Saadia Azim : Articles

BY Saadia Azim| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/01/2012

The West Bengal government's attempt to"restructure" the process of giving accreditation to media persons/houses has stirred the hornet's nest.

Reporting the Maoist Insurgency in West Bengal

BY Saadia Azim| IN BOOKS |10/01/2011

The paper uses first names of suspected Maoists leaders frequently as if they were household names. ABP also uses first names of the local CPIM or Trinamool leaders, and assumes the readers know whom they are referring to.

Puja pandals and politics

BY Saadia Azim| IN BOOKS |07/11/2010

‘The other Durga asks for peace with efforts from all parties’, read the story of the Adivasi Durga carrying the flags of all political parties, and yearning for peace.

Mispredicting the CWG?

BY Saadia Azim| IN BOOKS |30/10/2010

The Telegraph carped, Anandabazar cheered. One ignored achievements of the atheletes from its home state, the other celebrated them. From The Hoot’s comparative coverage series

No right to question?

BY Saadia Azim| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |21/06/2010

Infringing the media's 'right to question' is a common phenomenon in a politically divided West Bengal. But without that right, objectivity and truth are seriously compromised.

The media creates a Robin Hood

BY Saadia Azim| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |31/10/2009

Media savvy Maoist Kishenji uses the media to bargain with the government.

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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.