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Newsrooms that Swallow Whales
One of the contemporary lamentations — including from legacy media houses themselves — is that big business has devoured television news channels. Titled “Newsrooms that Swallow Whales,” this visual-and-verbal...
Journalist Aman Chopra casually visits a gaushala with sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan Singh
Is this the new normal for a country where wrestlers are forced to quit, protest and return their awards?
‘X’ account of HindtuvaWatch withheld in India owing to “legal demands”
Another X user, namely Indian Cyber Defender, has taken responsibility for the same, alleged it to be a result of the proceedings initiated by his legal team
Broadcasting Bill adverse to freedom of speech & freedom of press: EGI
The Editors Guild of India, in its submissions to the ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has detailed how the provisions of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023 are both vague and excessively intrusive
Surveillance and Freedom of Press – A call to public action
In this strongly worded public lecture delivered at Howrah West Bengal, senior editor calls upon all citizens, lawyers, journalists and activists to speak up against the sinister surveillance afoot in India, a phenomenon that is, repeatedly and with impunity targeting the working tools of journalists again and again.
Punjab & Haryana HC: “Journalism is civilisation’s mirror, and investigative journalism its X-ray”
Quashing the summons and all subsequent proceedings against Indian Express, in a 2008 criminal defamation case, a single bench observed that it is the duty of journalist to uncover the truth; moreoever also, that the Courts should be more vigilant and proactive while safeguarding the interests of such courageous humans
FIR against editors, Prabhat Khabar, Editor’s Guild voices concern
In a statement issued today, the Edutors Guild of India has expressed concern about the criminal intimidation and threats to the chief editors of Prabhat Khabar, through an FIR file by Vijay Kant Pathak, as well as the MD, Mr. Rajeev Jhawar, in response to a complaint filed by one Mr. Jogendra Tiwari
Iconic journalist, who heraled an independent media voice, John Pilger dies at 84
Pilger’s family announced his death on “X”, formerly twitter
GoI targeted Apple days after the Hi-tech cos notified journalists & opposition politicians of phone hacking: Washington Post Exclusive
The aggression did not stop there; elected officials and representatives of the ruling regime even demanded that Apple “soften the impact of the warnings”
Delhi: Protest meeting on journalists rights and democratic rights
Wearing Black Badges and ending with candles of protest and slogans, the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ), teachers associations and trade unions, together held a protest meeting to discuss the state of Democracy and Journalists' Rights at the Delhi Union of Journalists' Amphitheatre, on Saturday December 23, 2023.
CJP’s NBDSA Complaints 2023: How persistent monitoring put a check on unbridled hate, one channel at a time
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Keeping a hawk’s eye on the most egregious hate violations on television through 2023, CJP filed eight complaints with the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority, seven of which were against Times Now Navbharat; eight favourable orders came from the NBDSA
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