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"Old Journalism is Like Riding in a Carriage": Behzadi
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Journalism in the past was like climbing into and riding in a carriage, compared to what is being practiced today said veteran journalist Behrouz Behzadi, addressing an oral history gathering on journalism here in Tehran last week.
Journalism in the past was so much different from what is being practiced in today's world, and people's understanding of the past of the practice is only possible through memories and oral history of the veteran practitioners, said Behzadi.
He said the growth of communications in the past 50 years is unprecedented throughout history.
He called on university officials and decision-makers to be wary of the rapid growth of journalism in the world so that programs are updated with the latest developments in reportage.
Mounted by the Communication Management Monthly and endorsed by the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the gathering was the first of a series of oral history gatherings arranged at the National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"Communications are so much rapidly growing that a village in the African country of Tanzania is expected to become completely related to a city in China through their local languages," said Behzadi.
Behzadi said he began his career as a journalist of accidents in Etela'at newspaper.
His vigor for journalism dates back to the time he was a small boy and piles of weeklies and daily papers flocked their house every day as his father was an eager reader of the news.
He said he once wrote a composition for school which his teacher dismissed as being a piece completed with the help of his father.
Behazadi began working as a journalist for Ettela'at in 1968 when he was only 23 and after a year became an editor of his desk due to the talent he displayed in the field. At that time a journalist needed at least 10 years of experience to become and editor.
Translated by: Abbas Hajihashemi
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