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By Editors It’s time again to congratulate one of our own! We’re very proud to announce that our member Poornima R has been awarded the Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha award for Excellence in Writing in Kannada this year. Poornima, the debut awardee for this honour...
By Editors Among the four recipients of the Committee to Protect Journalists' 2023 International Press Freedom Awards is NWMI member Shahina KK. In CPJ's own words, "Shahina is a veteran Indian journalist who has worked across print and broadcast media to shed...
NWMI congratulates its members Safina Nabi and Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar for winning the prestigious Fetisov Journalism Awards. The winner of the awards are outstanding journalists from all over the world who change the world for the better with groundbreaking stories...
By Editors Congratulations to the NWMI members who won the National Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2020 by the Press Council of India! They were among 11 awardees honoured under different categories. Mini P. Thomas was awarded the Sports Reporting/ Sports Photo...
Acceptance speech of Dhanya Rajendran, Chameli Devi Jain awardee for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson 2022. Dhanya Rajendran is the co-founder and the Editor-in-Chief of The News Minute. Someone told me that a good speech starts with an anecdote. I don't know if that's...
By Editors Members of the Network of Women in Media, India, were recognised for their work at the regional edition of the Laadli Media &Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2022. The awards are given by Population First, and supported by UNFPA and the...
By Editors High decibel screeching and frenetic finger pointing seem to be the staple of daily television news channels today. Be it prime time news or talk shows, aggression and competitive intimidation are rife in an atmosphere where hostile behaviour is not only...
By Editors The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is very pleased to announce that photojournalist Akhila Easwaran has been conferred the Fifth NWMI Fellowship (2021). The Selection Committee was impressed by Akhila’s sensitive work and bold and enthusiastic...
“I want to show the Taliban and their allies that women never accept defeat. Women have always been and will always be with us. With the support of committed women from other countries, we will once again strive to achieve the rights of Afghan women,” says...
By Editors This guide covers the basics of how to report gender based violence sensitively. The information in this guide has been put together by NWMI members Ranjitha Gunasekaran, Assistant Resident Editor for Tamil Nadu, The New Indian Express, and Ragamalika...
The Network of Women in Media, India, expresses its outrage at the harassment and violence meted out to the elderly parents of award-winning Kashmiri photojournalist and NWMI member Masrat Zahra. Such harassment of vulnerable family members is an abhorrent strategy of...
By Editors If you take a second to think about it, it’s an odd impulse that drives journalists – to go everywhere and bear witness. To believe their presence is crucial for the righting of the scales. To believe their eye will see the small detail of the miniature and...
NWMI’s Nishita Jha joins Buzzfeed as its new global women’s rights and gender reporter. In this interview with Columbia Journalism Review, she talks about how she plans to push coverage beyond the woman as victim or victor, and look at the way big issues affect women and the way that women interact with the world.
What If…? You are targeted by security forces, shot at, kidnapped, or have to continue live reporting while a person is killed right beside you? It is a possibility for any woman journalist who reports in conflict zones, whether it is an official war or an internal conflict which is not recognised as a war. The International Association of Women in Radio and Television has launched a new handbook which helps female reporters plan to avoid such eventualities.
Gandhian Elaben Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association, delivered the inaugural speech at NWMI’s 11th national meeting in Ahmedabad in 2014.
Romita Saluja, Aishwarya S Iyer and Sushmita, members of the Network of Women in Media, India, were recognised at the SOPA 2026 Awards for Editorial Excellence in various categories. The annual SOPA Awards for Editorial Excellence is administered by the Society of Publishers in Asia.