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Ranjona Banerji: The facts of the Sheena Bora case are incredible enough to justify focused media coverage Posted on 28 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS Let us also not forget that Peter Mukerjea, the current husband of the murder accused Indrani Mukerjea, was once the head of Star India. When they started 9X together, it was a massive media event. The subsequent collapse of 9X was equally controversial and caused tremors through the media. All the more reason for the media to focus on the case

Ranjona Banerji: Gobbledygook on our business news channels Posted on 25 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS There could be six running scrolls, five pop-ups, white and light blue colour schemes with several talking heads and info moving vertically and horizontally on our business channels, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Emphatically, the old order changeth at Network 18 Posted on 21 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS Certainly people have long expected a more hands on approach from Reliance at Network 18 and looks like they are getting it, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Anyone for news in the papers and on telly? Posted on 18 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS If I stare into space like a zombie after 9 pm, my time would be better spent, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Don’t frighten us presstitutes and newstraders… Posted on 14 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS … or whatever else the powers-that-be and their faithful fans choose to call us, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Was there fair reason for govt to send a showcause to news channels Posted on 11 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS Freedom of expression remains the bulwark of a free media and a proper democracy. Government disapproval is not reason enough to invoke this or any law, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: How about a star news anchor heading our Armed Forces every week? Posted on 07 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS Maybe we can have a lottery system where one star news anchor heads the Indian Armed Forces every week, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Rumours that Jaggi may have to quit Network18 thanks to an anti-Jaitley article Posted on 04 Aug,2015 | under BLOGS No matter what your political slant, if you are to remain remotely credible as a news organisation, criticism is imperative, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: What is the primary duty of a journo? To ask uncomfortable questions of course! Posted on 31 Jul,2015 | under BLOGS When it came to the death penalty of Yakub Memon, convicted for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, journalists in India showed us an entire range of journalistic choices. We had embedded journalists, official journalists, questioning journalists and play-it-safe journalists, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Intelligence failure on News TV Posted on 28 Jul,2015 | under BLOGS Ranjona Banerji decries the media’s tendency to abandon good sense when a little bit of thought or discussion might serve them better

Ranjona Banerji: Teesta Setalvad & Yakub Memon cases expose lack of institutional memory in newsrooms & laziness of today’s journos Posted on 24 Jul,2015 | under BLOGS Of course media gossip is a thriving institution and it is a feeding trough that we all contribute to and eat from. But sharing media gossip is not the same as exercising professional judgment. And in Setalvad’s case there are too many unprofessional people running wild with their allegations, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Face it. If you’re not a journalist you don’t know how a newsroom functions. You only think you do. Posted on 21 Jul,2015 | under BLOGS This is not because journalism is some magical unknowable quantity or newsrooms are like Hogwarts protected by Dementors. It’s because unless you are one, you don’t know, writes Ranjona Banerji