NDTV shift to mojo costs jobs

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/07/2017

NDTV put out a statement on July 24 asserting that it was reorganising its newsroom and resources to focus on mobile journalism. It said, "we are the first major network in India whose reporters are all trained in using mobile phones to shoot stories", and added that this was not just about cost-cutting, However Outlook reports that the reorganisation has been accompanied by the firing of around 70 staffers across the country. Many of them are camerapersons.

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