BY SEVANTI NINAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/08/2018
It never did have its own reporters, so what came is what we used. But once the space was created it captured what had not been captured before.
BY SAI VINOD| IN SPECIAL REPORTS |23/08/2018
Govt ad allocations increase in the year preceding an election, there is a good year ahead for the regional press.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/08/2018
Was it really about ethnic cleansing? Reporting in the English press shows that the issue is far more layered. But the BJP’s political rhetoric is drowning out other aspects.
BY SEVANTI NINAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/08/2018
Mr Vajpayee decided to invite women journalists to tea, as many as could be traced, young, old, junior, senior, and middling. The masterstroke was inviting the junior and deskbound, who would normally never see the inside of the PM’s house.
BY THE HOOT| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |15/09/2018
Shrinking advertising, more intrusive advertising, salary and job cuts, postponed launches, dropped supplements—revisiting how media houses and journalists were hit.
BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |06/09/2018
Patwardhan expressed concern that the decision was an attempt to impose YouTube’s sovereignty over the law of the land.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |05/09/2018
While Republic TV set the agenda for the raids on alleged “Urban Naxals” and Time Now picked up from it, here is what the accused said at a press conference.
BY THE HOOT| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |15/08/2018
Of late all segments of media have reported evidence of Big Brother watchfulness and attempts to control the narrative on government performance.
IN REGIONAL MEDIA |10/08/2018
The former journalist who has just become Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha explained earlier this year why he was disappointed with his shift from journalism to politics.
IN CENSORSHIP |08/08/2018
The Guild decries all attempts on the part of the government to interfere in the free and independent functioning of journalists.
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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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