Tag: Journalism
Reporting on Tech and Society in India: The Perils and Potentials...
Hosted by Megha Bahree
Edited by Manasi Nene
In January 2022, The Wire’s series of articles on the mysterious Tek Fog app sparked a number of...
Documenting Displacement, Climate Crises, and Trauma: All In a Day’s Work...
With environmental reporters covering the worst of the climate crises, what can media houses do to support a healthy work environment for them?
A Little Less Climate Science, a Lot More Climate Communication
Reports on climate change are not easy to comprehend. This creates a communication gap between scientists and the masses, especially those directly impacted by climate change.
What Constitutes Good Science Journalism?
Understanding the Context
“Science values detail, precision, the impersonal, the technical, the lasting, facts, numbers and being right. Journalism values brevity, approximation, the personal, the...
Technically Speaking, Can a Journalist Display Your Whatsapp Conversations on TV?
Yet, when shown on TV, the context is often taken away and our words are left bare for the country to see and more significantly, judge. In this light, we ask Apar Gupta—Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation—can a journalist display your Whatsapp conversations on TV?
In the Digital Age, Here’s How Encryption is Protecting Your Privacy
“It iz neither fanciful nor an exaggeration to say that, without encryption tools, lives may be endangered.”
-- Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High...
Technically Speaking, How Can Technology Reform TV News? With Vikram Chandra
Chirag Chinnappa speaks to Vikram Chandra—Founder of Editorji and an ex-TV journalist—on how technology, specifically AI, can be utilized to fix the Indian digital news ecosystem.
Technically Speaking, What Does the Future of TV News Behold? With...
Edited by Malavika VN
Hosted by Chirag Chinnappa
Television news is becoming more polarized than ever, and what used to be 9 PM news updates have...
Delayed Today for a Disaster Tomorrow: Communicating Climate Change
Climate change is the biggest existential threat to mankind; the possible impacts are so severe and profound that they are even beyond one’s comprehension....
Environment as a Journalism Beat, In Post-Independence India
There is a photograph from 1973, that I consider to be an iconic image. Taken in Uttarakhand’s Garhwal, it depicts four women, facing the...
