Making News:Women in Journalism

Making News: Women Journalism, written by Ammu Joseph co-author of Whose News?. This books is primarily based on inputs from 200 journalists in print media through one-on one- interviews and 35 responses through questionnaire.  The book was recommended by Smruti Koppikar a senior journalist and professor.  She is quite often quoted in the book too. The book traces the transformation of [...]

Are today’s journalists Self-Serving or Public Serving?

I would like to focus attention on the two words ’Self Serving.’ They are quite critical when it comes to Indian journalism today. They also raise questions that need to be answered by Indian journalists.
 
In this context, I would like to use an excerpt from an interview conducted by CNN-IBN:

Anuradha SenGupta: Isn’t the Tehelka kind of journalism also vigilante [...]

In Buying the Night Flight by George Ann Geyer

Reading books written by professionals in Media or on Media gives me ultimate pleasure.  I experienced the same, just a few days back when I got my hands on In Buying the Night Flight by George Ann Geyer.
Pioneer journalist, George Ann Geyer, fondly known as Gee Gee has reported on revolutions and coups from Gautemala to Poland over thirty [...]