Toufique Imrose Khalidi made the observation while chairing a panel discussion at the ‘Asia Media Conference-2016’ held in Dhaka on Friday with the theme on “Reporting humanitarian emergencies and crisis”. He said new media has come with both threats and opportunities, but threats come mostly from the “irresponsible behaviour” of the media. Touching on reporting on humanitarian crisis, he commented that it is always a challenge in every part of the world, not only in Bangladesh. “In my view, it is even more challenging when we try to report an impending crisis that has not happened but that is coming. “New media keeps mainstream media on its toes.”Earlier, State Minister Shahriar Alam urged media to be “mindful” while reporting in crisis time since, in such situation things change quickly.

Source: bd News24 October 21, 2016 16:30 UTC