NIA, don’t teach journalism: NWMI
The NWMI expresses outrage at the NIA’s attempt to lay down the “moral duty of a journalist’”.
The Media Meltdown: Can it be stemmed?
The shocking and tragic assassination of Gauri Lankesh served as a grim reminder of the grave and present threats to freedom of expression in general and the dangers faced by individual journalists attempting to speak truth to power in particular. Ammu Joseph recently spoke to students in Bangalore about the implications of the murder for media freedom and independent journalism.
NWMI condemns death threats to Meyammai, Vidyashree of The Covai Post
The Network of Women in Media in India stands in solidarity with the editors of Coimbatore-based website The Covai Post who have been receiving death threats for a story on their website and condemns the harassment of Vidyashree Dharmaraj and AR Meyammai.
Over the past week, the editors of The Covai Post, Vidyashree Dharmaraj and AR Meyammai, have been at the receiving end of death threats and harassment for a story on their website, titled ‘Girls in puberty stage paraded half-naked, offered to deity for a fortnight’, published on September 24, 2017
Punish Gauri Lankesh’s killers, protect free speech
The Network of Women in Media, India, (NWMI) expresses deep shock, sorrow and anger at the killing of Bangalore-based senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. We strongly condemn the cold-blooded, execution-style murder of the editor of the weekly Kannada publication, Gauri...
In solidarity with Gauri Lankesh
To the spirit of Gauri Lankesh, you inspire us forever. To journalists everywhere, this is a note of solidarity. We the Network of Women in the Media, India solemnly swear to uphold the values of journalism. This does not and should not need to be prefaced with good. Or courageous. Or brave. We must simply power on in the face of the greatest adversity, threats and political opposition to do what our job mandates. To be free and fair and stand together solidly behind each other to be able to rise against the tidal wave of intolerance and often criminal intimidation that surrounds us and tries to prevent us everywhere. We want to declare to ourselves and to everyone that is watching with and without malice – we will not be prevented, silenced, outdone or shut down.