| From
3 February 2006 to 5 February 2006, network members
from all over the country gathered in Kolkata
to participate in our fourth National NWMI meet.
Our hosts, the Bengal chapter of NWMI put up an
admirable three-day event, reports of which follow
here.
- The
Kolkata meet:
national meet 2006.
The recent NWMI meet in Kolkata brought into
focus the problems and prospects of closer cooperation
between mediapersons in South Asia...Rina
Mukherji reports.
- "Readers
are our only support". On
3 February 2006, NWMI hosted a panel discussion
on 'Media, war and conflict: Will the
media in South Asia give peace a chance?'.
The panelists were Rehana Hakim, editor of Newsline,
Pakistan; Sharmini Boyle, producer-director,
YA TV, Srilanka; Sumi Khan, senior reporter
with Daily Samakal, based in Bangladesh,
Urvashi Butalia, publisher-editor of Zubaan
Books. The panel was chaired by Kalpana Sharma,
deputy editor, The Hindu, Mumbai. Shoma
Chatterji reports (This article is
sourced from India Together).
- Chasing
a wild dream. Rehana
Hakim, editor of Newsline speaks to
Ranjita Biswas on the sidelines of the Kolkata
meet (This article is sourced from Trans
World Features).
Watch this
space for more reports. Meanwhile, read about
the
third
NWMI meet at Hyderabad here.
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