Covering the North East cauldron
BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN BOOKS |11/10/2017
What are the constraints and dilemmas of newspapers in the North East as they seek to cover current and ancient conflicts? A new book has insights.
Tell us and we'll tell the world
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |07/02/2016
Some kinds of sponsored trips for journalists are not a bad idea. In January the Sikkim government took journalists from Delhi to study how the state had become India’s first fully organic farming state. The trip was meant to coincide with the prime minister's visit to Sikkim to announce this..
BY ANUP KUMAR| IN BOOKS |01/02/2016
The latest book on the North East is essentially journalistic ethnography--it explains complexities and leaves the judging mostly to the reader.
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |24/11/2015
The Governor of Assam and Nagaland, PB Acharya gives the Assam Rifles-Naga Press controversy a fresh lease of life.
Guardians of the law attack free speech
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU| IN CENSORSHIP |16/11/2015
Between the state and some high courts, free speech is constantly under attack. The Assam Rifles order is only the latest in a string of diktats.
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |16/11/2015
The editors of six newspapers in the North East have issued a statement reacting to the Assam rifles order. Three have left their editorial space blank today. The Morung Express said, “On the occasion of the National Press Day, The Morung Express is exercising its independent choice to leave the..
The army is totally out of line
BY THE HOOT| IN CENSORSHIP |14/11/2015
“Would the Assam Rifles dare extend the same order to ‘national’ media houses?”
BY ANURAAG BARUAH| IN BOOKS |09/11/2015
An army officer’s confession reveals chilling details about ‘live kills’ and how awards for officers are linked to body counts.
Bold new plans by North East rebels
BY Rajeev Bhattacharyya| IN BOOKS |12/06/2015
Rajeev Bhattacharyya's new book reveals that North East separatists plan to establish their own government in Myanmar, like the Tibetans' in Dharamsala
BY SUBIR BHAUMIK| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/06/2015
As junior information minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore entered the Times Now studio, the complexion of the war changed.
BY JAYANTA MADHAB TAMULY| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/08/2014
The bold new trailer highlight prejudices against the north east.
Redesigning media education in the Northeast
BY TERESA REHMAN| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |30/08/2013
Recently, the under-reported Northeast India has witnessed a media boom. Time to review the media education imparted to make it more enabling,
BY ABHIJIT DEB| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |22/06/2013
Almost a year after the attack no arrests in the case of Tongam Rina.
IN REGIONAL MEDIA |25/04/2013
In its short lifespan of 18 months, the Seven Sisters Post owned by the Saradha Group made a mark in the North-east.
Coverage of the North East declines
IN BOOKS |20/04/2013
In 2012 the North East made more news than usual on the front pages of national dailies and on prime time news. But this was not sustained.
News can't 'break' a week later
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/02/2013
A lathi-charge by Sikkim police gets coverage on TV channels after seven days.
BY UGEN BHUTIA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/09/2012
Even after 65 years of Independence the national media has been consistently lukewarm towards north-east India.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/08/2012
By harping on rumours, the media's coverage of the recent exodus of people of North East Indian origin showed that it had little intention of seeking the truth.
BY TERESA REHMAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/08/2012
The national media's idea of the north-east is limited to qualifiers such as exotic, remote, unexplored, unknown.
BY TERESA REHMAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/05/2011
One anguished reader of The Arunachal Times wrote, "Osama killed Dorjee Khandu". But for the people of Arunachal Pradesh, Khandu is probably more important.
Khasi daily completes fifty years
IN REGIONAL MEDIA |17/12/2010
The newspaper that fought for Meghalaya’s statehood and reported on the struggle to gain it has turned 50.
IE lobbies for large dams in Arunachal
BY Himanshu Thakkar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/10/2010
A series of reports and editorials that began appearing in the Indian Express beginning October 8 makes the newspaper sound like a mouthpiece for the Arunachal Pradesh CM and the pro-dam lobby.
BY Pradip Phanjoubam| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/07/2010
The classic story-telling strategy of the media is for the story teller to develop an axiom or hypothesis on what he would be reporting, and then collect information that suits the axiom.
Are NGOs from the North East suspect for the media?
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |08/06/2010
At the end of the press conference one wondered-- had the two women been from so-called ‘ mainland India’ NGOs would the media have asked the same questions?
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |21/05/2010
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |26/11/2008
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken note of the killing of two journalists in the North East in the space of a week. A statement said he has spoken to the chief ministers of Assam and Imphal about taking immediate steps for prompt and fair investigations into the killings. Unidentified..
