Senior journalists have on Monday stressed for responsible and accurate investigating news reporting and more security and protection for media men in field. The journalists expressed these views during a media workshop organised by individual and, a non-partisan consultancy, in collaboration with Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung fur die Freiheit.
They observed that using investigative reporting as a tool to promote responsible reporting was something that was the need of the hour. They deliberated at length the state of investigative reporting in Pakistan and discussed both internal and external pressures faced by reporters while writing an investigative piece.
The reporters also observed that workload and allied office pressures leaves them little time to pursue investigative pieces, however, despite the odds, the media persons were carrying out their duties. The matter of security and protection of reporters (covering stories related to terrorism) also came under discussion.
"Lack of proper security and absence of life insurance for most of the journalists have rendered the reporting in the conflict areas almost an impossible task. Apart from the conflict zone, there are regions like Karachi and Balochistan where journalists were being killed and no one so far had been apprehended," they added.
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