Importance of Being Inspiring and Selfless Journalist

With the rise of alternative careers in today’s world, we see a lot of youngsters exploring new horizons and trying their hands at new things. Nowadays we see a lot of new comers opting for careers like designing or dancing, which until about a decade back was considered a hobby and not a full time career. One of the most promising career for today’s youth seems to be mass communication careers, with its risks, its demands and dynamic nature, we have a lot of young people opting for it and the thrills and danger it brings with it. Now, how exactly did his occupation become so popular, the answer lies in the number of inspiring and selfless journalist and reporters out there, who work their hearts out to bring to us pure unadulterated sensible news, one of them is our dear fiery Barkha Dutt, let us study a little about her.

Born to an Air India Official father and a journalist mother, Barkha Dutt had quite the perfect environment to grow. Right from her childhood she had a sense of what danger meant or what risk meant privy to her parent’s professions. After graduating from St. Stephens College in Delhi with an English literature degree, she went on to pursue a Master’s degree in mass communications from Jamia Milia Islamia. Thereafter she joined NDTV and started her journalism career here and then rose to head its English wing. Dutt gained prominence for her reportage of the Kargil War. Dutt has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour for her coverage of the tsunami that lashed India in 2004. She has twice been named on the list of 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" compiled by the World Economic Forum In 2005.

If you too aspire to be someone like her and be an inspiration for many of your fellow citizens, give oil to your passion by joining any of the Top journalism colleges in India and keep the fire burning!