Journalists in the Northeast fight back
BY nava| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |20/03/2006
Assam and Manipur have witnessed strong responses by journalists to attacks from militants as well as police and security personnel.
Thai portal thrives on plagiarism
BY Nava Thakuria| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/03/2006
Check out Asian Tribune`s coverage of the Indian Northeast. Almost every story can be traced to one already published somewhere.
BY Nava Thakuria| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/06/2005
The Daily Star investigates BSF allegations and declares them unfounded.
Poorly paid, Insecure in North East
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/07/2004
Poorly paid, Insecure in North East
Living with Information Imbalances
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |23/05/2003
Excessive Information about north India is at the expense of the northeast part of the country..
Sikkim publisher faces criminal charge
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |01/01/2002
Arunachal Pradesh
CCTV monitors for journo safety
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |19/03/2014
After repeated attacks on the media in Arunachal Pradesh, the state's Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has directed police to provide 24x7 security and have CCTV cameras installed in all newspaper offices in Itanagar, reports the South Asia Mail. Last month, journalists shut down publications in protest after a local students'..
Even bullets cannot silence Tongam Rina
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |14/07/2013
A year since the dastardly shooting, the main accused is still absconding, but I'm not giving up,
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |04/08/2013
And most definitely not for textbook writers who wrongly omit Arunachal Pradesh from a map of India!
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |12/04/2013
Tongam Rina, associate editor of Arunachal Times who had been critically injured after being shot at point blank range by unidentified gunmen in July 2012, has been invited by a German NGO for a one-year stay in the country. Rina has been invited by 'Hamburger Stiftung', a German NGO that cares for journalists in..
No arrests yet in Tongam Rina case
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |18/01/2013
Seven months after she was shot, journalist Tongam Rina is still waiting for the culprits to be nabbed.
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |06/08/2012
Almost three weeks after she was shot in Itanagar, Tongan Rina, an associate editor with the Arunachal Times, is suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder while her assailants have not been arrested. All journalists associations need to urge the state government to bring those who shot her to book...
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |17/07/2012
Posted by Jarpum Gamlin, Editor of Eastern Sentinel published from Arunachal Pradesh on Facebook : Need reporter(s). Preference would be given to candidate(s) with teaching background. Females may avoid applying lest they think they are hard-working and mature enough to give due importance to job. ..
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |17/04/2012
The Arunachal Times office in Itanagar came under attack reportedly by a "group of unidentified people". The Associate Editor for the paper states that more than ten people carried out the attack inside the ofifce, "while a few more waited outside." Several computers were damaged in the incident. However no..
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |24/03/2012
Itanagar got its sixth daily earlier this week, called Independent Review. This is in addition to The Arunachal Times, Echo of Arunachal, The Dawnlit Post, Eastern Sentinel and Arunachal Front.
`Divisive' media report sparks row
BY TERESA REHMAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/09/2011
"Come One, Come All" was the slogan at the Nyishi Dignity Rally on September 13. A report in the Times of India which was critical of the Nyishi tribe has brought the community together in a concerted effort to get to the root of the story.
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |20/12/2010
Arunachal Pradesh did not get newspapers for second consecutive day, on Dec 20. The working journalists of the State have gone for indefinite strike since December 18 with their demand to nab the culprits associated with an assault on two women journalists on December 12. They demonstrated in front of..
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |23/06/2007
Most areas in Arunachal Pradesh are unable to access both All India Radio and Doordarshan, because they are jammed by the more powerful Chinese transmitters that are used to air Chinese radio and television programmes to the residents of the Arunachal
Meghalaya
Meghalaya High Court gags the press
IN REGIONAL MEDIA |29/05/2015
An already beleaguered media in this hill-state will lose its freedom after this order.
BY TERESA REHMAN| IN COMMUNITY MEDIA |16/05/2010
Families in remote areas of Meghalaya are now getting information about climate change via a popular FM radio music programme in Khasi.
The hills are alive with the sound of FM
BY TERESA REHMAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/02/2010
In a region mired in bloody conflict, the magic of radio is back and has struck an emotional chord with the music loving populace of the region.
Anatomy of an ethnic clash---Part II
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/06/2005
The Press decided to boycott the chief minister D D Lapang and the home minister Dr Mukul Sangma till they withdrew the cases and apologized.
