19 December, 2011 - Government Tries To Outsource Internet Censorship As Social Media Stings
(This is an edited report of the debate, ‘The New Puppeteer – Curbing Social Media,’ held on 19 December, 2011 at Indian International Center).
The participants were: Narayan Madhavan, Senior Editor of Hindustan Times (2) Anuradha Raman, Associate Editor, Outlook (3) Nikhil Pawha, Editor, Medianama, a website for news and analysis of India’s digital news media [...]
June 23, 2011 - Journalists Seek Helpline for Colleagues under Threat
By Vivian Fernandes
The Foundation for Media Professionals was called upon to set up a helpline for journalists under threat and provide a window on its website where incidents of harassment or attack on journalists could be posted, at a debate on 23 June, organized in Delhi in response to the murder of journalist Jyotirmoy [...]
June 5, 2011 - Can Lok Pal Bring Transparency
This was the FMP’s first public consultation ever, where it played the broker between those on the Jan Lokpal bill drafting committee and other civil society members who have differences on the proposed bill. The three-hour debate got an enthusiastic response at Speaker’s Hall Constitution Club, despite the event being held on a Sunday [...]
March 31, 2010 - North East: Fallen off the media map?
Why Is Mainstream Media Neglecting The Northeast?
By Vivian Fernandes
When Foundation for Media Professionals asked editors from the Northeast whether that region has fallen off the media map, the answer was as variegated as the composition of the audience. “It was never there,” sneered Subir Bhaumik, the combative eastern India correspondent of the British Broadcasting [...]
May 21, 2011 - AGM Pictures of FMP at Nimrana
Media Bill: Regulation through the back door
Let Media Industry Self-Regulate With Legislative Backing : Says Editors’s Guild President Rajdeep Sardesai
The 13th debate organised by FMP on the issue, Media Bill: Regulation Through The Backdoor drew an audience of 240 people at India International Centre on Thursday, the 12th of August, 2010. Students of Times School of Journalism, Pioneer School of [...]
August 20, 2009 | Undercover reporters: scam busters or abettors?
Use Sting Operations Sparingly: Rajdeep Sardesai
By Vivian Fernandes with K G Parvathy of Times School of Journalism
New Delhi, August 20, 2009: The case filed against sting reporters Aniruddha Bahal and Suhasini Raj of Cobrapost.com for allegedly bribing law makers to ask questions in Parliament provided the context for a debate on sting operations at India [...]
May 27, 2009: “Can conflict reporting be non-partisan?”
Can conflict reporting be non-partisan? This question has assumed importance because of increasing attacks on conflict reporters by state and non-state actors in south Asia allegedly for being partisan. In Pakistan, for instance, a Geo TV reporter was killed by Taliban because he was suspected to be acting at the instance of the ruling establishment. [...]
April 15, 2009: Is media jingoism fanning Indo-Pak tensions?
Media Sways Public Sentiment But
State Policy Is Not So Fickle
By Vivian Fernandes
There was a 180-degree divergence in views on the debate, “Is Media Jingoism Fanning Indo-Pak Tensions?” organised by the Foundation for Media Professionals in New Delhi on April 13. Amit Baruah, Foreign Affairs Editor of the Hindustan Times said the media could sway [...]
March 2, 2009: “Is religion beyond media scrutiny?”
This debate, organised by FMP in the wake of the arrests of three editors allegedly for offending religious feelings of either Hindus or Muslims, has been reported in The Times of India and The Indian Express. It has also featured in two blogs: one in Law And Other Things and another in The Hoot.
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FMP’s president [...]
