by Editors | Mar 11, 2021 | Initiatives, Reports
By Sameera Khan “Physical Distancing, remember” A mural by artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy in Bangalore. Image credit: Baadal Nanjundaswamy. While it’s true that the whole world has been affected by COVID-19, the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown affected...
by Editors | Jan 27, 2021 | Features, Obituary
By Rupa Mehta Vasuben was the first Gujarati woman to become a Station Director of All India Radio. She devoted more than three decades of her life to the medium of radio at a time when it was the most popular (also male-dominated) medium of mass communication. She...
by Editors | Dec 23, 2020 | Features, Reporter’s Notes
By Shamantha DS Sarathi Jhalak is a community radio station founded by Shamantha DS, and run primarily by women in Anugondanahalli village, 70 km from Bangalore. The first month of the Corona virus attack in India was very stressful to us professionally. We were...
by Editors | Dec 23, 2020 | Features, Reporter’s Notes
By Editors NWMI members Theja Ram and Smita Patil give personal accounts of how they fought and overcame Covid 19. Smita Patil, Pune ————————— We thought corona would not come to us, but it did. My husband...
by Editors | Jun 15, 2020 | Community, Letdown in Lockdown
By Supriya Unni Nair & Ayswarya Murthy 2020 saw nothing short of a bloodbath in the Indian news media. In the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of journalists and other media workers lost their jobs overnight. Media houses across the country reportedly...
