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MUMBAI: Starting from Monday, May 3rd Amrita TV?s State Award winning news reality show Best Citizen Journalist-3 will take the field for the 3rd year in a row, to begin its vigil against crime and injustice.
Every weekday from Monday to Thursday at 11.00 pm, 16 Citizen Journalist contestants will fan out over the State in a determined bid to highlight social issues, chase after misdemeanors, nose out corruption and track down crime.
The competitors whose pre-condition to selection is that they should not have any academic credentials in journalism or experience in reporting but must possess a nose for news, have in common a steadfast resolve to reveal flagrant transgressions of justice .
The background of the participants picked from different age groups and professions present an interesting mix, from degree students wishing to bring criminals to book, advocates with the urge to defend the downtrodden and retired professionals who would like to work for the oppressed.
Mounting a ceaseless surveillance for any wrongdoing and keeping a sharp lookout for stories and scandals, the reports they file in will be assessed for its newsworthiness and social relevance by a distinguished panel consisting of Mr.Sasikumar, Chairman of Asian College of Journalism and Mr. M.G. Radhakrishnan, India Today Special Correspondent.
The initial episodes of the show will be in the nature of a ?curtain raiser? highlighting the best of the previous 2 series of Best Citizen Journalist, which pioneered the TV journalism reality show genre.
From May 3rd ,as these zealous foot soldiers of Justice charge headlong against violations of law and present exposes that rip the mask off unholy nexuses, sensational scoops of corruption in high places and exclusives on scandals and undetected crimes, Keralites will have a taste once again - of the awesome power of citizen journalism.
