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Newslaundry.com
Young Reporters talk about major stories of the week and what it took to cover them. Click here to support Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 7, 2020 • 49min
Ep 101: Delhi election, Jamia shootings, and more
In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari and Ayan Sharma of Newlaundry. Ayush and Basant discuss their report from the village of Kapil Gujjar, the Shaheen Bagh shooter. Ayan talks about his experience reporting from Jewar, hometown of the juvenile who shot at protesters outside Jamia Millia Islamia University. The panel also talk about Ayush’s factcheck of the Shaheen Bagh “sting” in collaboration with Jignesh Patel of Alt News. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 2020 • 51min
Ep 100: Our favourite ground reports, and more
For the 100th episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari, Veena Nair and Ayan Sharma of Newslaundry, and the former host of this podcast, Cherry Agarwal. They begin with some bizarre news stories and briefly talk about the impending Delhi assembly election. And in a special segment, they discuss their most memorable ground reports. Ayush’s picked his first report from Kashmir while Veena shared her experience of being detained by the Delhi police. Ayan’s chose his ground report from Chabua, Assam; and Basant talked about his report from Kurukshetra as well as the report on the killing of Mohammad Suleman, a protester against the new citizenship law, in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, that he co-reported with Ayush.This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. Tune in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 24, 2020 • 35min
Ep 99: Delhi election 2020
In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Basant Kumar and Ayan Sharma of Newslaundry, and Vijayta Lalwani from Scroll. The panel talks about the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, the star campaigners, how the Congress is losing relevance, the significance of Purvanchali voters, and the social media tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. Tune in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 17, 2020 • 54min
Ep 98: Shaheen Bagh, JNU Confession Tapes, and more
In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Newslaundry’s Ayush Tiwari, Meghnad, Anukriti Malik, and campus reporter, Ismat Ara. After sharing a few laughs over some bizarre news they read, the panel begins the discussion with the Shaheen Bagh protests. Ismat shares her experience of covering Shashi Tharoor’s Jamia Millia Islamia visit. Then comes India Today’s JNU Confession Tapes. Ayush sheds light on the fake news that did the rounds about an India Today reporter, right after the sting. Anukriti and Meghnad bring perspective to their story JNU violence: Inside the WhatsApp group that ‘coordinated’ the mayhem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 8, 2020 • 48min
Ep 97: JNU Violence
In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by our correspondents Ayush Tiwari, Basant Kumar, Veena Nair, and Ayan Sharma, who were on the ground reporting on the mob attack at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University on January 5. They talk about what they witnessed.This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what absolutely shouldn’t have. Tune in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 4, 2020 • 1h 3min
Ep 96: Police brutality in UP, citizenship law protests, and more
In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by our reporters Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari and Ayan Sharma who have just returned from covering the protests against the citizenship law in Uttar Pradesh and Assam, and the police brutality against the protesters. Ayush and Basant talk about how the Uttar Pradesh police are getting away with murder; they are refusing to file FIRs and making contradictory statements on the killings of protesters. Ayan explains how the citizenship law protests in Assam are different than elsewhere in India. He also talks about how the nuances of the Northeast’s sociopolitical issues are ignored by the Indian mainstream media. There’s this and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what absolutely shouldn’t have. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 27, 2019 • 1h 5min
Ep 95: Jharkhand Elections, CAA protests, and more
In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Meghnad S and Veena Nair of Newlaundry and Amit Bharadwaj, an independent journalist. Snigdha, Veena, Meghnad, and Amit discuss the future of CAA protests, who gets to lead a movement, and deaths due to the violence in Uttar Pradesh. Meghnad elaborates on the discrepancies in PM Modi’s previous statements on NRC. He also breaks down the complicated procedure and heavy jargon surrounding NRC, NPR, and census. Amit shares revealing insights about Jharkhand elections which he extensively covered on-ground. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what absolutely shouldn’t have. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 20, 2019 • 1h 9min
Ep 94: Citizenship law protests
In this week’s special episode, host Snigdha is joined by Ismat Ara, Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari, Anusuya Som and Veena Nair--all of whom were on the ground covering the protests in Delhi and elsewhere. Beginning with a reconstruction of the events that occured on the fateful night on Sunday, each of them talk about what they saw first hand.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 2019 • 1h 1min
Ep 93: Citizenship Amendment Bill, JNU protests, and more
In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Meghnad S, Basant Kumar, and Veena Nair. While Meghnad explains the nitty-gritty of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Veena updates everyone about the JNU students’ protest march to Rashtrapati Bhawan. Basant talks about the pathetic living conditions of migrant labourers in Delhi as he recounts his visit to the Anaj Mandi that was gutted by a massive fire recently. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what absolutely shouldn’t have. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 6, 2019 • 57min
Ep 92: Hyderabad gangrape, mid-day meals, and more
In this week’s episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha is joined by Ayush Tiwari, Basant Kumar and The Quint’s Aishwarya S Iyer. While Aishwarya talks about the Hyderabad rape case and her experience of reporting on the same, Ayush gives us a break down of everything that was wrong with the maps depicting BJP’s supposed electoral decline across states. This and a lot more, as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and somethings that absolutely shouldn’t have. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.