A boy comes up to his mother and says: "Mummy, I have got a role of Tajik journalist!" The mother asks: "Oh, my honey, couldn't you take the role with the words?"
             This anecdote does not mean that journalism and mass media in our country is speechless. But our Republic is a young one. People of our country have to learn a lot about journalism to reach international level. We have just begun to come across such notions as democracy and freedom of speech. Though round tables and meetings are conducted and people try to solve the problems concerning our Tajik press, namely: How to bring update and hot news for Tajik people? What proclaim in newspapers, on TV and radio and what not to proclaim? As Rudolfo Anaya (American novelist) said: "There are people who are afraid of change. We cannot hide our heads in the sand and pretend that everything is all right". Thus the situation in our country should be changed. Furthermore I took several dailies and compared them, as the result I found out that most of the information was simply copied, especially from Russian magazines. Many articles deal with what is happening abroad. There are articles about pop-stars and their lives. It shows unseriousness. Many issues are about entertainments and gossips. Every time I read a paper I find the same matters discussed. It is necessary to represent Tajikistan to the big mass of readers. People should know about their country, about economic, political and cultural events taken place in their Republic. In addition to this copyrights in mass media are being diminished. It is really hard to be a reporter in such a situation. A newsman is to be a hero. At the same time journalist is under pressure. On the one hand there is censorship and lack of the freedom of speech. On the other hand public demands sensations, reporter's articles should be catching, he has to have sharp tongue. It is difficult to tell the truth...