New Delhi: Journalists and cartoonists are being targeted in India, contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s global stance on free speech and fostering democratic values in cyberspace, the Editors Guild of India said June 14. The government itself heaps pressure on these professionals if and when their views are criticalContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi: Recently, the Editors Guild of India condoled the deaths of journalists of over 100 news reporters, newspapers, intranet platforms and independent grassroots media persons, who have died because of Covid-19 over the past year. In April 2021 itself, more than 52 journalists died because ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern about the news coverage of the ongoing farmers’ protest against the federal government’s newly passed farm laws. An advisory from the guild on December 4 cautioned media houses against delegitimizing the agitation by using term suchContinue Reading
Shillong: Veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim, the editor of The Shillong Times, has resigned from the Editors Guild of India, alleging that the top journalists’ body “defends” only celebrity journalists. In her resignation letter, copy of which is available with NDTV, Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, gave the example of howContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: John Dayal, a veteran journalist and leading human rights activist, has been invited in a special way to the executive committee of the Editors Guild of India. The guild was created in 1978 in the post-emergency period, to protect the freedom of the pressContinue Reading
New Delhi: Seema Mustafa, the Editor of The Citizen, has been elected as President of the Editors Guild of India, a statement by the top body of editorial leaders said Oct.17. The announcement came after the results of an online election held on October 16 were declared. In the sameContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 12, 2019: The Editors Guild says the Meghalaya High Court’s order in a contempt case against The Shillong Times, including its editor and publisher, is “intimidatory and undermines” press freedom. The Meghalaya High Court on March 8 sentenced The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher ShobaContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Editors’ Guild of India has condemned the Karnataka Assembly’s order to arrest and fine two journalists working with Kannada dailies for allegedly writing defamatory articles that were published two years ago. The journalists, Ravi Belagare and Anil Raj of Yelahanka, were given a year in jail and aContinue Reading
New Delhi — The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued show-cause notice to three television news channels over coverage of the hanging of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon. Official sources said the ministry considered the coverage “inappropriate,” following which the broadcasters have been asked to explain how their coverageContinue Reading