Everybody Loves a Good Drought by Palagummi Sainath

Also, these journalists can come up with suggestions to the government on development projects and how they can be implemented. It looked to report the conditions of a country on a whole so that the rest of the world would be aware of the situation of that country. The first type is new school journalism that started in the 1960’s. It is associated, generally, with developing countries, mostly centred on Asia, Africa and South America.ĭevelopment journalism is necessary for every nation, as it gives the citizens as well as other countries in the world an idea of what is happening in the nation, in terms of government policies, development projects, and how the country is being run.ĭevelopment journalism can be of two types.

Alan Chalkley and Juan Mercado from the Philippines believed that news corporations were covering socio-economic developments superficially, while ignoring rural and development projects. The term developmental journalism was first used at the Press Foundation of Asia in 1960. Hence, these countries are normally referred to as third world countries and rely on developed countries for their own development.

While countries in North America and Europe are seen largely as developed, countries in Africa, South America and Asia are largely seen as under-developed. Infrastructure and technology advancements of a country are dependent on how developed the country is. Political, social and economic freedom, and removal of sources of lack of freedom, such as poverty, all types of discrimination and inequalities, lack of economic opportunities, social exclusion and so on.”ĭevelopment, in a broader sense, defines the progress of a country. According to Amartya Sen, development means “expansion of freedom. In order for us to get an idea of development journalism, first, we have to know what development means. Lastly, I’d like to thank P Sainath for educating me on so much! It was an honour analysing the book!Ī Rhetorical Analysis of Rural Health and Education related articles from Everybody Loves A Good Drought: Stories from India’s Poorest Districts by P. I would like to thank my brother for being there. I would like to thank my parents without who’s constant love and support I would be lost, thank you for all the support and for being understanding. A ‘thank you’ to Ms Maithreyee Mishra for educating me about the thesis structure. I would also like to thank Dr Padma Rani for her suggestions and motivation.during the trying times of the thesis. I would also like to express my gratitude to our director, Mr Vardesh Hiregange for helping me as much as he could and offering me suggestions on how to better the thesis. Joseph Pavamani, who was patient with me and offered me his guidance and support. I would like to thank all the people responsible for making this thesis possible.

Everybody Loves a Good Drought by Palagummi Sainath