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116588
Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:29
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(OANA summit) India`s news agency hopes for OANA summit to find ways to cope with challenges
NEW DELHI, April 14 (Yonhap) -- The head of India's biggest news service on
Wednesday expressed hope that an upcoming Seoul conference of news wire agencies
in the Asia-Pacific region will help find ways to cope with the rapidly changing
media environment.
The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) Summit Congress, hosted by
Yonhap from April 21-24, aims to discuss ways to boost cooperation under the
theme, "Challenges and Opportunities for News Agencies."
"I hope it will be a chance to find an efficient solution for news agencies
facing worldwide challenges and an opportunity at the same time," Shri V.S.
Chandrasekar, executive editor of the Press Trust of India (PTI), said in an
interview with Yonhap News Agency.
India, whose rising literacy rate has increased demand for print media, is also
dealing with a worldwide trend of newspapers losing readers to Internet-based
outlets and TV networks, he said.
Young Indians "watch news through BlackBerry and iPhones and interact," he said.
"So we're trying to find a way from various angles to lure young readers who
prefer the Internet, broadcasts and mobile devices."
The OANA summit in Seoul comes seven months ahead of the Group of 20 Summit in
the South Korean capital, to be attended by leaders from the world's major
industrialized and emerging economies, which represent 85 percent of the world's
economy.
Seoul's hosting of the two international events in the same year reflects South
Korea's upgraded status in the international community, Chandrasekar said.
A journalist who has been at PTI for 32 years, Chandrasekar said relations
between South Korea and India remain distant socially, culturally and
geographically and asked that Yonhap assume the role of a communications "window"
between the two nations.
Yonhap is the only South Korean news outlet that has a correspondent in India.
"I expect Yonhap News Agency will play the role of a 'window' helping
communications between peoples of the two countries and introducing the real
India to South Koreans," he said.
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Wednesday expressed hope that an upcoming Seoul conference of news wire agencies
in the Asia-Pacific region will help find ways to cope with the rapidly changing
media environment.
The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) Summit Congress, hosted by
Yonhap from April 21-24, aims to discuss ways to boost cooperation under the
theme, "Challenges and Opportunities for News Agencies."
"I hope it will be a chance to find an efficient solution for news agencies
facing worldwide challenges and an opportunity at the same time," Shri V.S.
Chandrasekar, executive editor of the Press Trust of India (PTI), said in an
interview with Yonhap News Agency.
India, whose rising literacy rate has increased demand for print media, is also
dealing with a worldwide trend of newspapers losing readers to Internet-based
outlets and TV networks, he said.
Young Indians "watch news through BlackBerry and iPhones and interact," he said.
"So we're trying to find a way from various angles to lure young readers who
prefer the Internet, broadcasts and mobile devices."
The OANA summit in Seoul comes seven months ahead of the Group of 20 Summit in
the South Korean capital, to be attended by leaders from the world's major
industrialized and emerging economies, which represent 85 percent of the world's
economy.
Seoul's hosting of the two international events in the same year reflects South
Korea's upgraded status in the international community, Chandrasekar said.
A journalist who has been at PTI for 32 years, Chandrasekar said relations
between South Korea and India remain distant socially, culturally and
geographically and asked that Yonhap assume the role of a communications "window"
between the two nations.
Yonhap is the only South Korean news outlet that has a correspondent in India.
"I expect Yonhap News Agency will play the role of a 'window' helping
communications between peoples of the two countries and introducing the real
India to South Koreans," he said.
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