RANJONA BANERJI

When Times of India boss Vineet Jain damns Facebook on hate speech & fake news… Posted on 30 Jun,2020 | under MEDIA … but what about Times Now, a regular purveyor of both hate speech and fake news, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Collapse of Traditional Media? Posted on 25 Jun,2020 | under MEDIA The larger picture remains bleak as long as current patterns of control and ownership remain, writes Ranjona Banerji

Problems Journalism &  Journalists must Answer Posted on 23 Jun,2020 | under MEDIA If the future of our profession is to survive, we need quality work. And by denying respect and support to our own, we only stand to lose, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Do Studio Boys prancing in camouflage vests make for war correspondents? Posted on 19 Jun,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW War correspondents report on war itself and the cost of war which can often mean facts in opposition to their government’s chosen positions or claims, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Ugliness in coverage and portrayal of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death on News TV Posted on 16 Jun,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Several reporters with notebooks and jostling camerapersons will never be as disturbing as a large bunch of television reporters shouting into microphones accompanied by camerapersons and their large equipment, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: The state of Indian journalism today is statist Posted on 12 Jun,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW “Imagine a situation where the most powerful and popular government Independent India has ever known questions the Opposition on government failures and the media plays along with it” asks Ranjona Banerji

Is there a New York Times moment which some Indian media houses face? Posted on 09 Jun,2020 | under MEDIA The loss is to us all, if even reputed news organisations continue to endorse outright societal hatred and prejudice, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: For the media, the bar just keeps being set lower and lower Posted on 05 Jun,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW A great and terrible shame and blot on all of us journalists, writes Ranjona Banerji on The Print India’s Islamphobic columnist

War of words on China Posted on 02 Jun,2020 | under MEDIA Ranjona Banerji on how the media is reporting on events at the India-China border, how job cuts at newspapers could impact journalism and more

Ranjona Banerji: No trending hashtags, just short shrift coverage on Bengal Posted on 26 May,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The large proportion of Bengalis in the India media notwithstanding, Cyclone Amphan and its devastating effects on Bengal have got short shrift coverage wise is the complaint, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Anyone cares about Cyclone Amphan? Posted on 22 May,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Did the mainstream media, especially television, downplay the tremendous damage done to Bengal by Cyclone Amphan, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Propaganda ≠ journalism Posted on 19 May,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW No matter how much you claim to hate “the media”, no matter how many curses you may throw at it, no matter how justified those curses may be, propaganda does not constitute journalism, writes Ranjona Banerji