Peace Journalism

For the love of Gandhi's ideas

BY BHARAT DOGRA| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |01/10/2016

For over 50 years, the Sarvodaya Press Service has been spreading the Mahatma’s ideas by providing stories with a Gandhian theme to the Hindi press.

 

 

War and peace: how the media covered the Uri attack

BY SHUMA RAHA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/09/2016

TV and social media went to war. But newspapers and news portals brought sanity and balance to Indian media’s response to the Uri attack.

 

Decoding the dreaded Peace TV

BY SEVANTI NINAN| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |13/07/2016

Peace TV, at least to the casual viewer, is about advocating being a suffocatingly good Muslim rather than a murderous one.

 

Bridge across the LoC

IN REGIONAL MEDIA |09/09/2015

People on each side want to know about the other side. But there is a huge information and perception gap between the two parts of the divided state.

 

Television for peace

BY TERESA REHMAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/08/2012

Singers, artists, writers and academics were inspired by a TV talk show 'Prasangokrome' on DY 365, to make a spontaneous visit to the strife-torn areas in the Bodoland Territorial Area District.

 

With Arnab is there hope for Aman Ki Asha?

IN MEDIA PRACTICE |21/05/2012

You begin to doubt the mission of Aman Ki Asha and wonder about the sincerity of its two media partners as you watch Arnab Goswami conduct TV debates on issues over which India and Pakistan regularly squabble,

 

Promoting Pak-Afghan Media Collaboration

IN OPINION |26/07/2011

The attempt to promote and facilitate collaboration was aimed at improving coverage and understanding of Afghanistan and issues of common interest in Pakistan through bringing on board the mainstream media.

 

Reporting Ayodhya-II

BY Padmaja Shaw and Nagamallika G| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |18/10/2010

In Hyderabad both Eenadu and Deccan Chronicle bent over backwards to maintain balance. One defining feature of Eenadu was the effort it took to present both the sides for almost all stories.

 

 

 

Making too much of media diplomacy?

BY sevanti n| IN MEDIA MONITORING |11/01/2006

When news people achieve star status some hubris can be forgiven, but it is safe to assume that Indo-Pak relations will be governed by other realities.

 

Aa galay lag jaa!

IN OPINION |17/10/2005

 

CNN explores the ‘Path to Peace’

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |29/09/2005

The two-hour special was silent on post-Independence riots. Perhaps the ‘path to peace’ with a Muslim neighbour requires a certain degree of amnesia about Muslims within India.

 

Media and reconciliation

BY Sanjana Hattotuwa| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/08/2005

To transform media into one that promotes reconciliation requires us to look at the way media works.

 

Media monitoring: Discovering Pakistan

BY shubha singh| IN BOOKS |20/08/2004

Unprecedented journalistic access during the March-April period of cricket diplomacy produced a rush of goodwill stories on Pakistan in Indian newspapers.

 

The Role of the Media in Peace Processes

BY ninan| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/03/2003

News reports provide citizens with important clues about the political climate surrounding the peace process.

 

Singing and Dancing about War and Peace

BY Malavika Karlekar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |01/01/1900

By conveying the message of war and disability a unique play tries to educate the media to change its ways of reporting on war, peace, and the "normal body".

 

Beyond the baying for blood

BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/04/2002

 

 

 

Subscribe To The Newsletter
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.                 

View More