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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi shares online journalism expertise with India students


Category: World Service

Date: 06.03.2006
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The popular online site of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi - bbchindi.com - has joined forces with its online partner Webdunia to conduct online journalism workshops for students in India.

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Teams are holding special sessions at universities and schools of journalism in Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, starting on Monday 6 March.

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The sessions will provide the students with an insight into how online works, and give them hands-on training in how best to write for web audiences.

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At the end of the workshop, the students will be assigned special subjects to write on, and the best three pieces will be published on bbchindi.com.

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Salma Zaidi, Editor of bbchindi.com, said: "I am looking forward to sharing with the budding online journalists the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s editorial standards, which are the backbone of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi journalism.

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"I hope that they will be able to implement these principles of objectivity in their future careers, further raising the benchmark of Hindi-language journalism."

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Vinay Chhajlani, the CEO of Webdunia, added: "The universities offer several courses for print and audio-visual journalism but students do not have enough practical knowledge of online journalism.

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"I am sure that this workshop will prove very beneficial in this direction."

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Notes to Editors

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi programmes are produced from studios in London and New Delhi and are set in a rolling format, with news, current affairs and features.

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The interactive morning and evening programmes, Aaj Ke Din and Aaj Kal, bring the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi listeners news, analysis and interviews on a range of issues, from current affairs and careers to showbiz and sports.

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi is available on shortwave and medium wave radio transmitters and via cable television.

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Hindi speakers across the world can access ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi programmes in text and in audio at bbchindi.com.

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