CHAPTER 23

Development Reporting

Ankuran Dutta

CHAPTER INSIGHTS

The term ‘development’ is a multifaceted phenomenon to enumerate and evaluate a wide range of global centric goals. In journalism, it upholds the democratic architecture. Notwithstanding the term it engulfs, media coverage of both development and underdevelopment issues for the greater benefit of the society. This chapter is illustrated with the concepts of development discourse, development indices, rights-based approaches to the media and development issues in the beginning. It elucidates the concepts of community and alternative media along with the development organizations and their activities. The chapter guides the readers to develop story ideas on development issues. ...

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