Truth must remain journalism's guiding principle amid digital disruption : Raju Santhanam

Bhawani NegiShimla, Oct 31 (UNI) "Change the format. Improve the storytelling. Build the audience. But do not change the truth to win the click," Raju Santhanam a veteran journalist said, while delivering the First Prof Vepa Rao Memorial Lecture here on Saturday. Santhanam emphasised that honesty, integrity and editorial independence must remain the guiding principles of journalism despite growing commercial pressures, fierce competition for audiences and the rapidly changing digital media landscape. The lecture was organised jointly by students of Prof Vepa Rao, on his fourth death anniversary, the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), and…