A “licence” for journalists is not a ‘sine qua non’

21 August 2013

Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari‘s proposal for a “common examination” for journalism students, with a “licence” to practice journalism at the end, gets the full treatment (a pocket cartoon and an editorial) from the Indian Express: “There are enough closed societies where Tewari’s suggestion would appear commonplace, where governments are unconcerned by the dilemmas…

POLL: Common exam, licences for journalists?

20 August 2013

As if the “idiots” in the media didn’t have enough problems to deal with—paid news, corruption, wage board, 12-minute-per-hour ad caps, cross-media controls, job losses, recession etc—the Union information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari has now floated the kite of a “common examination” for journalists as a precursor to giving them “licenses” to operate, a…

‘If a headline asks a question, the answer is no’

12 February 2010

Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP) seminar: Can the intelligence bureau and the research and analysis wing be accountable? Thursday, February 18 5.30pm-8 pm Venue: Nehru memorial museum and library, Teen Murti house, New Delhi. Also read: Andrew Marr: How to read a newspaper