Lalitha Sridhar : Articles

Freebies for obliging hacks –but you had better oblige

BY Lalitha Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |14/06/2003

An interviewee I once thought a possible friend was completely put off when I returned the lovely designer dupatta she couriered to me.

ET and its Budget pinks

BY Lalitha Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/03/2003

It undressed the finance minister, brought in cricket and Kareena Kapoor, and drowned itself in unbelievable verbal excesses

Thinking young

BY Lalitha Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |24/12/2002

If the profile is about someone balding and on the wrong side of fifty is sent away to the bottom of the fourth page.

Media Focus----Practice makes perfect

BY Lalitha Sridhar| IN OPINION |02/12/2002

WHEN THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

BY Lalitha Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |12/04/2002

When the pen is mightier than the sword When the pen is mightier than the sword There is one thing that is not taught in any school of journalism and yet, is a subject of vital concern. And that is a certain sensitivity towards the feelings of those who are written about. A reporting career comes..

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

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.

Let the games begin

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.