ठंडा होते महसूस करना बौद्धिक विद्रोह को स्टाइलशीट के रोलर तले कुचलने में मददगार होना ख़ुद स्वयं को मरते देखना और आंखे फेर लेना हाँ ! सबसे खतरनाक है एक पत्रकार का स्टाइलशीटिया हो जाना।

Courtsey: exchange4media.com HT Media more than doubled its net profit in the third quarter ended December 31, 2009 to Rs 184.2 million from Rs 78.2 million in Q3 FY09 due to sharp increase in circulation and advertising revenues. The company has demerged its Hindi business that includes daily ‘Hindustan’, magazines ‘Nandan’ and Kadambini’ during the quarter for Rs 1.4 billion and has temporarily shut down the loss making JV with BCCL, ‘Metro Now’. However, the company’s total revenue decreased by 3 per cent at Rs 3,289.8 million on standalone basis. On consolidated basis, the revenues of the company have increased 6 per cent to Rs 3,661 million from Rs 3,457 million on account of 30 per cent increase in circulation revenues from Rs 390 million to Rs 508 million. This has been largely due to increase in the number of copies circulated, improved realisations and increase in cover price effective Q1 FY10. The advertising revenues showed a growth of 3 per cent from Rs 2,780 million to Rs ...

Courtsey: www.exchange4media.com With a presence in six states in the country and 25 editions nationwide, the Patrika Group is looking for further expansions in 2010. This apart, the Group is actively working in various other domains as well, such as web, mobile, and outdoor. Siddharth Kothari, Additional MD and Arvind Kalia, National Marketing Head, share Patrika Group’s future plans with exchange4media. With the launch of ‘Just Bhopal’, ‘Its Indore’, and ‘Just Jabalpur’ daily supplements, the Patrika Group has sought to rejuvenate its readers with its way of presentation. The Group provides a variety of content to young readers with Daily News and News Today newspaper. Speaking on the various initiatives undertaken by the Group, Kothari said, “In the year 2009, Patrika has grown from strength to strength through qualitative journalism and local endorsement. Whether it is ‘Just Bhopal’, ‘Its Indore’ or ‘Nano Patrika’ in Jabalpur, Patrika’s connect with the local people and youth has h...

Country's first bilingual daily from the Jagran group is all set to launch 9 more editions from three states. Four of which will be from Madhya Pradesh. i-next plans to launch editions from Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Indore. Apart from it editions will be launched from Raipur in Chattisgarh and Bareli, Moradabad and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Thus taking the total number of editions to 18 in the near future.

The Hindi daily, People's Samachar, is all set to expand its footprint beyond Madhya Pradesh. In the first half of 2010, the group will launch two editions - Raipur and Bilaspur - from Chattisgarh. The newspaper will have printing locations at both the places; and the machinery for this has already been procured. The Raipur edition is expected to roll out by April 2010; whereas the Bilaspur edition would come in May or June. The newspaper, which was launched in February, already has four editions: Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Bhopal - the first edition launched by the group. People's Samachar is part of the Rs 1,500-crore, Bhopal-based People's Group, which has business interests in various sectors, including educational institutes, hospitals, hotels, real estate and media and entertainment. Suresh N Vijaywargia is the chairman of the group. The daily is positioned as 'Naya Zamana, Naya Akhbar' (new era, new newspaper). Its target audience includes chief wage earn...