The workshop is jointly organised by Report on Reporters (RoR) and Civil Society Forum on Human Rights (CSFHR). Speaking on the occasion rights activist Dhirendra Panda, Convener of CSFHR, said, risks on journalists are increasing day-by-day. As they are defender, their rights should be protected. Convener of RoR, Sri Akhand said about the aim and objective of the forum.
In the different session senior journalists Jatindra Das, Basudev Mohapatra, Kedar Mishra and N.A.Shah Ansari spoke about right to freedom of press and use of social and community media for monitoring rights issues. More than 40 journalists and journalism students from different parts of the state, have attended the workshop. CSFHR’s Chandranath Dani, Akhand and Ranjit Sutar have managed the program.