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Behind The News: Voices From Goa's Press
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This book was collaboratively written between August2003 and October 2003, through Goajourno, a cybernetwork of journalists and former journalists who haveworked in Goa.
Copyleft 2003. Writers of the respective individualchapters retain their right to be identified as theauthors of their work.
This is work-in-progress. and currently is in draftstage. Version 0.10 (draft release).
First e-version: October 10, 2003 (draft)
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Introduction
If you believe in miracles, here is a small one. Ane-book, written collaboratively by over adozen-and-half journalists, many with amazing storiesto tell. Their willingness to do so, says something.
For one, it indicates a generosity to convert memoriesinto history, which would otherwise have been consignedto the dustbin of amnesia. This is particularly true,as the media seldom writes critically about themselvesin Goa. More importantly, it also suggests that thereare many in Goa who have a story, and are willing tonarrate it. If only they're given a chance. Asmediapersons, we need to ask ourselves why thesestories are not allowed (or encouraged) to surface inthe first place. It's impossible to believe that thereis such a drought of ideas and issues in Goa, and thegeneral lack of debate in the media would make it seem.
October 10, 2003 marks the 20th anniversary of theHerald's English-language edition. Many of usjournalists who contributed here are no longer, orperhaps never were, associated with that dailynewspaper. But, the launch of this product undeniablyopened up avenues for a generation of journalists inthe state. In addition, it rewrote the rules ofjournalism for all of us here, for better or worse.Hence the choice of this date for the first release ofthis book.
What is being said along these e-pages refers tocritical times in the history of post-1961 Goa.Needless to say, views voiced here stem from personalexperiences, oftentimes are subjective, and likely togenerate eve