[icernet] Is there a correlation between press freedom and development?

[Arul Selvan]

There are two aspects of the print media worth probing. One, does press 
freedom have a positive relationship with key development indicators 
such as per capita product, life expectance and literacy? Two, what 
could be the philosophy and structure of a development oriented 
newspaper? A development oriented newspaper keeps the development of the 
nation and preservation of freedom as important objectives and may 
follow some do’s and don’ts. The do’s could include a relative emphasis 
on development news: the stories, for instance, of the successful 
children of the poor, or of a new innovation that has come from a remote 
village. It is not that such news is never reported at present; it is 
just that it never gets front-page status.

Source:
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=18668