BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |21/01/2017
For 25 years, Srote Feature Service and Journal has tried to enhance scientific temper in society by generating articles for readers of Hindi publications.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/12/2016
Its early morning news bulletins are one long riff on the government’s wondrous work. Hard news? No thank you.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN OPINION |24/12/2016
Anupam Mishra was a greatly respected journalist who stayed away from the limelight but wrote with insight on water and the environment.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/12/2016
The Hindi press’ writing on pollution has been good but if it were more sustained and went deeper into the causes, the result would be terrific.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |25/11/2016
The mismatch between AIR and DD making the poll survey their top story and the print media’s muted response, points to a credibility problem.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |21/11/2016
In its coverage of the currency crisis, All India Radio lavished praise on the government, ignoring opposing views and minimizing the hardships of ordinary people.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |10/11/2016
Important as they are, public interest ads in print and on radio could do with pruning and fine-tuning to be more effective.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN COMMUNITY MEDIA |26/10/2016
When the media ignore tribals and their problems, why not train some of them to inundate the media with press releases so that their views are aired?
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/10/2016
Every winter stories are run about how the homeless need more shelters. During the monsoon and the heat – media silence.
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |01/10/2016
For over 50 years, the Sarvodaya Press Service has been spreading the Mahatma’s ideas by providing stories with a Gandhian theme to the Hindi press.
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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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