RANJONA BANERJI

Ranjona Banerji: Jingoism Rules, Regrettably Posted on 19 Jul,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The photograph of Pakistan’s newspapers the day after is quite amusing in its great nationalistic stance. Sometimes, we have more in common than we even realise, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Trouble @ Tiranga Posted on 16 Jul,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Tiranga TV is not the first instance, even in recent times, where large numbers have been laid off and most of it has flown under the radar, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Authoritarianism UnLtd Posted on 12 Jul,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Even the distinctly venerable and pusillanimous Editors Guild has been pushed to chastise the government for this latest action of restricting access to the finance ministry, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Budget, er, Bahi Khata Blues Posted on 08 Jul,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW While TV news programmes discussed the usual, should they have done this or that and that’s what they mean, and what they said and didn’t say, it seemed clear that this was not a very exciting Union Ledger although many liked the presentation of the Ledger, writes Ranjona Banerji

Have an idea? Be ready to go Round & Round Posted on 02 Jul,2019 | under MEDIA Ranjona Banerji on how the interactivity that offered by the government and NGOs doesn’t lead to any concrete action

Ranjona Banerji: RedInk Awards: Beacon for Journalists Posted on 28 Jun,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The anniversary of the Emergency is a good time for journalists to stop making false equivalences to please their political masters in power at the Centre and their corporate masters, whose only god is revenue, writes Ranjona Banerji

Goodbye, Satellite TV. Hello, OTT! Posted on 25 Jun,2019 | under Digital And why streamed services offer more bang for the buck, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Journalism or Melodrama Posted on 21 Jun,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Anjana Om Kashyap belongs to a long list of journalists who have not honed their craft vis-à-vis information-gathering and investigation but instead, vis-a-vis creating a spectacle for the viewer, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Water crisis, anyone? Posted on 18 Jun,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The water crisis facing India has definitely lost the battle for news space, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: How to Spin Condemnation… Posted on 14 Jun,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW “Every time something untoward happens in a state ruled by your favourite party, you have to scramble about looking for something even vaguely similar happening elsewhere, preferably in an area ruled by some other party. This way, you can condemn both and feel both virtuous and safe at the same time,” writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Intimidation, again! Posted on 11 Jun,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Regardless of what did and did not happen during the Emergency, today’s media has to deal with what’s happening today, writes Ranjona Banerji

A shrinking space for Muslims in the Indian media Posted on 04 Jun,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW “What is dangerous for democracy is when journalists are allowed by their media houses to be proud of their ignorance of democracy, of the Indian Constitution and of India’s diversity,” writes Ranjona Banerji