by Nisha Susan | Nov 22, 2021 | Features, Reporter’s Notes
By Nisha Susan Of course the pandemic has changed journalism too. That’s a given. But one big shift has been the new-found importance given to the work of health journalism. For readers, it was often the difference between life, death and the in-between state of...
by Annie Philip | Jun 14, 2021 | Features, Reporter’s Notes
By Annie Philip The oral history project, ‘The Moment, As She Knows It’, helmed by community organiser Gather Sisters, pieces together stories of Covid-19 as seen through the eyes of women journalists across India, several of them NWMI members. The project, conducted...
by Annie Philip | Apr 28, 2021 | Lest We Forget
By Editors If you take a second to think about it, it’s an odd impulse that drives journalists – to go everywhere and bear witness. To believe their presence is crucial for the righting of the scales. To believe their eye will see the small detail of the miniature and...
by Annie Philip | Apr 27, 2021 | Statements
The Network of Women in Media India (NWMI) mourns the loss of more than a hundred journalists who have lost their lives in India over the past year. We pay tribute to our colleagues with a heavy heart and also with anger. Journalists are on the frontlines of reporting...
by Nisha Susan | Apr 19, 2021 | 2021 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Jisha Elizabeth Who will rule Kerala? The coastal voters have a decisive role in answering this question. And among these voters, there are more women than men. During election campaigns, the most roadshows, rallies and so on are organised in the coastal areas....