Why journalists should not take economists and venture capitalists at face value
Numbers are so convenient. They tell the story in a way that makes it look convincing. Sadly, however,...
June 25,2019 READ MORE
Madhavan Narayanan
Journalism in the digital age requires new-age business models
One thing about journalists has always intrigued me. For a tribe that delves into every topic under the...
June 18,2019 READ MORE
What does the use of “techie” in crime news copy tell us about social biases
Some days ago, when I saw a headline about a man being robbed, I wondered why the news...
June 11,2019 READ MORE
A Big Bang tip for Goldman Sachs: It is not advisable to be selective with the media
It was interesting to read last week that Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs had opened a $250...
June 03,2019 READ MORE
Brand Modi’s winning formula: MSP + CRM + Pivoting + Imagery
The landslide victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party in general elections this year...
May 28,2019 READ MORE
TikTok scores big in India, and storytelling touches new highs and plumbs new lows
There was a time when there was an unspelt hierarchy of journalism by class, especially in the US...
May 21,2019 READ MORE
Community journalism looks beyond the target audience and immediate events
Last week, I learned about the passing away of N.R. Madhava Menon , founder of the National Law School of...
May 14,2019 READ MORE
Old media style won’t do. Press freedom is in a complex new landscape
I am writing this on World Press Freedom Day, May 3. As the old Chinese curse goes, “May...
May 07,2019 READ MORE
The hard-hitting interview is dead, and we are comfortably numb and suitably dumb
Does the interview matter anymore? I am stuck with that feeling this election season after seeing acres and...
April 30,2019 READ MORE
Assange and Rafale episodes show the tightrope journalism walks in confronting the state
So what exactly is a state secret? That is a question that needs to be asked again and...
April 23,2019 READ MORE
Newspaper brands hit back, aided by fake news opportunity – but still have a long way to go
My romance with print journalism began in the age when there was no Internet and TV meant a...
April 16,2019 READ MORE
BJP sets the cat among pigeons with NaMo TV and Modi biopic, opens a can of worms on media regulation
Last week, I wrote about how Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a master in political communication. This week,...
April 09,2019 READ MORE