Sukanya Shantha, Senior Assistant Editor at The Wire, and member of the Network of Women in Media, India, won the 2025 Vishwa Nath-Delhi Press Award for Fearless Journalism awarded by The Media Foundation.
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Anna M.M. Vetticad wins Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year
Anna M.M. Vetticad, independent journalist and member of the Network of Women in Media, India, won the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year (2025).
പെൺ/Pen Power: Media at the Crossroads
‘പെൺ/Pen Power’ is the theme for the souvenir released during the 20th National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The souvenir was released at the public meeting on 7 February 2026. പെൺ/Pen Power intertwines the dual powers of women journalists.
NWMI Founder Member Ammu Joseph’s Professional Journey
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.
NWMI calls for accountability from TV news channels
The Network of Women in Media, India unequivocally condemns the reckless and unprofessional conduct of numerous Indian television news channels and high-profile journalists in their coverage of “Operation Sindoor”, launched on 7 May 2025 in the aftermath of the tragic...
Media, Conflict, Climate Change and its Impact on Women at 2025 NWMI National Meeting
By Editors The countdown begins for the Network of Women in Media, India’s 19th National Meet in Guwahati from 31 January-2 February 2025. This year's theme is ‘Media, Conflict, Climate Change: Impact on Women’. More than 200 women mediapersons from across the...
NWMI National Meeting 2025 at Guwahati
By Editors Picturesque Guwahati will be hosting the 19th national meeting of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) from January 31 to February 2, 2025. Perched along the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra, Guwahati is nestled within an amphitheatre of verdant...
Power, Politics and Sexual Violence: The Prajwal Revanna case and beyond
By Revathi Siva Kumar Poster image courtesy: Image courtesy: Sara Tunich Koinch/ Hri Institute for Southasian Research and Exchange https://hrisouthasian.org/changing-visual-narratives-stock-images-photographs/ On May 28, 2024, the Network of Women in Media, India...
NWMI Bengal chapter organises discussion on political turmoil in Bangladesh
By Uttara Gangopadhyay On August 9, 2024, the Bengal chapter of Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI-Bengal) organised a panel discussion on the political turmoil in Bangladesh. The objective was to better understand the situation following the quota reform movement...
Make it Right: NWMI’s Guidelines for Safe Newsrooms
The Network of Women in Media, India, has put together this document in order to help build safe, civil and congenial newsrooms and workplaces in the media industry that uphold the values we associate with a profession widely recognised for the essential role it is meant to play as the Fourth Estate in a democracy.
Guidelines on Reporting on Violence Against Minorities
By Aishwarya S Iyer Dos and Don'ts for Reporters on ground zero covering a tense communal situation like a riot, a lynching, or a gang rape. Most of these are generic reporting guidelines that will be applicable in every ground situation when the story is about the...
Looking Back: Media Coverage of 1996 Miss World pageant in India
As India played host to Miss World this month, NWMI members Ammu Joseph and Gita Aravamudan look back at the controversy created during the beauty pageant and media coverage of it, when it was held in India for the first time in 1996. AMMU JOSEPH While I was working...
Uncovering Karnataka’s hidden gems
By Prema Viswanathan Consider this fact: London has 31,432 heritage sites that are protected. New York has 37,600. And New Delhi? A shockingly low 1,271! This nugget of information was one of many chilling facts disclosed by Meera Iyer, independent writer, researcher...
2023 Laadli Media Awards: Congratulations to NWMI members!
By Editors Members of the Network of Women in Media, India, were recognised for their work at the 13th regional edition of the Laadli Media &Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2023. The awards are given by Population First, UNFPA and Lok Samvad Sansthan,...
You’ve got a long wait, lady
InkSights is a monthly series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.
Hello Moon, my old friend
InkSights is our monthly series by illustrator, artist and NWMI member Anupama Bijur. She will visually examine the intersection of gender and the media for us.
“Stand up for media freedom”: NWMI
NWMI Patna Declaration In the wake of increasing attacks on the freedom of the media in India, the NWMI’s 17th National Meeting (27-29 January 2023) in Patna, Bihar, calls upon journalists, media workers and the public to stand up for press freedom, ethical...
NWMI National Meeting: Patna Chalo!
By Editors The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) will hold its 17th National Meeting on the theme “Media, Gender and Social Justice: Towards an Equitable Society” from 27 to 29 January, 2023 at the Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, Bihar. Organised by the...
2022 Laadli Media Awards: Congratulations to NWMI members!
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...
And Still They Write
Despite restrictions, diktats and threats, Afghan women journalists continue to work. Guest Post contribution by Afghan journalist A Khan A With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan since August 2021, the media has been hit hardest, and a new and painful chapter has...