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Newspapers vs anchors
LAHORE: Came across this interesting piece about how technology has changed our everyday life in so many ways in what we do or |
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The league of extraordinary multi-taskers
ISLAMABAD: My colleague Imran Naeem has been bugging me again. "Give me a story," he demands. I send him a list |
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Pranks and newsroom tales
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: It’s inevitable; when two journalists meet after a long time and are done bitching about incompetent c |
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Getting into journalism
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: At www.journalismpakistan.com we frequently get requests from students and other individuals interested in know |
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The newsroom bullshitter
LAHORE: There’s at least one in every newsroom and he doesn’t feel shy to air his opinion at the drop of a hat. Of |
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Zero, dark, dirty and disturbing
LAHORE: I would be putting it lightly if I said I was peeved. Indeed, frustrated and disgusted would seem more appropriate |
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In the name of journalism
KARACHI: Some individuals who brazenly call themselves journalists but are more interested in pleasing the big bosses of their |
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The generation that grew up with terrorism
It's surprising when I read editorials where people write about how peaceful Karachi in particular and Pakistan as a whole used to be. For me i |
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Lost in transition
SAN JOSE, CA: Although the chatter and clamor of editors and reporters in a newsroom remain the same, it’s truly amazing |
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The 'precious jewel' and nameless victims
ISLAMABAD: Everybody has condemned the bid on Hamid Mir’s life. Everybody is rightly worried about his safety and wellbei |
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A scoop too hot to handle
ISLAMABAD: Today all news is breaking news, no matter how trivial. Moreover, triviality is only enhanced by the never-ending re |
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The media savvy journalists
LEEDS: A proper journalist is expected to have a handful of professional skills. This could include writing, reporti |
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An enduring affair with foolproof security
ISLAMABAD: We live in insecure times – both physically and mentally. As Pakistan has been on the forefront of the ‘ |
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Newspapers as Ibne Insha saw them
ISLAMABAD: The media in Pakistan has become a cause of concern. Its spread and surge is giving headaches to everyone, including |
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Journalists and fellowship antics
ISLAMABAD: The general perception in the journalistic community in Pakistan is that the difficult part is managing to wangle a |
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Those spiteful talk shows
ISLAMABAD: A flood of fury has been breaking bang on our TV screens since, nay slightly before the election of Raja Pervez Ashraf as the pri |
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Impostors harming Pakistan media
KARACHI: A couple of years ago, in a hall packed with over 200 journalists and media experts from a number of countries, the fu |
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Media bubble has burst
KARACHI: The signs had been there for some time and now it has happened; Pakistan’s media bubble has burst. That euphoria that the new |
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The newsroom, the centre of it all
ISLAMABAD: A newsroom never changes, I have been told. Maybe, a few alterations here and there, some upgrading, refurbishing…but basi |
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Who will train them?
ISLAMABAD: A friend of mine worked in two Gulf newspapers during the late eighties and early nineties – theGulf News and Kha |
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When editors were editors
ISLAMABAD: Nowadays when owners and editors of newspapers in Pakistan flaunt their photos and statements prominently on the front and back p |
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And the novice stands nowhere
ISLAMABAD: Eager eyes with curious pupils dancing over the luscious torrent of trees and the plethora of mixed emotions discovering an abode |
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In the media jungle, who's the lion?
ISLAMABAD: At ChandniChowk in Rawalpindi, two burger stalls are set up parallel to one another. Both are strung with self-same banners readi |
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Headline blunders: Is it the man or the machine?
ISLAMABAD: As I settled down in my chair with a copy of The News in hand, I found that legendary film actress ShamimAra was still hos |
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Too many cock sparrows!
SAN JOSE, CA: It’s really a small world… and it keeps on getting smaller. Of course the Internet and now, more specifically, Fa |
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Journalism for junkets
ISLAMABAD: Good journalists go to heaven; bad journalists go abroad, on all expenses paid trips that is!! Mouthwatering isn’t it? Read more... |
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No wonder I am tired, I am the only guy doing anything while you are goofing offI have always wondered why I feel tired all the time. Was it age creeping up stealthily while I wasn’t looking? A friend of mine has me this very clever mathematical se ...Read more...
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