Reporters Without Orders Ep 158: Revisiting the carnage in Delhi and UP job aspirants

In this episode, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Ayush Tiwari and Akanksha Kumar.

The conversation starts with Nidhi asking how Ayush feels about going back to reporting on the Delhi carnage of last year and also asks both if they think that doing the same thing over and over again and being exposed to this sort of violence desensitises them or equips them handle it with more empathy? 

Ayush and Akanksha agree, “It equips you better to handle the emotional outbursts no matter what story you’re working and also you go with a better approach,” says Akanksha

The discussion moves on to Akankha’s report on hundreds of aspirants in Uttar Pradesh yet to get appointment letters in spite of clearing their village development officer exam a year ago. Akanksha explains how she got a lead to the story, explains the hiring process and gives more insight to the situation. Nidhi also asks whether the aspirants thought of #ModiRozgarDo as a reflection of a successful social media movement or a disappointment.

In June 2020, the Narendra Modi government reached out to “prominent persons from the media field” to help identify strategies to effectively communicate “10 big narratives of the government”. Ayush talks about his report and tells us what the initiative is, who were involved, what were the discussions and the aim of such an initiative.  Ayush said, “They were not willing to come on record and speak on what was going on. If you’ve not done it then why do you need to stay anonymous. Just remove that skirt of anonymity and come out in public and say.”

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. 

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