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Topic: News

How we write 50-word edits, including the hijab one

Shailaja Bajpai -
For journalists, being misread, misunderstood or misinterpreted have become occupational hazards, something we have to live with.

The way we work – What ThePrint did in 2021 and why good journalism pays

Shailaja Bajpai -
Kabul or Kumbh, in 2021, ThePrint followed the basic rule of journalism — go where the story takes you.

We asked our readers why they like ThePrint. This is what they told us

Shailaja Bajpai -
There were 12 questions that sought to find out whether ThePrint was on the right track, who were its readers, and how satisfied they were.

Mystical Modi to migrating Jitin Prasada — News channels offer ‘real’ entertainment

Shailaja Bajpai -
Why watch ‘CID’ and ‘Crime Patrol’ when you can watch Mehul Choksi’s ‘Antics in Antigua and Dominica’ on prime time TV?

‘Corona jihad’ to ‘holy dip’ – India’s TV channels shocked at Kumbh but it’s no ‘human bomb’

Shailaja Bajpai -
News channels’ coverage of Haridwar continued to dip in and out of Kumbh Mela. But no channel called this a ‘human bomb’ or ‘corona warfare'.

The ‘foreign hand’ in journalism and how Australia is at the front lines

Vanessa Freije -
Can Facebook, or any international company, make rules regulating speech that are equally appropriate in every country they operate in?

‘Drugwood’, ‘Umar Lobby Secret Tape’, ‘UPSC jihad’ — You aren’t watching news but masala TV

Shailaja Bajpai -
A reporter climbs Ladakh mountain, another asks a postman why he tore down Kangana Ranaut’s office, and yet another calls an FB session a ‘secret tape’. TV isn’t news anymore.

Aatma, autopsy, jadu—After Ayodhya, TV news went right back to magnificent Sushant obsession

Shailaja Bajpai -
As soon as the Ayodhya bhoomi pujan was done and PM Modi had spoken, news channels scuttled back to their favourite obsession — conspiracy theories about Sushant Singh’s death.

Editors in Modi’s India have two choices — speak up or give in to intellectual slavery

Patricia Mukhim -
The press, which is the fourth pillar of Indian democracy, is not given the same status as the other three pillars today. Journalists have to make their choice.

Sachin Pilot has done the unthinkable — united all TV channels from NDTV to Republic

Shailaja Bajpai -
Nearly every single anchor on English and Hindi news channels praised Sachin Pilot – from NDTV to Republic. But they just couldn’t get the headline they wanted.
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Opinion

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

AG Sulzberger -
Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Economy

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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