New Delhi: “National Integration is the bond and togetherness between people regardless of their caste, creed, religion or gender. It is the feeling of oneness, brotherhood and social unity under communities and society in a country. National Integration helps in keeping the stability of the country and helps in the development. It nourishes communal harmony and fights casteism, regionalism and linguistic differences. It enhances the feeling of loyalty towards the nation and aims at unifying people and media plays a very important role in uniting the country said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of 10th Global Festival of Journalism Noida 2022 in a seminar organised by International Journalism Centre titled National and International Integration through Media and 2nd Marwah Studios International Awards for Journalism.

Media globalization is the worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas, while technological globalization refers to the cross-cultural development and exchange of technology. The mass media are seen today as playing a key role in enhancing globalization, facilitating culture exchange and multiple flows of information and image between countries through international news broadcasts, television programming, new technologies, film and music” said General J.J. Singh former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Guest of the Webinar.

Abdul Dewale Mohammad Founder ASSGON from London UK, Szeszler Szilvia Journalist from Budapest Hungary, Peter Ferris Film Maker from London UK, Dr. Lalit Sodha Senior Journalist London UK, Katianna Ley Actress Croatia and Dr. Muthmainnah Educationist Indonesia were the main speakers.

Marwah Studios International Award for Journalism were presented to Walid K A Allouh, Dr. Hassan Yousef Douhan, Hekmat Yousef Abu Zakri, Ahmed H.A. Adwan, and Hansen Hamdouna from Palestine, Bobby Naqvi, Anjana Sankar, Angel Tesorero, Suvam Pal, Mazhar Farooqui, Jinoy Jose and David Light from UAE, Shailendra B Singh and Kelvin Anthony from Fiji, Pavla Jazairiova from Czech Republic, Cristiana Terenche from Romania, Javed Hamim Kakar from Afghanistan and Eliza Nurmatova from Kyrgyzstan for their untiring contribution to journalism.

The event was conducted by International Journalism Centre & supported by AAFT University, International Film and Television Research Centre, World Peace Development and Research Foundation, Sahyog Koshish, Prithvi Yoga Centre and Asian Unity Alliance.