Hindustan Times
A funny thing has happened to newspapers over the last year and though we’ve all noticed it, few of us have bothered to discuss this development.
Which is odd, because you would have thought that somebody would have written an obituary by now. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged Arun Roy Chowdhari, economic crisis, editor, HT, interesting graphics, journalism, lead story, newspapers, page one
Most Indian journalists have contempt for cheque-book journalism. We believe that it is entirely wrong to pay sources for information and regard those who do so as being beyond the pale.
Many — if not most — American journos have a similar attitude. Cheque-book journalism remains restricted to sleazy super-market tabloids who are content to pay, say Britney Spear’s hair-dresser a large sum of money for some story about Britney’s love life. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged Ambani brothers fight, investigative journalism, journalism, Pramod Mahajan
Two questions for this, the first of a new series of blogs. One: how much freedom should an editor give a columnist? And two: how much criticism of itself should a newspaper be prepared to publish. Read more
(22 votes, average: 4.23 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 9:23 am
Filed under Media · Tagged hindustantim times, journalism, Media, mint, Vir Sanghvi
