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Media’s regulation and self-regulation: How both failed
Posted by :
Manoj Mitta
on July 13, 2009
For my generation of journalists, the first major attempt to muzzle the press came in 1988. It was triggered by a crisis of credibility facing the Rajiv Gandhi government because of its abortive military mission in Sri Lanka and the spate of corruption scandals unearthed by the media. The government hit back with a proposal [...]
Three sides to every story
Blog by Shivani Sharma Dasmahapatra on April 15, 2009:
‘Is Media Jingoism fanning Indo-Pak Tensions” …that was a discussion organised by the Foundation of Media Professionals which I attended today. It is perhaps my first direct interaction with the media after quitting my job as staff photographer in a newsmagazine in 1997.
Since long now I have been [...]
Ujle Savere Ke Liye
Posted by :
Shashi Shekhar
on October 27, 2008
Ujle Savere Ke Liye [...]
People want us to act responsibly
Posted by :
Vivian Fernandes
on October 25, 2008
There are no entry barriers in journalism. Unlike the accounting, medical or architectural professions one does not need minimum qualifications, nor accreditation. Those who practiced it during the freedom movement were informed of a higher, noble purpose. That was its main attraction even when newspaper owners regarded it as a route to negotiate the thicket [...]
Such a long journey!
Posted by :
Aniruddha Bahal
on October 25, 2008
It took about four major big meetings and several minor ones to get the Foundation of Media Professionals going. I remember the first meeting which we organised in Hotel Mosaic in Noida in 2007 and the several diverse views that came about why such a body was needed. While all of us understood and felt [...]
Professional, oh yeah?
Posted by :
Manoj Mitta
on October 25, 2008
The media’s growing alignment with the market over the last decade has done a lot of good to us, the media professionals. We command better pay packets. Some of us even have ESOPs. We have gone up the social ladder. We are more influential than ever before. These gains seem to have however come at [...]
