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The erstwhile Professor of Karnatak University A.S. Balasubramanya has said that a beardown vocabulary is the existent plus of a writer and with modern tools readily disposable now, young journalists should perpetually enactment to grow their vocabulary and connection skills.
He was delivering a peculiar speech astatine Media Fest 2026 organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Karnatak University, successful Dharwad connected Tuesday.
Prof. Balasubramanya told journalism students that portion the usage of chatbots for each productive purposes by journalism students is advisable, 1 should not trust connected them completely.
“Use them to dilatory larn the enactment of words from it but don’t wholly beryllium connected it,” helium told them.
He said that AI helps successful framing amended questions which, successful turn, volition assistance 1 inquire amended questions and hence, go a amended journalist. He said that skills specified arsenic dependable implicit and subtitle penning are often overlooked contempt having beardown marketplace demand. He encouraged students with bully voices to research these fields.
He advised aspiring journalists to make specialised cognition and skills successful circumstantial subjects. Referring to developments successful the industry, helium said that galore newspapers are present gathering integer libraries, arsenic archived information has go highly valuable.
In the 2nd session, elder writer Shubash Hugar said that journalists indispensable perpetually update themselves with technological developments to stay applicable successful the rapidly evolving media satellite and those who neglect to accommodate are astatine the hazard of becoming irrelevant.
Mr. Hugar said that the quality of journalism has changed importantly implicit time. Earlier, reporters travelled to stitchery quality and faced difficulties sending reports to offices, whereas technological advancements person present made the process overmuch faster and easier.
Mr. Hugar noted that with galore radical consuming quality connected mobile phones, algorithms thin to amusement users contented aligned with their preferences. This tin gradually make echo chambers wherever individuals judge lone accusation that supports their views, starring to polarisation successful society.
He besides cautioned that quality generated done artificial quality tin deficiency credibility if not handled cautiously and advised aspiring journalists to support themselves updated with advancements taking spot successful different countries arsenic well.
Mr. Hugar pointed retired that determination level information checking initiatives are limited. While a fewer Kannada newspapers verify definite quality items, helium said, astir did not person dedicated information checking departments. Referring to nationalist platforms, helium said that determination is scope for akin information checking agencies astatine the determination level and advised students to pat the potential.
