what should you have with you?Aslam Khan
Irfan Ali
Aslam Khan, bureau chief of Karachi Sama TV, while talking to Chehra, said that work has been done for safety in the past, but now the trend has decreased a little.
As far as breaking news is concerned, the trend is too high or the pressure is too high. The trend is when there are some situations when there is a flood situation, there is more destruction from rain, there is a sudden disaster. If there is a change in the political situation, it becomes breaking news. It cannot be reduced in any case. And this pressure is obvious to those who work in the field. are being broadcasted.
Which is a channel when he watches the news on another channel. Obviously, when he does not have that news, the first thing in the news will be the pressure that why this news is not on their station, obviously, any station, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, etc. There will also be that news. There is also a pressure on the bureau that this news is coming somewhere, there is an explosion somewhere, there is a climate change, somewhere there is a political situation. It cannot be reduced in any way.
They will say this very impossible thing, if someone is killed, you should reduce the trend of breaking news and reduce the pressure, then it is not possible. It is definitely preventable. I think these things have also reduced. Now if you look at the breaking in recent times, there is the monitoring setup, there is the changing political situation, there is the climate change. Especially, it has been bent.
As far as safety journalism is concerned, training should be given on how to cover after a bomb blast. Previously, the trend of training was also in channels and this trend was also found in UJs. He also used to conduct some workshop. If you are covering a fire, how should you cover a fire? If you are covering an explosion, how should you cover an explosion? That bulletproof jackets, helmets, etc. are also given to reporters and cameramen at the scene of the shooting.
Karachi Police Office was attacked, most of the journalists who were there were also wearing bulletproof jackets and wearing helmets, they covered it. There are some channels where there are no financial resources, maybe these things can happen. But the thing is. It is the safety measures that are taken. Training was done earlier by channels, later UJs also worked on it. Now there is a lot of need for training. Formally, there should be a workshop in three months or six months where a course is conducted regarding fire fighting. We see fire in Karachi.
In a year, there are more than 3000 fire incidents. How to cover a fire, if there is a fire, how to cover it. You are seeing a flood situation in recent days. What to pack when you are going to cover these areas for a week
So, what should you have with you? There used to be a checklist. You should take these things with you and it will be easy to cover. At the same time, we have seen three earthquakes in Pakistan in the past. It was a trend earlier, now it is very necessary to do it. We, who are our journalists, should be trained in the conditions in which they are working, how to do these things that used to work on these things, now they are not happening, they should be worked on.
