By Editors
The countdown begins for the Network of Women in Media’s 18th National Meet in Mumbai from February 2-4, 2024. The National Meet returns to Mumbai after 2013 and 2004. More than 250 women journalists from across the country are all set to discuss and debate media issues and to celebrate our unique solidarity.
A host of power-packed sessions and workshops on a range of issues are on the cards for NWMI members. These include challenges of reporting on elections and agriculture, reporting on disasters, on LGBTQIA+ issues, visual content verification, making visuals work, the representation of gender in mainstream cinema, cities in crisis, the impact of AI on journalism.
Apart from these, members put on their very best for the ‘NWMI’s Got Talent’ every year, and this meet is expected to be no different!
The panel discussion on “Can Independent Media Survive in the new Bharat/ India?” will be held on February 3, 2024, from 6.30 p.m. at the Press Club in Mumbai. This is open to the public.
Schedule:
Day 1
8.30 am to 1 pm: Registration and Introductions
2 pm: Challenges of Election Reporting
PANELISTS: 1. Deepa Kadam: senior journalist 2. Nirupama Subramanian: senior journalist 3. Raakhee Roytalukdar: senior journalist 4. Vasanthi Hariprakash: senior journalist, podcaster. MODERATOR: Jyoti Punwani: independent journalist
4 pm: Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai: Is Representation Enough? Looking at Gender in Mainstream Indian Cinema
PANELISTS: 1. Ishita Moitra: screenwriter 2. Kiran Rao: director 3. Rajshri Deshpande: actor 4. Ratna Pathak Shah: actor. MODERATOR Paromita Vohra: filmmaker, writer
9 pm: Performance by Sambhaji Bhagat and troupe
Day 2
9.30 am: Cities in Crisis: A Look at Mumbai
PANELISTS: 1. Amita Bhide: professor, TISS 2. Hussain Indorewala: teacher, urban researcher 3. Shirish Patel: architect, urban planner. MODERATOR: Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar: senior journalist
11.30 am: Reporting Agriculture: Are Journalists Missing Core Issues?
PANELISTS: 1. Parth MN: independent journalist 2. R. Ramakumar: professor, TISS 3. Seema Kulkarni: feminist activist, researcher. MODERATOR: Kavitha Iyer: journalist, author
2 pm: At the Intersection of AI and Journalism
PANELISTS: 1. Anurag Mehra, professor, IIT. 2. Karthik Kalyanaraman: expert on generative AI and tech policy. MODERATOR: Sannuta Raghu: journalist reporting on AI.
4.30 pm: Public Meeting: Can Independent Media Survive in the New Bharat/India?
SPEAKERS: 1. Dhanya Rajendran: editor, The News Minute 2. Meena Kotwal: editor, Mooknayak 3. Mihir Desai: senior lawyer 4. Naresh Fernandes: editor, Scroll. MODERATOR: Kalpana Sharma: independent journalist
9 pm: NWMI Has Got Talent
Day 3
9.30 am: Workshops (parallel) 1. Reporting on Disasters: Ramya Kannan 2. How to Report on LGBTQIA+ issues: Ragamalika Karthikeyan 3. Visual Content Verification: Priyamvada Mangal, Google News Initiative 4. How to Make Visuals Work: Chirodeep Chaudhuri
11.30 am: Internal NWMI network session
For more information, contact: nwmiannualmeet@gmail.com
