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RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The research objective of this paper is to analyze the profile and selected content of the Catholic portal deon.pl in the context of quality journalism.
THE RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND METHODS: The main research problem is to determine the facts related to the genesis, profile and content of the messages of one of the most popular Catholic portals in Poland.
THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The first part of the paper reviews the literature in the field of broadly defined criteria of quality journalism. Then, the profile of the deon.pl portal was presented, and in the following sections, the analysis of the content of the Deon FB profile and the deon.pl portal.
RESEARCH RESULTS: All these materials were analyzed according to their subject matter, the nature of the message, the number of likes, political overtones and the program line of the portal. The titles of the deon.pl Facebook account reflect two thematic lines: the theme of the war in Ukraine and the theme of preparations for Easter. At deon.pl, an analysis of the texts in the tabs of the information and opinion sections was carried out.
CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Quality journalism is on the one hand "journalism of values" and on the other "professional journalism". Manifestations of such journalism are visible in deon.pl. The Jesuit portal should be considered a manifestation of journalistic quality in Poland due to the clear values professed, and at the same time, transmitted by the editorial staff, as well as professionalism of work in accordance with accepted journalistic rules and high ethical standards, visible in the unambiguous separation of information from opinion. Deon.pl is an example of a Catholic portal with a successful attempt to combine tradition and journalistic news against the fake news tendencies.

peer-reviewed ; The processes associated with globalisation have seen Catalonia become an ethnolinguistically diverse region. Additionally, a vibrant civic and political movement for an independent Catalonia has brought a renewed urgency to questions about what it means, personally and politically, to speak or not to speak Catalan or Spanish in 21st century Catalonia. The current study seeks to address a gap in the literature by investigating the attitudes of members of independence organisations toward the Catalan and Spanish languages against the backdrop of the Catalan independence movement. This research examines the respondents' language attitudes from a language orientations perspective, using Ruiz's (1984, 2010) framework of language-as-a-problem and language-as-a-resource to unpack the complexities of the situation in present-day Catalonia. This research was conducted with members of independence organisations operating in the city of Girona and involved qualitative research methods, specifically focus groups and narrative interviews. This study indicates that a fuller understanding of the complex situation in Catalonia may be facilitated through qualitative methodologies, which have the potential to explore attitudes in-depth. The analysis of the data reveals a diversity of attitudes toward both Catalan and Spanish, with both languages being mobilised in diverse combinations for a wide range of purposes. The comments of the respondents indicate that, against the backdrop of the independence process in the region, bilingualism and multilingualism have become highly valued in the territory.

Asansol-Durgapur Industrial Belt situated in the district of Burdwan is a major industrial hub, not only of West Bengal, but also of the entire country. The existence of vast coal mines in the district has invited a large number of big industrial units of various types, which have consolidated the base for industrial development and made the Asansol - Durgapur zone an industrial complex. The area was aptly nicknamed the Ruhr of Bengal. The vast expanse covering the Rurh of Bengal had been the centre of heavy industrial enterprises. With the passage of time, however a lot of factories and units in the Asansol - Durgapur had to be unfortunately closed down and quite a few others are on the verge of closure. Moreover, prior to the decade of 1990, almost all big industries of the region were under Public sector and there was very little presence of the private sector. To give impetus to the cause of industrial infrastructure , Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA) was set up in the year 1980. Since its formation in 1980, the ADDA has been spearheading the cause of industrial infrastructure within 1615.9 sq. km. of rural and urban area to provide succor to a population of around three million. ADDA set up three industrial complexes in Durgapur, Mangalpur and Jamuria to promote industrialisation. The liberal industrial policy pursued by the central Government in 1991 proved to be the necessary catalyst. These efforts began to bear fruits and the last few decades or so saw rapid industrial initiatives in the region. Most of these initiatives were in the Iron and Steel sector because of the Region's close proximity to coal, iron and power producing zones. Incentives provided by the WBIDC and other development agencies and the boom in the steel market internationally helped these industries to prosper. Of late, however, some of these industries, especially the ones in the business of producing sponge iron, are struggling to stay afloat. This paper seeks to have a closer look at the financial health of the largest ...