Is media part of the solution or part of the problem?
The North-South divide on climate change is very marked. An international congress of journalists held in New Delhi in October 2009 discussed how reporting on the issue could help clinch an agreement at the all-important Copenhagen meet in December
Women's voices hit the airwaves in Pakistan's tribal belt
Radio Khyber is among the four radio stations in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas started by the federal government in 2006 to counter militant propaganda and stem their growing influence in the region. And, a growing number of voices being heard over the air belong to women who have defied tradition and are working to demolish stereotypes in the area
How one newspaper thinks positive
Positive +, a free bilingual newspaper brought out on a laptop from Asma Naseer’s living room is India’s first newspaper on HIV/AIDS. The paper’s commitment to building up a friendship with the reader and its innovative design have made it popular in and around Chennai where it already faces a demand for more copies than the 5000 it can afford to print
Moral panic in the media
To what extent did the media help – and hinder – the Pink Chaddi campaign against moral policing in Karnataka and initiatives that followed, such as Fearless Karnataka/Nirbhaya Karnataka?
The making of media professionals
As the various branches of the media industry have grown and become more popular and hugely lucrative, the education and training of media professionals to meet the growing demand has become crucial. Yet, as this analysis shows, though there has been an explosion of private training and education institutes, they are more interested in ‘placing’ their students than in equipping them with the complex skills necessary to do a good job as a media professional
History of communication/media courses
Media courses in India come in a bewildering variety of nomenclatures, and are subject to differing standards of accreditation and course curricula
"TRPs have never been sought at the cost of ethics": Barkha Dutt
NDTV Group Editor Barkha Dutt counters charges of insensitive, invasive and excessive coverage of the Mumbai attacks on 26/11
The stories you missed on primetime: Community newsmakers tell it like it is
There's a community video revolution happening in rural India, and it’s no longer tokenism. Video newsmagazines are made, distributed and screened regularly and professionally. They’re even streaming online at a website called Channel 19
The story behind the visual
Many print and online publications use freelance photographers, but their rights to their own work are a grey area that many publications exploit
A camera, a mike, and new confidence
A non-governmental organisation, IT for Change, and a government-initiated programme for women’s empowerment, Mahila Samakhya Karnataka (MSK), have helped women in rural Karnataka voice their concerns by making community videos, radio shows and short films