Journalism for development

Development Journalists Forum launched with a core group of journalists, NGOs and Academic institutes in Madurai. Programmes for media professionals were organised on the themes of causes and consequences of inflation, issues of migrant workers, pollution in rivers of Tamil Nadu, and the issues of run away children in partnership with academic institutes and NGOs. Journalism students, academicians and the public attended these events. Outcomes of the workshops were published as a newsletter in Tamil.