ABOUT EASTERN PRESS AGENCY
EASTERN PRESS AGENCY is a leading News-Photo, feature end News Agency in the eastern India, born in 16th.
September 1984.
Popularly known as E.P.A, the agency caters news Photographs in colour and black & white to a number of national and local newspapers and periodicals. like Times of India, Telegraph, Newstime, Indian Express, EENADU, The Hindu, The Samaj, The Prajatantra, Dharitri, The Sambad, Pragativati, Viswabani, India Today, The Week, Onlooker, Current, Probe India, Frontline, Surya India, Bishesh Khabar , Reuters are few to name. A number of regional language newspaper are served by the news and feature service of E.P.A
E.P.A has a network of correspondents and photo- correspondents all over the state and in important cities of the country.
E.P.A’s team of photographers armed with most sophisticated photographic equipments rush to cover spot news and they are the first to reach during any natural calamity to inform the world about the reality.
E.P.A feature service includes special features in Politics, Sports, Film, Tourism, Art, Culture, Women, Tribals, Wildlife etc. It has a team of feature writers.
E.P.A also supplies exclusive investigative stories and stories of human interest.
E.P.A also executes exclusive stories and photo coverage on special assignment from the media.
Eastern Press Agency’s sister organisation E.P.A- TV already produced video films YUGASARATHI (based on the life and achievements of Biju Patnaik - in the year1989), PURI CAR FESTIVAL, CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ORISSA and SANGRAM(the story of unemployed engineers in the year 1988).
E.P.A’s publication wing hag already published 12 books of popular interest and has plans to publish a number of out standing books of eminent authors . To train educated young men to earn good living with respectability E.P.A. has open an institute of photography, photo journalism and video photography. Every year 10 student passing out from EPA and joined in different News papers .
EPA Publishing a Weekly News
paper popularly known as ‘EPA Weekly’ which ia largest circulated weekly in Odisha state .
In the year of 1998 E.P.A has published a photo book of Biju Pattnaik of 200 pages named “Memories”. On the occasion of Birth Centenary of legendary person Biju Pattnaik we would bringout second edition of 400 pages, the book “Memories” to mark the 100th Birth anniversary of our Yuga Sarathi Biju Pattnaik. The book would contain valuable words ( which Biju Pattnaik speaks from his own mouth ) .
Now E.P.A is going to do a Photo library of Eminent Statesman and Legendary person Biju Pattnaik . This Library consisting “20x24” size laminated Photographs from 1916 to 1997 of different stages of Biju Pattnaik. We also preparing a Biju corner which is Memorial Museum of Biju Pattnaik . This Museum will be the encyclopedia for Odisha’s new generation . The daily use Items of Biju pattnaik with rare photographs will take place in this Museum .
( Sri Aneel Prasad Mishra )