BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |05/09/2018
While Republic TV set the agenda for the raids on alleged “Urban Naxals” and Time Now picked up from it, here is what the accused said at a press conference.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/08/2018
Was it really about ethnic cleansing? Reporting in the English press shows that the issue is far more layered. But the BJP’s political rhetoric is drowning out other aspects.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN OPINION |14/05/2018
Ravish Kumar chooses issues that affect large numbers of ordinary people in small towns. And the authorities are taking note.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |06/04/2018
At a commemorative meeting in Mumbai the journalist who did the story for Caravan talks about how Loya’s family decided that he should be the one to tell their story.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/03/2018
Hadiya’s conversion and marriage suffered the biased, hate-filled, anti-Muslim treatment that is now routine for some TV channels.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/03/2018
Their coverage of Ankit Saxena’s murder was a master class in hate-mongering. Reporting Communal Issues - Part I
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/01/2018
Over ten years three police agencies have contradicted each others’ claims about Tauqeer, but the press faithfully parrots whatever is put out.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |21/01/2018
Both refusals: the journalists’ and Mevani’s, can be seen as justified. Who then was right?
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN OPINION |11/01/2018
.....Kashmiri women reporting on issues unrelated to the conflict and a farmer’s daughter on local radio.
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN OPINION |05/11/2017
The NDTV India anchor has been exposing in relentless and riveting detail the shameful state of India’s universities
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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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