Journalists and social activists in the Taj city celebrated Hicky’s Day paying tributes to the fighter-journalist James Augustus Hicky who launched India’s first newspaper, the Bengal Gazette, on January 29, 1780.
Recalling the contribution of Hicky, the founder of journalism in India, speakers at a seminar on late Sunday evening said, the media’s direction and policy frame were set by him as reflected in his ‘anti-establishment writings’.
The theme of the seminar was “Social Media emerging as a challenge to conventional media?”
Speakers noted that social media had “democratised the once monopoly controlled Indian media”.