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The Network of Women in Media, India in collaboration with the Bangalore International Centre and the Centre for Law & Policy Research hosted the webinar, 'Who's on Trial Here? A Deep Dive into the Tarun Tejpal Verdict' on July 20, 2021. It featured NWMI members...
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is deeply disturbed by the judgement pronounced by a District & Sessions Court at Mapusa, Goa, on May 21, 2021, acquitting journalist Tarun Tejpal, the Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka magazine, who was charged, in 2013, of...
On a day when journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted of all charges – rape, unlawful confinement and sexual harassment – by a District and Sessions Court at Mapusa, Goa, the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) stands in solidarity with the survivor and applauds her...
The NWMI is appalled at two shows broadcast on Times Now on May 28, 2018 on the Tejpal rape case that were both illegal and unethical. The two shows, that ran consecutively at 8 pm. and 9 pm. respectively, were titled ‘Secrets of a dark night’ on the India Upfront show, anchored by Times Now editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar and ‘Tejpal’s indiscretions caught on CCTV’ on the Newshour debate, anchored by Times Now Managing Editor-Politics Navika Kumar. The NWMI registered its protest with Times Now over the unethical and sensational coverage of a sensitive issue like sexual assault, and demanded that the videos be taken down. Here is a slightly edited version of the letter to Times Now.
The NWMI’s letters to the Press Council of India and the Editors’ Guild of India, and other critiques of recent media coverage of what is being referred to as “The Tarun Tejpal Tapes”, have elicited responses from the authors of the controversial articles
The NWMI has sent strong letters of protest to the Press Council of India and the Editors’ Guild of India about two recent articles on the Tehelka case, based on CCTV footage, which disregard the law as well as journalistic ethics.
Recent developments at the weekly news magazine Tehelka demonstrate that media houses have a long way to go in ensuring safety for women media professionals. A journalist working with Tehelka revealed that she was sexually assaulted by the editor, Tarun Tejpal, on two...