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  • 30 Jun 2015

    By Sujata Madhok Comments

    The woman editor of an English language daily was dismissive as she told a researcher, “The gender issue has now been transcended.” Her generation of Indian women journalists had broken the glass ceiling, she believes. When she hires staff she lo...

  • 17 Jun 2015

    By Sidra Dar Comments

    Journalist Sidra Dar is determined to stay on the job at beleaguered Pakistani media company BOL despite the controversy. Here she explains why.  As Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) expands their investigation into Pakistan’s fake degree scandal...

  • 10 Jun 2015

    By Aseem Trivedi Comments

    Cartooning is a blend of journalism and art. Much like the editorial write-up of in a newspaper where the editor expresses views on certain issues, an editorial cartoonist has freedom to express views through cartoons and, importantly, freedom to adv...

  • 03 Jun 2015

    By Adnan Rehmat Comments

    It was the most anticipated launch of a TV channel in Pakistan in over a decade years. Not since Geo TV – the first independent TV channel of the country – was launched in 2002 had so much hype been built around the launch of a current affairs br...

  • 27 May 2015

    By Ujjwal Acharya Comments

    Since the Nepal’s devastating earthquake on April 25, the country’s journalists have persevered to continue telling the story for Nepal and its people. “With my home and land now destroyed by the earthquake, my family had turned into squatters....

  • 20 May 2015

    By Lubna Jerar Naqvi Comments

    Recently government supported media watchdog Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in Pakistani issued 14 show-cause notices to TV channels for airing  Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s – a local political p...

  • 13 May 2015

    By Ruki Fernando Comments

    On April 30, 2015, three Sri Lankan journalists and human rights defenders (HRDs) Shantha, Jayampathi and Kumuduni returned home after several years in exile in Nepal and short periods in India and the Maldives[1]. All three had been recognized as re...

  • 06 May 2015

    By Shujaat Bukhari Comments

    On a chilly evening Parvaz Mohammad Sultan was giving final touches to his daily bulletin when two unidentified gunmen entered his press enclave office and fired at him from point blank. Left in a pool of blood, the 40-year-old editor of local news g...

  • 29 Apr 2015

    By Scott Griffin Comments

    Today officially marks the end of an ambitious 100-day reform period announced by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena shortly after snatching a surprise victory over former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country’s Jan. 8 presidential vote. R...

  • 15 Apr 2015

    By Monalisa Changkija Comments

    You have been one of the most prominent journalists from Nagaland and you are the only woman editor, proprietor and publisher in the North East of India. On a whole, it is reported that women only make up 2.7% of India’s local journalists. What do ...