Released on = May 3, 2007, 4:25 am

Press Release Author = Prof BR Natarajan

Industry = Media

Press Release Summary = In journalism, there has always been a tension between
getting it first and getting it right and in this age where old news is cold news,
e-journalism is rapidly becoming a cornerstone in the media industry taking news
from anywhere to everywhere.

Press Release Body = World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the United Nations
General Assembly in 1991 as a day \"to celebrate the fundamental principles of press
freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from
attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their
lives in the exercise of their profession.\" Press freedom is considered to be a
cornerstone of human rights and a guarantee of other freedoms. This day is
celebrated each year on 3rd May.

Online journalism, or e-journalism, or cyber news, is journalism practiced online.
While traditional media is linear, online journalism takes a non-linear approach to
news. Traditional media has always focused much on urban news coverage. Any news
coverage of suburban and rural events by Traditional media has worked on by and
large pre arranged procedures only.

Pilani, 28.22N, 75.33E. is a sleepy town in Rajasthan India and happens to be the
birth place of Shri G D Birla who is one of the doyens of Indian Industry and is
where BITS Pilani which is one among the top universities in India today sharing
space with the IITs is located. The traditional media has not made much inroads in
covering the events at Pilani possibly because the roads from Delhi to Pilani are
not as savvy as expected, the rail connectivity to this place less said the better
and air connectivity is a long drawn dream. With such enviable infrastructural
connectivity, the cyber road with or without toll is a great alternative to take the
news from Pilani across the globe Australia to America as well as Arctic to the
Antarctic.

The Internet, weblogs, search engines, and RSS feeds are the new tools of computer
assisted reporting (CAR). Free press release distribution services built on the
principles of search engine optimization have addedan exciting dimension to online
journalism and press freedom.

Today, the happenings at BITS Pilani reach everywhere in no time thanks to the Press
Release Services offered by Newswire Today, India PRwire, openPR, PRLog, Earthtimes,
1888pressrelease, PRLeap, i-newswire, pressmethod, PRZOOM, SANEPR, PRWeb, Express
Press Release EPR Network, Free Press Release, Press world, Press Base, Press
Zoomand many more. The celebrations of World Press Freedom Day will not be complete
without acknowledging the stellar role played by the above Press Release Services
offering agencies for taking the news from Pilani to literally everywhere.

Web Site = http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in

Contact Details = Prof BR Natarajan
Dean Work Integrated Learning Programmes
BITS Pilani (Rajasthan) 333031 India
Phone Office 91-1596-242210
Fa 91-1596-244183
Email: brnt@bits-pilani.ac.in