Reporters Without Orders Ep 367: Journalists’ disillusionment with mainstream media

03/05/2025 1h 5min
Reporters Without Orders Ep 367: Journalists’ disillusionment with mainstream media

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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalists Tanzil Asif, Neetu Singh and Sagar Patel, who talk about working in mainstream media, why they quit it and decided to go independent. Legacy media, Tanzil says, only focuses on feeding their agenda rather than serving public interest, making a journalist morally corrupt. Neetu explains that mainstream media restricted her freedom to report because it lacked the guts to hold the government accountable. Some reporters, however, are just fooling people by pretending to be independent journalists, remarks Sagar. They talk of their challenges in opting to work in independent media after exiting mainstream media. Despite lack of resources, hurdles in reporting and problems in their establishing and running their organisations, they say their decision to quit legacy media was most satisfactory.Tune in.Timecodes00:00:00 - Introduction00:02:02 - Reasons for exiting mainstream media00:12:28 - Challenges for independent media00:23:24 - Hurdles for being independent journalist00:56:48 - RecommendationsRecommendationsNeetuPahalgam Attack में मारे गए Shubham Dwivedi की पत्नी Aishanya Dwivedi ने हमले के बारे में क्या बतायाSagar કણબી પટેલોના નાક વાઢવાની હચમચાવી દે તેવી કહાણી| Journalist Naresh Shah | Patidar Samaj History VideoShatranjTanzilCommon PeopleBAKKHO Documentary | A Pasmanda Muslim Story | बक्खो | पसमांदा मुस्लिम की कहानी | Bihar Caste CensusBasantWhat Killed Mukesh Chandrakar - The Reporters' CollectiveProduced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.Complaining about the media is easy. Why not do something to make it better? Click here to subscribe to Newslaundry and join the tribe that pays to keep news free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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