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Scribe View May 7, 2019

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 you live in interesting times.” If the…

Scribe View April 23, 2019

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 again in journalism because of a peculiar…

Open Canvas April 18, 2019

Can we really manage media?

Two high-stress, interdependent professions – the relationship between PR professionals and journalists has long been a topic of discussion. Often, this relationship is mildly strained,…

Nation Craft, State Craft August 9, 2018

Citizen Journalism in Indian Politics

Back in the 2014 general elections, an estimated 150 million Indians cast their votes for the first time (about 23 million of them were 18-19…

Taking PRide June 12, 2017

A letter to investigative journalist Rahul Kanwal

Hi Rahul, We have never met as there has never been a reason for us to do so. I hope to meet you in the…

Taking PRide June 5, 2017

Will the chaos between what journalists think of PR people and vice versa ever end?

Who is a journalist? Once upon a time an individual who worked for a newspaper or news magazine or a TV news channel and shared…