Tag Archives: Jaypee Group

Journalism, PR and the reversal of roles

With journalists hopping over to the “dark area”—public relations, corporate communications, etc—once they have had enough of the profession, it can often lead to quite paradoxical situations. Like this advertisement released by Jaiprakash Associates to counter a story published by The Times of India on Thursday. It’s signed by Askari H. Zaidi, a former member…

Conflict of interest in ‘Indian Express’ awards?

The Ramnath Goenka awards for excellence in journalism, instituted by The Indian Express, will be given out by the vice president of India, Hamid Ansari, on Monday, January 16. But the sponsorship of the awards has run into trouble, with a bunch activists and intellectuals raising questions of “conflict of interest”. Below is their full…