Here’s a roundup of media coverage of the Network of Women in Media, India’s 20th National Meeting held from 6 to 8 February 2026. Around 150 women media professionals from across the country gathered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala for the national meeting. This year’s theme was Media at the Crossroads: Independence vs Influence.
The Kerala Media Academy had commissioned a documentary on Ammu Joseph, founder member of the Network of Women in Media, India, as part of a series on pioneering mediapersons from Kerala. Shiny Benjamin directed the documentary.
Award-winning author KR Meera was a journalist in an earlier life. She was, in fact, the first woman journalist at the Malayala Manorama newspaper. Below is the speech she gave as the keynote speaker on 7 February 2026 at Trivandrum Club, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, at the 20th National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media, India. The text has been lightly edited.
Listen in to some of our founding members – Ammu Joseph, Kalpana Sharma, Sandhya Taksale, Linda Chhakchhuak, Anjali Mathur and Rajashri Dasgupta recollect how the Network of Women in Media, India came about.
Meenakshi Shedde, journalist and member of the Network of Women in Media, India, won the Sudhir V Nandgaonkar Memorial Award for Best Film Critic at the 22nd Third Eye Asian Film Festival held in Mumbai in January 2026.