Journalists urged to re-examine newsroom priorities in child reporting

Media professionals today were called to practice “maturity, empathy, and constitutional responsibility” in reporting stories involving children, with a strong caution that careless coverage can cause “irreversible harm.”

The urgency came during the one-day workshop on ‘Building a Child-Friendly Media,’ which was organised by the Nagaland State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NSCPCR) in collaboration with Dimapur Press Club in Hotel Saramati.

Special Public Prosecutor Imlimongla, Fast Track Special Court (FTSC), Dimapur, the resource person, stressed that “words heal and words wound.” She reminded journalists that the Indian Constitution protects children’s dignity through Articles 14, 15(3), 21, and 39(f)

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