The need to reposition the media for greater challenges
through veracious reportage, has been adduced as the decisive factor that
informed his resolve to institute an annual one million naira prize for the best
investigative journalist in Delta State, so says Rt Hon (Engr.) Victor Ochei,
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly.
The Speaker, who had earlier on during an interactive
session with journalists as part of activities marking the Second Anniversary
of the Fifth Assembly of the Delta State Legislature, challenged the media to
eschew speculative journalism which according to him lacks the essentials for
societal development.
Hon Ochei further urged media practitioners to embrace
factual reportage, as against sensationalism, adding that while truthful
presentation stands the test of time, fallacious journalism pales into
insignificance which in the final analysis, takes the journalism
profession to task.
According to him,”journalists as members of the fourth
estate of the realm and dependable partners to government owe it a duty to
society to always present facts as they are, in line with their expected
functions in any society”.
The legislator also pledged to assist the media in
ensuring that prospective winners of the prize
will be afforded the opportunity to improve on their skills by way of
trainings, which will offer them a platform for global recognition.
Source: victorochei.org
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