Why This Is the Best Time to Be a Journalist

Explore the challenges and opportunities facing modern journalism in this thought-provoking TEDx talk by Divya Arya, BBC News correspondent and author. Discover why, despite current obstacles, this is an exciting time for journalists. Learn about the tools and strategies for navigating the complex media landscape while maintaining truthful, robust, and unbiased reporting. Gain insights from Arya's two decades of experience in video, audio, and text journalism across English and Hindi languages, focusing on human rights and social justice issues with a gender perspective. Understand the importance of storytelling in journalism and how it can bridge cultural divides, as exemplified by Arya's book "Postbox Kashmir: Two lives in Letters." Delve into the evolving role of journalists in today's society and the critical need for ethical, fact-based reporting in an era of misinformation.