RURAL JOURNALISM THE TERM RURAL JOURNALISM IS BASICALLY

RURAL JOURNALISM THE TERM ‘RURAL JOURNALISM’ IS BASICALLY MEANT TO DEFINE JOURNALISM THAT ADDRESSES ISSUES IN THE RURAL POCKETS OF INDIA. THESE ISSUES INCLUDE COVERAGE OF RURAL NEWS THAT DEALS WITH FARMERS, TRIBALS, THE ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD IN RURAL AREAS, AGRARIAN ISSUES BOTH GOOD AND THOSE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AGRARIAN CRISIS, SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES THAT EXIST IN RURAL INDIA, ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH INDUSTRIALISATION THAT DEPRIVES PEOPLE OF THEIR LAND THEIR BASIC RIGHTS IN THE RURAL POCKETS, ETC, . RURAL REPORTS BY JOURNALISTS CAN CONTRIBUTE MASSIVELY TO DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN RURAL AREAS AND CAN LEAD TO GOVERNMENTS TAKING NOTICE OF THE SITUATION AND REACHING OUT WITH HELPS TO THESE POCKETS.

THE MAIN AREAS IN RURAL JOURNALISM ARE – • Agriculture • Education • Traditionst • Discrimination • Poverty • Deforestation • Health

IMPORTANCE OF RURAL JOURNALISM • To publish day-to-day events • To create a successful medium for conceptual participation. • To create healthy public opinion by reviews, columns, articles, foregrounds. • To provide means of social and healthy entertainment. • Contribute to national and social well-being and promote positive elements. • Literature, rates, promote industrial development.

THE PURPOSE OF RURAL JOURNALISM • Providing updates • • To give expression to social opinion. • providing healthy entertainment content. • To take effective steps towards eradicating social evils. • To discuss religious cultural aspects fairly. • To convince the general public their rights. • To bring the achievements of agriculture and industry to the public. • Analysis and transmission of government policies. • To alert people towards the health world. • To affirm all religion. • To boost the morale of the nation in crisis situations. To spread the spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam To give proper direction to the society.

Ruchi Rastogi BJMC Department IAMR COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD