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UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya gave awards to the journalist, along with left Google APAC managing director Kate and right Dainik Bhaskar director Girish Aggarwal.
In Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, Dainik Bhaskar, along with Google News Initiative, has successfully started the Journalist Training Program and User Awareness Training Program. Initiatives took initiative to increase the information system and increase the habit of reading the news in local language. More than 200 journalists of UP have been trained. More than one lakh local news has been checked with verification. Along with this, more than 5 lakh users have been told how important it is to identify the source of reliable news and high quality journalism.
Identification of fake news in digital age
In today’s time, reliable journalism has become more important and necessary than before, amid rapidly shared digital content. This initiative of Dainik Bhaskar provides a means to differentiate the truth and lies to both journalists and the general public, making knowledgeable, intelligent and active society.
Journalists from 75 districts of UP along with guests in the training program.
Training of journalists and empowering media community
The first phase focused on professional journalists and stringers, with extensive training to increase journalism methods and digital literacy.
Mainly involved in training:
- Identifying the contradiction in information- Verifying the source, checking facts and identifying wrong and misleading content and training to mark it.
- Practice of high-level journalism- Organizing sessions on fairness, accuracy and research reporting to maintain the basic values of journalism.
- Awareness of users- Empowering the public, along with this, a strong awareness campaign educated more than 5 lakh users with the responsibility of digital news.
Journalists from all over the state participated in Dainik Bhaskar and Google News Initiative Training Program.
The main features of training-
- Identifying misinformation: Understanding how misinformation spreads and why verification is important.
- Develop critical thinking: Reliability of news and evaluation skills of sources
- Identifying high quality journalism: Training users to identify fair, well -research and identify balanced reporting.
Journalists verified and audited more than 1 lakh news. More than 5 lakh users were made aware of misinformation, its risk, identity and solution. In order to promote reliable media literacy in Uttar Pradesh, a strong foundation was established for future initiatives.
Addressing the need for verified news in the environment developing in the field of information and lack of information, this initiative gives the necessary tools for both journalists and the public. By focusing on practical skills to understand digital news, such programs play an important role in bringing the requirements of necessary information of local communities to them in their favorite language. It helps in creating an eco system where reliable journalism and conscious people can contribute to the creation of a more active society.
Dainik Bhaskar committed to innovation in journalism: Girish Aggarwal
During the training program, Girish Aggarwal, director of Dainik Bhaskar Group, said that this cooperation between Dainik Bhaskar and Google News Initiative is a transformative step towards delivering high-quality hyper local news in the Hindi-speaking region of India, especially its largest state in Uttar Pradesh and remote areas. In Dainik Bhaskar, we have always been committed to innovation in journalism, and this project has given us a chance to overcome a significant shortage. That is to ensure reliable and hyper local reporting in areas limited to verified news. Through the initiative of comprehensive journalist training, fact-checking operations, users education and awareness, we have been able to increase access to reliable news for millions of users, dealing directly with misinformation in Uttar Pradesh. Its effect is beyond the metric. It is about empowering citizens with such information that shapes their daily lives and digital news promotes confidence in media companies and platforms. We are happy to partner with Google News Initiative to create a model of journalism which not only ensures quality but also raises awareness about the importance of reliable information.
Durga Raghunath, the head of the news in Google India, said that our partnership with the Bhaskar Group is deeply associated with our mutual commitment to provide quality information to the Indian language news user. Through this initiative, we have directly seen the impact of user-centered, community-first, language-first approach for local news in Hyper local communities. The Bhaskar team’s commitment to provide accessible, reliable information in local languages, with strong journalists and user training, is important in today’s developed digital scenario.
