I am a Muslim, not a terrorist
BY Shahina KK| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |16/03/2011
I completed my job late in the evening and started my journey back to Kerala. On the way back, I received a call from the Circle Inspector who asked me if I was a terrorist. I did not have any answer,
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Explosives which did not make news
BY Shahina KK| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/02/2010
It is astonishing that a seizure of explosives in container bags that carry a Pune connection on the very next day of the Pune blast, is not a story for the media!
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Bombs defused in newsrooms
BY Shahina KK| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |05/09/2008
The blast which occurred on 24th August hardly found even a single column space in the leading news papers like The Hindu and Times of India, next day.
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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship
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.                   
Let the games begin

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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