International experts appreciate media’s role in Pakistan The International Growth Center (IGC), an initiative by the UK Department of International Development today held its first consultative meeting in Pakistan. During the meeting, international experts laid out the vast and important role of media in Pakistan by claiming it to be one of the most important pillars in achieving sustainable and inclusive development in the country. The meeting was held at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and was attended by leading members ... Read More

World Economic Forum honors Amir Jahangir as Young Global Leader for 2010. Islamabad, March 04: Drawn from a pool of almost 5,000 candidates across the world. The honour, bestowed each year by the World Economic Forum, recognizes and acknowledges up to 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. This year, Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer of SAMAA TV, Pakistan’s leading private news channels ... Read More

Amir Jahangir's Inititative Promotes Cutting Edge Global Innovation Journalism New York — Fairness, honesty, accuracy. In societies with a free press, these qualities long have stood as the tenets of good journalism. The public turns to the media for reliable information and insight, resources people employ in deciding how to live their lives. According to those practicing an emerging style of reporting — innovation journalism — truth and thoroughness remain supreme, but stories must reach their audiences through filters that are different ... Read More

SAMAA TV and WWF Join Together to Strengthen National Accountability for Environmental Conservation By Carolyn J Dawson TMCnet Contributor SAMAA TV and the World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan have launched an innovative nation-wide partnership at WWF Pakistan’s Wetlands Centre, which is located in Kakapir Village near Sandspit. The partnership intends to develop public awareness on pressing environment issues, bringing forth the collective and individual responsibility for nurturing the natural resources and associated biodiversity in the country. SAMAA TV, Pakistan’s leading private satellite news ... Read More

Media for a Living Planet: Media reinforces national accountability for environmental conservation through partnership with WWF Pakistan SAMAA TV and the World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF Pakistan) have embarked on an innovative nation-wide partnership at WWF Pakistan's Wetlands Centre located in Kakapir Village near Sandspit. The partnership intends to enhance public awareness on critical environment challenges, bringing forth the collective and individual responsibility for nurturing the natural resources and associated biodiversity in the country. WWF Pakistan being one of country’s ... Read More

‘Cultivating Hope’ seminar on terrorism The Higher Education Commission (HEC) and SAMAA TV jointly held the second phase of a series of seminars on the project titled “Cultivating Hope”, where young female students were made aware of the challenges and impact of extremism and their important role to cultivate hope in society. The seminar held at the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) followed up by a second event at the Punjab University. The seminars included the participation of prominent representatives from ... Read More

Collaboration between Stanford Innovation Journalism Center and a Pakistani TV station honored The award-winning program "Innovation" is dedicated to identifying innovation in all aspects of Pakistani life, and has covered issues ranging from alternative energy to mobile banking. A collaborative effort between the Vinnova Stanford Research Center of Innovation Journalism and a Pakistani television station, SAMAA TV, is receiving an award for its role in bringing local issues of innovative development to the forefront of public awareness in Pakistan. "Innovation," a television program ... Read More

“Innovation,” a television program featured on SAMAA TV, one of Pakistan’s leading Urdu news channels has been named “Brand of the Year 2009” in a category recognizing products and services that sharpen public focus on processes of innovation and competitiveness in Pakistan. The program, a joint collaboration between the Vinnova-Stanford Research Center of Innovation Journalism (INJO) at Stanford University and SAMAA TV beat out more than 500 other competitors from various industries in a nationwide consumer survey and an expert panel ... Read More

SAMAA TV WONS NATIONAL CSR EXCELLENCE AWARD 2009 The CSR Association of Pakistan awarded SAMAA TV with the National CSR Excellence Award 2009 for being the only media channel in Pakistan with responsible business operations aimed at empowering marginalized communities and achieving socio-economic development. The award was given to SAMAA at the 4th National CSR Award ceremony held at a private hotel in Karachi. The event was attended by Mr. Pir Mazhar Ul-Haq, Provincial Minister for Education, Mr. Sheikh Muhammad Afzal, ... Read More

Stanford University Recognizes Amir Jahangir for His Work on Innovation Stanford Program Breaks Down Walls Between Business, Tech Journalism I am so used to hearing about innovation in journalism that when I first heard about the Innovation Journalism program at Stanford, I assumed that's what it focused on. Not exactly. The VINNOVA-Stanford Research Center of Innovation Journalism actually focused on helping journalists cover the field of innovation. David Nordfors, a Swedish punk rocker-turned-molecular-physicist-turned-journalist, found that journalists were stuck in silos of "business ... Read More