The Paradox of the Indian Media
When Aparna Malikar's husband Sanjay, a cotton farmer, committed suicide in Vidarbha in 2009 because he was unable to pay off mounting debts leaving her and their two daughters to fend for themselves, the media hardly noticed their woes.
From Snake Charmers to Snake Eaters
India has come of age insofar as coverage of her affairs by foreign journalists is concerned.
Monkeying Around
Rone Tempest of Los Angeles Times in her December 5, 1986 report titled, Tailed Terrorists in India beautifully narrates an incident where Donna Hughes and her 2-year-old son driving through the roads of New Delhi singing rhymes, are attacked by a "raging rhesus Macaca mulatta monkeyâ€.
"Global media is in a state of flux"
Media ethics are more important now than ever before. Readers are sophisticated now – they immediately know the difference between factual reporting, comment and commercial promotion.
"India most sought after destination for foreign journalists"
India has always been among the most sought after destination for foreign journalists. Not because it is a huge news story – but because of the richness and interesting nature of the stories here.
"I find India to be a lively place for the media"
India is immense in terms of the number of languages and cultures and is blessed with a huge array of media organisations.
"Information and news on India can no more be trivialised"
It was a conscious decision on my part to relocate to India as I wanted to cover some of the interesting incidents that were taking place in the region and there was definitely promise for more.
"My experiences here have helped me"
When I first came to India way back in 1996, I was not here as a journalist.
"India has held me in a rather tight embrace"
My first tryst with India was years ago when I came here to continue my university education in Political Science and got all my degrees here.
Thesaurus for money
Ganesh Yellapur is yet another journalist who left his profession to become an entrepreneur because he was bored from the routine in his life. More than that, not liking the atmosphere in Bengaluru, he wanted to work around his home-town in Yellapur of the Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka. So, one day he decided to start his own firm and left Bengaluru.
Journalist never retires!
Being a media person, BN Kumar, better known as BNK always loved taking risks. And that’s how he started his career independently with his own public relation (PR) consultancy, and even ran his own county newspaper out of Navi Mumbai.
WRITE,CAMERA, DIRECTION
After a degree in M Tech in Applied Geology from IIT-Roorkee, Utpal Borpujari plunged into writing news and features resisting tempting offers from multinational companies.
scripting a new chapter
After a decade long stint as a copy editor at the popular national daily, The Hindustan Times, Renu Kaul Verma decided to quit journalism as she realised she was stagnating. Of course, the other reason that heavily weighed on her mind was the guilt complex for not being able to spend quality time with their children.
A BUMPY JOYRIDE
I began my career as a sub-editor in The Hindustan Times in Patna in 1987. I got transferred to its New Delhi branch as a reporter in the economic bureau, then I moved to Indian Express, as Principal Correspondent and then finally to the Pioneer in New Delhi as Special Correspondent in the economic bureau.
IGNITING YOUNG MINDS
Challakere Yerriswamy is a scribe turned businessman. Earlier he was working for a famous Kannada tabloid, Lankesh.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
