Media and Journalism: A Change and Revolution Into the ‘The Talk Journalism Media Festival’

The only thing constant is change. With the fast pace with which times are changing, it is a must for one to flex themselves in accordance to the modern world’s needs and practices. Such is an observation in the media and journalism facet on the world.

Festival dates and venue:

The Talk Journalism Media Festival - The Vox Foundation Initiative, is a platform which is dated to take place on July 30 - 31, 2016 at the Fairmont Hotel situated on the Delhi Road in the Jaipur city.

Bringing together media and journalist aficionados:

The methods for reporting of and by the media and their security that is changing over time are some highlights which are proposed to be discussed in the festival taking place.

‘The Talk Journalism Media Festival’ is going to serve as a platform to bring together the journalists from different spaces over the country under a single roof.

c - A concoction of:

Talks, workshops and sessions shall take place together at a single point of time in this festival.

A union of different backgrounds and their eminent personalities:

People from across categories of journalism, politics and bollywood industry are expected to be a part of the ‘The Talk Journalism Media Festival’.

National television reporters and local editors will be a part of this festival too.

Participants from social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google will also be seen in the fest.

Appearances and participation of the below mentioned people are expected:

Name of the person	Profile
L.P. Pant	State editor of Rajasthan for Dainik Bhaskar
Ayaz Memon	Consulting editor, CNN IBN
Rahul Dev	Senior journalist, CNN IBN
Ravish Kumar	Executive editor, NDTV India
Nick Davis	The Guardian
Arun Shourie	Former Union Minister
Rahul Srivastava	Political editor, NDTV
Samir Patil	Founder of Scroll.in
Nikhil Kumar	Time Magazine
Sachin Pilot	Politician and member of Indian National Congress
Mihir Pandya	Movie critic
Sudit Sharma	Writer for the movies - Udta Punjab and NH 10

For the Stringers:

A session that goes by the name ‘State Of Stringers’ will be held mainly to focus and discuss on the problems faced by the stringers.

Defining stringers:

May it be known that stringers are newspaper correspondents or journalists who are retained on a part-time basis and are not the regular staff of an organisation (in the media industry) to report on events and write stories in a particular place for the concerning newspaper.

Sessions focussing on journalism and its facets:

Another session that will be organised in the ‘The Talk Journalism Media Festival’ will be ‘Are We A Safe Country For Journalists?’
This session is expected to highlight and bring forth various things and aspects associated with the life and work of a journalist.

Another session yet again for the journalists will be a light on the topic ‘Does Independence In Journalism Have A Future?’The session is a talk on advocacy and journalism.
‘Investigative Journalism’, the session will be a talk on the the fade of the investigative approach of journalism in present times.