Journalists

Telangana CM Reddy paves way for allocation of housing sites to journalists

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday participated in the land allotment programme to Jawaharlal Nehru Journalists Housing Society here. Revanth Reddy symbolically handed over Government Order copy pertaining to land allotment to Jawaharlal Nehru Journalists Housing Society. Speaking at the event, he said former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhara Reddy had taken the desicion on allotment of housing sites for journalists, an official release said. "Journalism has been branded as a bad profession due to some unprofessional practices by a handful of journos. Some scribes are changing the meaning of journalism," the release quoted Revanth Reddy as saying. Professional journalists should take the responsibility of damage control, he suggested. Revanth Reddy said he has directed Media Academy to prepare new guidelines for permanent solution to health cards to journalists, Accreditation and other issues. The government will take responsibility of approving the

Gershkovich prisoner swap was great news but it sets a worrying precedent

The Pulitzer prize winner also holds US permanent residency. And Gershkovich's parents were emigres from the Soviet Union

World Sports Journalists Day 2024: History, significance, quotes, and more

World Sports Journalists Day is celebrated every year to honour and celebrate the work of sports journalists. The day also helps promote sports among the general public

Targeting journalists a crime, says Al Jazeera as Israel shuts down channel

Al Jazeera Media Network stated that it would pursue legal channels through international legal institutions against the Israeli cabinet's decision to shut down its offices in the country

Seema Nazareth Award: Media, diplomacy relationship evolving, says Menon

"I first became aware of the role of journalism in diplomacy in Beijing in the early 1970s during the last furious, or rather hectic, days of the Cultural Revolution," he recounted

Six Russian journalists, including 1 who covered Navalny's trial, detained

Authorities in Russia have detained six journalists across the country this month, including a journalist who covered the trials of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny for several years, media freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders said Thursday. Antonina Favorskaya was detained and accused by Russian authorities of taking part in an "extremist organisation" by posting on the social media platforms of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, the Russian human rights group OVD-Info said. Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony in February. Favorskaya covered Navalny's court hearings for years and filmed the last video of Navalny before he died in the penal colony. She is one of several Russian journalists targeted by authorities as part of a sweeping crackdown against dissent in Russia that is aimed at opposition figures, journalists, activists and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Two other journalists, Alexandra Astakhova and Anastasia Musatova, were also temporarily ..

Journalists not employees under Unfair Labour Practices Act: Bombay HC

Working journalists do not fall in the definition of employees under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act as they enjoy a special status, the Bombay High Court has said. Consequently, a complaint filed by a working journalist under these Acts before an industrial court would not be maintainable, a division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sandeep Marne said in its order of February 29. They enjoy a special status under provisions of the Working Journalists Act and have a recourse to settle their disputes under the Industrial Disputes Act, the HC said. The judgement came on petitions filed by two working journalists challenging orders of the industrial court in 2019 rejecting their complaints on the ground that working journalists did not fall within the term of employee or workman under the Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act. The bench noted that the Working Journalists Act, 1955 has already established a mechanism for .

Farooq Nazki, veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi winner dies at 83

Farooq Nazki, who held many significant posts in All India Radio Kashmir and Doordarshan, experienced a heart attack on Monday night, his family members announced

US media layoffs top 3,000 in past year as digital ads disappoint

The job reductions include some of the most storied names in the business. Time magazine cut 15% of its staff. Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue and the New Yorker, has let go 5%

More than 300 journalists around world imprisoned for their work: Report

An estimated 320 journalists around the world were imprisoned because of their work toward the end of 2023, according to a report issued Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists, which called it a disturbing attempt to smother independent voices. That's the second-highest number of jailed journalists since the committee began its annual census in 1992. It's down from 367 in 2022, due primarily to the release of many in Iran, either on bail or as they await sentencing, the committee said. Our research shows how entrenched authoritarianism is globally, with governments emboldened to stamp out critical reporting and prevent public accountability, said Jodie Ginsberg, the committee's chief executive officer. More than a third of the journalists in jail according to the CPJ's Dec 1, 2023, census were in China, Myanmar and Belarus, the report said. Israel is tied with Iran for sixth place, the country's highest ranking ever on CPJ's annual list. Each of the 17 that were held in .

Guidelines on search, seizure of digital devices of journalists soon: Govt

The bench, however, questioned the two-year delay by the govt since the filing of the petition before it and said, "When did we issue notice? Some time frame has to be followed. Two years have passed"

Iran sentences two journalists on charges linked to Amini protests

This is a preliminary sentencing that can be appealed in 20 days

Newsclick crackdown: Delhi Police question 25 journalists for 2nd time

Delhi Police Special Cell has questioned about 25 journalists and contributors of the NewsClick for a second time in connection with a UAPA case registered against the online news portal for allegedly peddling "anti-national" agenda in the country, sources said on Monday. An officer said that the investigation into the case is still on and no one has been given the clean chit so far. About 46 people, including nine women journalists, were questioned on October 3, the day the Special Cell raided several locations connected to the website in Delhi and NCR. "Since the arrest took place, everyone was called for the second round of questioning. About 25 of them have appeared so far," said a police officer. On October 3, the Delhi Police arrested portal's editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and human relations head Amit Chakravarty and seized more than 300 electronic gadgets from the office of NewsClick and residences of its journalists. An official said these gadgets were sent to the FS

Delhi Police raids Kerala residence of former NewsClick employee Anusha

The Delhi police on Friday conducted a raid and seized the laptop and phone of Malayali journalist and former NewsClick employee Anusha Paul from her residence near Kodumon here. After a three-member team of the Delhi Police recorded her statement and confiscated her electronic devices, Paul told the media that she was questioned about her association with NewsClick and the CPI(M). She said the questions ranged from whether she reported on farmers' protest, anti-NRC-CAA protests, or about the COVID-19 management of the Union government. "This is a witch-hunt to threaten the organisation and its employees who used to raise voice against the Narendra Modi government and the RSS," Paul said. Paul was staying in Kerala for the treatment of a close family member. She told the media that the Delhi Police asked her whether she knows the Delhi state secretary of the CPI(M), K M Tiwari. "Of course, I know him. I told them that. He is the state secretary of the CPI(M). I am a CPI(M) worker

Beyond due process

Invoking UAPA against a news outfit is overreaction

KUWJ condemns raid on NewsClick, calls it violation of democratic rights

A Kerala-based journalists union Tuesday condemned the Delhi Police raids on news portal NewsClick and its journalists during the day, calling it an encroachment on the freedom of media and "a blatant violation of democratic rights". The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) said the "illegal and anti-democratic" raids were carried out without revealing the reason for the same and the police seized mobile phones, laptops and other electronic equipment from the scribes. The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested two persons including NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in connection with a probe into the portal's foreign funding. The arrest came after the Delhi Police searched 30 locations connected with the online news portal and its journalists in a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations that it received money for pro-China propaganda. "The Kerala Union of Working Journalists strongly condemns the illegal police raids conducted at the residences of promine

Arrests of Indian journalists on the rise, especially in the past decade

There has been a marked uptick in imprisonments and killings of journalists after 2012 compared to the years before. The CPJ database has recorded data from 1992 onwards

UAPA case: NewsClick chief arrested and 46 quizzed; office sealed

Oppn, media bodies term it assault on press; action on basis of evidence: BJP

Amid NewsClick raids, Editors Guild of India condemns police action

A fresh case has been registered by the Delhi Police Special Cell against NewsClick under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

Delhi Police raids homes of journalists linked to NewsClick in UAPA case

Laptops and phones of journalists whose homes were searched today have been seized for further probe