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 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 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.
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |12/07/2018
Reporters hugged and smiled, TV anchors cheered on air, Zain Asher in the studio said “Here in CNN we have all just been singing!!”
BY Saurav Datta| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/07/2018
Both Rahul Shivshankar and Arnab Goswami went on a no-holds-barred attack on an institution whose legality was upheld by the Supreme Court.
BY KATH WOODWARD| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/06/2018
Women have been hired to offer commentary at the men’s World Cup, their presence brings out the worst in male fellow pundits.
BY S HUSSAIN ZAIDI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |08/05/2018
The feisty reporter lost seven years of her life to pain and humiliation on account of fellow journalists who bought the theories the police planted,
BY MEREDITH SHAW| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |05/05/2018
Are North Korean media outlets signaling that the regime is getting serious about diplomacy? They showed the two leaders interacting on an equal footing,
BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/05/2018
From the Hoot archives: Incredibly, news reports quote crime branch police sources (unidentified, of course) who state that the case against Vora became stronger when the gangster himself called up several journalists and businessmen.
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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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