IN Media Watch Briefs | 2018-09-05
In April 1979 Kuldip Nayar was among those who founded the The Media Foundation which runs the Hoot, along with BG Verghese, Romesh Thapar, NS Jagannathan, and L C Jain, all stalwarts of that era. Arun Shourie, S Mulgaonkar, Ajit Bhattacharya and the Jurist LM Singhvi were also members of..
Changing airspace rights and drone journalism
IN Law and Policy | 2018-07-15
After a spate of “drones are spying on me” stories in the media, new model laws proposed in the US will make it easy to sue over news photography.
Thai cave rescue: when the media became emotional
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 SEEMA SIROHI|IN MEDIA PRACTICE|26/02/2018
She’s a solid, old school, investigative reporter, the kind they don’t make any more. Sarin’s award is well-deserved
Freelancing: freedom or folly?
BY URVASHI SARKAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/01/2018
With more journalists becoming freelancers, it’s time to attend to the issues of pay, ID, and safety.
Demonetisation in numbers—how statistics were used
BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN MEDIA MONITORING |12/11/2017
Two aspects of partisan commentary stood out: adjectives coupled with decontextualised statistics create an illusion of success, and favourable “facts” are mentioned in numbers, whereas inconvenient ones are stated in words.
Journalism of outrage in Gorakhpur, minus empathy
BY ANUP KUMAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/08/2017
The coverage of a tragedy produced by professional journalists affects how a community and a nation responds to the underlying causes,
How to identify media propaganda
BY ANUP KUMAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/03/2017
Any news that does not contain facts and shades of opinion that allow readers to draw their own meaning is inadvertent propaganda.
Can journalism withstand Trump?
BY USHA M. RODRIGUES| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |01/03/2017
Trump & Co. are using the fault lines in journalism to question journalism’s legitimacy as a ‘watch dog’,
Reporting demonetization: a job well done
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |16/02/2017
The coverage by the Express, Hindu, and HT was balanced, fair, in-depth, wide-ranging, rigorous, and, for once, told us what the poor thought.
Enabling a climate for Hindi science journalism
BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |21/01/2017
For 25 years, Srote Feature Service and Journal has tried to enhance scientific temper in society
Journalism to Corp Comm: making the switch
BY MITUL THAKKAR| IN MEDIA BUSINESS | 17/12/2016
Specialised agencies for creative works, content writing, advertising, media buying, event management, film production houses, social media and of course public relations are commonly used by corporate communications. On the other hand, media persons are supposed to execute every assignment on ...
Virtual reality debuts in Indian journalism
BY SHUMA RAHA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |24/10/2016
After the internet and the rise of digital media, VR could well turn out to be journalism’s next big technological disruptor.
Striking a false note on unions
BY P C I BABAI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/09/2016
The Delhi Union of Journalists had to urge its tribe to cover the September 2 strike. Why? Because labour issues are ‘passe’ and no longer ‘sexy’.
BY SHUMA RAHA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/08/2016
Comedian John Oliver’s takedown of the way the media is headed with their digital-first strategy is riotously funny and devastating,
Panama Papers: the Indian journalists behind it
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/04/2016
An Indian Express team was among the 250 journalists in the gigantic, global investigation which has begun to topple presidents and prime ministers.
Panama Papers: the Indian journalists behind it
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/04/2016
An Indian Express team was among the 250 journalists in the gigantic, global investigation which has begun to topple presidents and prime ministers.
BY SUMANTH RAGHAVENDRA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |08/03/2016
…this article was a masterclass in avoiding a word, a specific word?—?the word “crook”…or any variant thereof.
Sex-obsessed hacks and the harm they do
BY SANJAY AUSTA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/02/2016
Hacks use sex to tarnish and malign the accused. The coverage of the Arzoo murder is a case in point,
When just reporting is not enough
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/01/2016
As an expat reporter in Bahrain, Anwar Moideen’s stories uncover the lives of poor Indian workers and touch the conscience of local people.
BY NANDITA JHA and BHANVI SATIJA| IN MEDIA MONITORING |18/09/2015
The Indian Express had five times as many opinion pieces on politics/political history/political economy as the Times of India, and five times as many on economy/finance/ business.
BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN MEDIA MONITORING |16/09/2015
The media coverage of the Census data on religion focused on the timing of its release and the politically controversial aspects. Many deeper and more complex layers were totally ignored.
BY Jyoti Punwani| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |01/09/2015
Violence is part of Hardik Patel's psyche. The media reports his talk of breaking hands and gouging out eyes but passes little judgement on it.
Mumbai 1993 – in three stories
BY PRANATI B. MEHRA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |29/07/2015
The Daily in Mumbai with a handful of staff scooped three sensational exclusives related to the blasts.
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/04/2015
Outlook's cover story on Smriti Irani was based entirely on anonymous sources.
The death of a fine journalist
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/04/2015
Ram Prakash Meel was honest, well-informed, and could not be bought.
A prolific and indefatigable optimist
BY hoot| IN OPINION |31/12/2014
George Verghese took intellectual positions that defied consistent labeling. He was dubbed a stateist on some issues, anti-establishment on others.
Trial by media: how journalists are used
BY REBECCA JOHN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/10/2014
The media must cross-check information put out by investigating agencies or else journalists could prejudice the rights of accused persons and influence trials,
The art of the political interview
BY VIKRAM JOHRI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/09/2014
Teasing something genuinely new out of a politician is a rare skill all over the world.
