Chennai rain coverage exposes limitations of National TV
What’s happened to National TV? For two days Chennai has been marooned, and there are heroic efforts being made by the residents, NGOs and administration […]
Journalism
How the newspapers headlined Nitish-Lalu victory
The results were stunning. They left a lot of egg on the faces of some of the best known TV anchors and political commentators. The […]
What is a news beat
A news beat is a news territory assigned to a reporter who is then expected to keep track of all events taking place in his […]
12 awesome definitions of news that you must read
What is news? The most banal definition is: News is the acronym of North,South, East West. No definition can be dumber than this. Here are […]
Headlines that increase click-through rates
Do you want to increase story click-through rates? If yes, then you need to take a leaf out of the BBC book, whose editors have […]
The tape was meant to sting Kejriwal, but it is journalism that takes a beating
News, you learn in journalism schools, is information that has been verified. It has been checked, cross-checked, and then published or broadcast. But Zee News, […]
TV channels savage Dhoni after Sydney defeat
Till yesterday the Indian television had lionised M S Dhoni. There was no greater captain in world cricket. He was Captain Cool, the world’s best […]
Tablet users push BBC to go ‘responsive’
On March 23, BBC will unveil its new website. The reason for the change: More and more users are accessing BBC on their tablets and […]
8 qualities that hotshot reporters have
It is not easy to be a news reporter. You are always on the job, looking for information, trying to develop sources. You are always […]