Tag: Press Freedom in India
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The Fragile Fourth Pillar: FIR Against Editors Guild Highlights Challenges to Press Freedom
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he working conditions for journalists in India is getting difficult with every passing day in ‘New India’. The latest development in the ongoing struggle is the FIR (First Information Report) against the fact-finding team members of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), an association of editorial leaders committed to safeguarding press freedom, journalistic ethics, and…
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A Billionaire, A TV Network, And The Fight for a Free Press in India
By Vidya Krishnan In late November, Ravish Kumar, one of India’s leading broadcast journalists, resigned from his job as senior executive editor of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), the last influential network still willing to cover Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government critically. The move was prompted by the company’s ownership changing hands —…