Can media catalyse Indias development?
Possibly, but perhaps not alone. There are plenty of obstacles within our unjust and deeply hierarchical civil society outside of the media. Still, an important connection exists between journalism and the strengthening of civil society: citizenship. The India Together editorial. 01 March 2005 – The UNDP, the Central Government’s Department of Personnel and Training, the Women’s Feature Service, and the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore are jointly organizing a capacity building workshop for journalists and civil servants on March 3 and 4 at Bangalore. The central themes of the workshop are the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals and access to information. At the workshop, India Together is leading a session on the role of Media in strengthening civil society involvement in development. The organisers assert that media persons and civil servants have a catalysing role in human development. “Media and civil servants are uniquely and strategically placed to bring about a
