A total of 86 journalists and other media workers were killed in the world in 2022, an average of one every four days, and Latin America and the Caribbean has been the deadliest region for these professionals, said a Monday 16 UNESCO report. Audrey Azoulay, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), … Read more
Journalists and employees of the historic North American outlet The New York Times began a 24-hour crackdown, the first of that magnitude in four decades. The workers, who went on strike en masse, are demanding a wage increase of more than 5 per cent. Some 1,100 journalists and other workers at the temple of global … Read more
A recent study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford suggests that the majority of Indian citizens trust the information they receive on WhatsApp. The study, part of the institute’s Trust in News project, examines “the relationship between trust in news and how people think about news on … Read more
English news broadcaster Wion’s managing editor, Palki Sharma Upadhyay, has resigned. she announced her resignation at a meeting with Wion’s team held at 2 p.m. on Friday. Sharing the news, journalist and TV host Vir Sanghvi wrote on Twitter, “A huge loss for Wion and a huge blow to any channel that catches her.” It … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticized for failing to answer media questions about his tour of Europe and human rights in India. Since the end of 2015, the Prime Minister has been publishing only joint statements with colleagues, without answering questions from journalists. However, this time Richard Walker, editor-in-chief of the German broadcaster Deutsche … Read more
A Times Now journalist Govind Gurjar was attacked by security officials at Bansal Hospital in Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. The viral video of the incident shows the guards pushing, despite pleas with folded hands of the journalist. Govind Gurjar went to meet with family members who were injured in the accident. According to media reports, the … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Broadcasts in Afghanistan; The Taliban regime has banned news broadcasts from several international media companies, including BBC, Dw and Voice of America (VoA), in Afghanistan. The BBC’s Pashto, Persian and Uzbek news bulletins have been ordered off the air, while programming from the German media organization Dw will not be … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Why boycott Dainik Bhaskar is Trending; Dainik Bhaskar is now trending on Twitter but not for a good reason, people criticize the daily, with a hashtag #BoycottDainikBhaskar. As per the Twitter trend, Dainik Bhaskar appears to be posting ‘false and misleading’ stories about Asaram Bapu, the self-proclaimed man-god. Why boycott … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi : Kashmiri journalists arrested; Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah, the editor in chief of the online magazine, “The Kashmir Walla” was arrested by Pulwama police in Jammu and Kashmir. Police stated that Fahad Shah is among some Facebook users who have allegedly been uploading anti national content with the intention to … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Journalist Avinash Jha killed; The half-burnt body of a local journalist who complained against nursing homes and hospitals has been found in Madhubani district of Bihar. The relatives allege that the hospital operators have got him murdered. Jha (23), who lived near Lohia Chowk in Benipatti, was a web portal … Read more