Conning aspiring reporters in Meghalaya
BY linda| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |12/06/2005
Who or what is the Bharatiya Adarsh Samachar? Or the Adarsh Political Party which shares the same address?
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/05/2005
Was it by design or sheer ignorance that the media whipped up an ethnic scare in Meghalaya last week?
| IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |27/09/2004
The North East is simply not on the mainstream media’s radar. On September 22 when a helicopter crash killed a Meghalaya Minister and two MLAs, it figured as a front page brief in the Times of India. But in the Pioneer, Hindustan Times and Asian Age
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |15/08/2004 ?The Aøchik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) has banned sale of The Meghalaya Guardian in the three Garo hill districts of Meghalaya from Saturday. The members of the Shillong Press Corps will meet on Monday morning to discuss the matter.
Rude encounters with Internet censorship
BY Vij| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |01/10/2003
An Internet discussion group created by a militant outfit of the Khasi tribe in Meghalaya invited government censorship, which in turn triggered a ban on thousands of Yahoo! Groups.
Mizoram
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |07/10/2017
The Wire reports that the Essel Group has withdrawn a defamation case against it for a story published in June this year based on a CAG report, about lottery irregularities in Mizoram. The Gauhati High Court's Aizawl bench stayed the defamation proceedings in the case. The interesting part is that the case..
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |05/12/2013
People in the Northeast can be forgiven for wondering if they belong to this country. Because Mizoram was not deemed important enough electorally to merit an exit poll (even as it recorded the highest voter turnout) it did not even get mentioned on TV on Dec 4 as a state..
BY LALRAMLIANA VARTE| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |26/05/2012
The front-page tapestry of Mizoram dailies is so overwhelmingly regional that national news does not find place in it unless it is remarkably significant.
Sikkim quake - Where is the story?
BY TERESA REHMAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |22/09/2011
After more than 36 hours a few national TV channels managed to reach Sikkim. Their news capsules were buried between Modi's fast and Ranbir Kapoor's new release. The satellite channels aired from Guwahati were quicker and more pro-active in their response..
Sikkim publisher faces criminal charge
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |01/01/2002
There seems to be no justification for Bhattarai's arrest fifteen months after his newspaper published a report that, while controversial, did not affect public order in any way.
Tripura
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |15/03/2018
Anyone who is 45 minutes late for a press conference should apologise. But BJP's man in Tripura Sunil Deodhar offered neither apology nor explanation when he turned up at 3.45 pm for a 3 pm meet at the Mumbai Press Club. Deodhar is from Mumbai, and should have known how..
TRS commandant held for murder of reporter in Tripura
BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |22/11/2017
Bhowmik’s body was brought by four TSR personnel to the Agartala Government Hospital at 2.15pm, two hours 15 minutes after he was shot dead.
Another journalist killed in Tripura
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |21/11/2017
Two months after a journalist was killed in Tripura by mob violence, another scribe was shot dead today by the personal security officer of a commandant of the Tripura State Rifles. Shantanu Bhaumik's murder in September this year was followed by the murder on Nov 21 of Sudip Datta Bhaumik who was..
‘Why did the police not stop the mob?’
BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |22/09/2017
Shantanu Bhowmick was clearly marked out since he worked for DinRaat channel which was perceived as being pro-CPM,
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |16/08/2017
Thanks to the Hindu and TOI one knows what it was that the Tripura CM said that DD found unpalatable. Indian Express's long story taken from PTI does not give details, nor does the CM's speech figure in IE's inside page round up of CM's speeches. PTI is known for self censoring stories related to media...
Tripura: when reporting is concealing
BY LINDA CHHAKCHHUAK| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |31/08/2016
The media betray flagrant bias in reporting on the tribes people and, in the process, conceal the truth about a major demographic transformation.
Media silence over Tripura scam
BY SUBIR BHAUMIK| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |08/09/2014
An order to Tripura schools to use their funds to buy books written by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and former bureaucrat Sanjoy Kumar Panda is a scandal.
IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |19/05/2013
Three staffers of a newspaper in Tripura, Dainik Ganadoot, were killed on Sunday after armed men attacked the paper's office. According to police, the motorcycle-borne assailants barged into the office at the Palace Compound at about 3 pm and stabbed a proof reader and a driver on the ground floor..
Those mythical bomb blast deaths
BY Nava Thakuria| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/10/2008
How did the media report deaths in the Agartala bomb blasts when nobody died,
