NEW DELHI: information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari has called for a robust self-regulation regime in the country to keep pace with the changing media environment.

"Content regulation in the media space is not going to come out of the political executive, but will come out of the judicial process. Make self-regulation more inclusive and robust to keep out judicial intervention," he said, while speaking at the Red Ink Awards function of the Press Club Mumbai on 25 May.

Tewari said "with exponential growth in the media space, a paradigm shift has taken place, wherein regulations have to keep pace with changing technologies and have to be universal."

He said there was a need for constant introspection so that the self-regulation process could be taken forward.

He pointed out that social media has reshaped media today and in effect, there are over 80 million broadcasters in the form of micro-bloggers, twitter and Facebook users. The minister went on to mention the Paradox of Short Fuse, which pits proliferating instruments of dissemination against growing intolerance. He said such a situation creates conflict between Article 19 guaranteeing the freedom of speech and reasonable restrictions to be imposed on it.

Tewari also observed that the revenue models of Indian media organisations have not been well constructed, which in turn has led to the issues of paid news, private treaties, tyranny of TRPs and sensationalism.

N Ram, participating in a panel discussion, observed that reasonable restrictions were often becoming unreasonable restrictions and jurisdiction of criminal contempt was posing a serious challenge to fearless journalism.

Arnab Goswami, who was moderating the discussion, said media had the right to defend its turf from frequent judicial interventions.

BENGALURU: The Press Club has announced it will honour two veteran journalists -- Kuldip Nayar and N.Ram ? with its signature RedInk Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2013 for their careers dedicated to good journalism.

The awards will be handed over by Maharashtra Governor Mr K Sankaranarayanan, on Saturday 25 May at the NCPA?s Tata Theatre.

The Press Club will also felicitate over 20 other journalists from various categories for excellence in journalism at the awards event.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards were selected by the managing committee of the Press Club based on a survey of leading and senior journalists from all over the country.

Kuldip Nayar is revered as a columnist and peace activist and has also been former Rajya Sabha member. N. Ram has headed The Hindu Group as MD and Editor-in-Chief for over two decades and has been conferred the Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government and the Sri Lanka Ratna by the Government of Sri Lanka.

?It?s a privilege to honour such distinguished journalists at the RedInk 2013 Awards. Their contribution to the media and professional achievements speak volumes and serve as motivations to us all. We are pleased to felicitate such inspirational personalities,? said Mr. Gurbir Singh, President, The Press Club, Mumbai.

This year, The RedInk Awards received over 900 entries from journalists all across India. Winners have been chosen in nine competitive categories including Sports, Media and Entertainment, Health and Environment, Crime, Business, Politics, Television Story, Science and Innovation and PhotoJournalism. Some of the eminent judges included Ravi Shastri, Rahul Bose, Kumar Ketkar, Pritish Nandy, Minhaz Merchant, Shirish Inamdar, Hussain Zaidi, Khalid Mohammad and Colvyn Harris.

Star India, Podar Enterprise, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Eros International, Yes Bank, Magarpatta City, and Zee Entertainment are supporting the event.