AI in journalism a debatable idea, lacks emotions to address citizen issues: Pradeep Bhandari | e4m NEWS NEXT 2023

NEW DELHI (India), August 28, 2023: e4m’s annual media summit, popularly called the NEWSNEXT SUMMIT, returned with its 12th edition. NEWSNEXT SUMMIT brings together thought leaders from News TV, Media Experts, Advertisers, Brand Marketers, Academicians and Global Media Leaders to discuss the future of TV News.

Addressing the event, anchor Pradeep Bhandari, Founder Jan Ki Baat, talked about India’s Chandrayan-3 success and how the media fraternity echoed the sentiments of Indian viewers. “India went on the moon with Chandrayaan 3 and I feel proud. As an anchor, it’s natural that I would express the emotions of 130 crores people who were really cheering at that time. I do believe your job as a journalist is to express honest emotions, and your job is to express what people of the country are going through, he said.

Talking about the future of the industry and whether an AI powered anchor can be a possibility, he said, “Many channels may be considering using robotic anchors but honestly AI will not be able to express human emotions. We have to understand that genuine emotions can not be manage and sometimes it can be exaggerated and that exaggeration doesn’t mean that it is wrong. However, at the end of the day I believe that people of this country, the audience is the biggest decision maker. Also, a well read journalist is bound to have an opinion and that’s also the core of journalism. Journalism for me is not reading news but also giving opinion based on facts.”

The day long discussions and debates concluded that News industry is at the cusp of a big change, from format to content and the credibility of the content is what matters the most.

Apart from the exchange of ideas, the 15th edition of the exchange4media news broadcasting awards (enba) was also organized on Sunday in a glittering ceremony at Radisson Blu, Noida.