Journalism before TV and Twitter
BY Seetha| IN OPINION|28/03/2014
If journalists of a certain generation were stenographers, what label should be used to describe today's television journalists?
Cracking the Ishrat Jahan encounter
BY Rana Ayyub| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/02/2014
Four days of extensive travelling, late night phone calls from 'safe numbers', persistence, and the fifth day was fruitful.
BY sevanti ninan| IN OPINION |31/10/2013
Between Pierre Omidyar's Greenwald-fronted venture and the assertions relating to changes at The Hindu, older values of journalism are being tested,
Intelligence reporting or embedded journalism?
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/09/2013
Why do spooks mostly feed us the apple-pie-cold-coffee stories instead of revealing information of the kind Gen Singh disclosed?
Whither Communication teaching?
BY JENSON JOSEPH| IN MEDIA MONITORING |31/08/2013
Has the discipline of Communication and Journalism in India failed to redefine itself as a relevant academic field in the context of media's changing political economy,
BY R A RAVISHANKAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |23/12/2012
Does journalistic balance demand construction of a false equivalence between proponents of a violent religious nationalism and those of a secular worldview,
Reporters as police stenographers
BY Jyoti Punwani| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |22/09/2012
As 16 terror cases end in acquittal the English press is guilty of giving in to the dubious claims of the infamous Special Cell.
BY MAYA RANGANATHAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/03/2011
It follows then that barring a few cases which are supported by accounts of events that can be corroborated by other sources, Wikileaks is all about an American hegemonic view of the world.
IN OPINION |30/11/2010
In showing their proximity to political and business bosses, journalists have been probing new depths in unethical behaviour. Ultimately, they have to ask themselves why they are in the trade – to push agendas, to be kingmakers and queen makers or si
Reporting on a struggle means becoming part of it’
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/09/2010
‘Only the media can give voice to the oppressed. To me, journalism is a way out of the mindset that nothing can be changed’.
"These bastards need to be bared"
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/07/2010
Leading an award winning investigative media website headquartered in Sweden with
BY Seema Kamdar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/04/2010
It is about the scary burden of apportioning fame, shame and blame that the media seems to have appropriated for itself. It determines public opinion to an uncomfortable extent.
Is the State victimizing journalist-activists?
BY sevanti ninan| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/08/2008
For journalists who feel strongly about the issues they report, the line between journalism and activism is sometimes thin.
Not such a great profession after all?
BY hoot| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/07/2008
Journalists in India are better paid than ever before, but job satisfaction is on the decline.
BY sevanti ninan| IN OPINION |06/01/2008
What position should the media take when human rights and security interests collide
Done nothing illegal, says Bahal
BY Gyan Varma| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |21/12/2005
"What we have done is not illegal or unlawful and since we have not done anything wrong, people cannot target us for anything."
BY Ayaz Amir| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/12/2005
Indian papers, driven by the great forces of the market, have been dumbed down to the point where they are indistinguishable from any other consumer product.
BY B.P. Sanjay| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/10/2005
The sole aim of a newspaper for the Mahatma was service. Conscious of the power of the medium, he believed in control and restraint.
BY s ramanujan| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/08/2005
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/08/2005
It is much easier playing the confession box than acting the watchdog
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/08/2005
The most damaging fallout of the Mumbai rains that snuffed out at least one thousand lives in Maharashtrawas that Amitabh Bachchan did not bathe for three days!!
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |01/08/2005
Begin with an attack on the police, and balance it with an attack on the Left. In Gurgaon last week nobody had the gumption to call a spade a spade.
Deep Throat sets off debate on sourcing
BY Dasu Krishnamoorty| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/06/2005
It`s worth reconsidering the entire nature of reportorial authority and responsibility. In other words, why quote anonymous sources at all?
Untoo, the police and the press
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/06/2005
Oh journalism, where is thy sting?
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |06/05/2005
New fundamentalism sweeping media
BY manish chand| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/03/2005
"Television network executives and editors are trying to follow the audience rather than lead the audience."
Real victims of crime reporting
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/03/2005
The media’s ‘freedom of expression’ often infringes on the rights of those undergoing a trial.
Where have all the science writers gone?
BY Frederick Noronha| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/01/2005
Hardly a handful of major newspapers in India have weekly pages or sections devoted to science. From across the border, science writers in Pakistan seem to have similar experiences.
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/08/2004
Nafisa Joseph provided fodder for the sensation seekers
BY dasu k| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |16/06/2004
People could bring down tyrannical regimes like those of the Shah of Iran or Idi Amin. But history has no instance of people dethroning a newspaper.
BY haritsa| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |01/05/2004
The newspaper report cleverly combines the sources and techniques of journalism and fictional narration to ‘establish’ and pronounce judgment on ‘what really happened’.
BY ninan| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |12/03/2004
To avoid being taken for a spin journalists should start treating spin doctors for what they are: not news providers, but government workers running campaigns to get their bosses elected.
The Press must represent the public: Tejpal
BY noronha| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |05/01/2004
"At the heart of the paper are two Cøs. Crusading, constructive journalism. We will not only expose, and knock those doing wrong, but also appreciate those doing the right thing."
Arun Shourie on the media and public discourse
BY shourie| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |23/03/2003
Balanced journalism as practiced today amounts to neutrality between the arsonist and the fire-fighter.
In Defence Of Journalism As A Public Trust Salzburg, AustriaMarch 26, 2002
BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/03/2002
IN OPINION |07/09/2002
Vinod Mehta: Investigative journalism has a nice, grand ring.
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/09/2002
