Saraswathy Nagarajan welcomed the gathering at the public meeting held on 7 February 2026 at Trivandrum Club, held as part of the 20th National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Below is her speech.
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Hyderabad chapter members join collective in condemning insensitive media coverage of journalist’s death
Members of the Hyderabad chapter of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) were among a collective of women journalists from Hyderabad who released a letter to media organisations on 30 June 2025 in the wake of the tragic death of their colleague, anchor and reporter Swetcha. Her death was sensationalised by both mainstream legacy media and YouTube channels, using clickbait thumbnails and by conducting a media trial.
NWMI condemns moral policing by Tamil news channels
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) condemns the recent ‘coverage’ by certain Tamil news outlets of an incident at the Big Bull Lounge in Chennai. Not only was the incident misreported, women at the bar were sexually harassed, shamed and hounded by the...
Statement regarding the coverage of the tragic death by suicide of Manasa
A statement by NWMI Chennai, endorsed by the rest of the network, and Tamil Nadu Women Journalists Association was sent to the editors of a Tamil daily which carried the news of the death by suicide of a young female journalist. The news item was sensationalist,...
From R.K. Pachauri to Subodh Gupta and Soumya Dasgupta: Media Responsibility In the #Metoo Era
The Network of Women In Media, India (NWMI) notes with concern a lack of commitment and increasing confusion in India’s English news media regarding the coverage of sexual harassment. The latest episode is the disappearance of several articles about complaints of...
“Desist from Malicious Media Trials”: NWMI
The NWMI is deeply dismayed at the unprofessional, biased and non-factual reporting on the recent arrests of human rights activists from several Indian cities on August 28, 2018. The NWMI urges the media community to desist from irresponsible and malicious media trials and building up public opinion based on prejudice and fabricated evidence and to instead confine itself to its role of watchdog, questioning and investigating events and issues of public interest and importance.
Exposing unethical journalism
Better Safety for Journalists
By EditorsImage credit: Pixabay NWM, Mumbai, facilitated a discussion amongst women journalists as well as male and female photojournalists in Mumbai on August 24, 2013. The meeting discussed issues related to the safety of journalists, the difficulties faced by...
Gender sensitisation workshop