Charter for Independent Journalists
Among the many challenges that independent journalists face are delayed payments, stolen pitches and the absence of any documents to hold media houses accountable. A Charter for Independent Journalists, discussed at NWMI’s National Meet in Ahmedabad in 2014, was taken...
Impact of Ownership on Media Independence
As journalists at the Hyderabad Meet spoke of how they were harassed for doing their job, Padmaja Shaw, retired professor of journalism at Osmania University, put these narratives in a broader context.
Tumultous Times: Changing Concerns in the Media
Senior journalist Kalpana Sharma spoke at NWMI’s 2016 National Meeting in Hyderabad on the changing concerns of the media, and highlighted the need to go back to the basics of journalism
Tamil journalist Jeya Rani highlights casteism in the Indian ‘mainstream’ media, at the 2016 Hyderabad National Meet
Narrating how casteist editors and reporters impact news stories on caste, she requested journalists to be casteless