Rajdeep Sardesai, veteran journalist and author, spoke on the problems confronting contemporary journalism at the Venkatesh Chapalgaonkar Memorial Lecture in Pune on Saturday. The annual lecture is named after the late Marathi journalist who worked with the Maharashtra Times, Loksatta, Star News and Star Majha (now ABP News and ABP Majha) and is organised by the Pune Union of Working Journalist along with Venkatesh’s colleagues and friends. The theme of Saturday’s lecture was “Is social media setting up the agenda for mainstream media?”.
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