Reporters Without Orders

In this episode, Manisha Pande debuts as host for Reporters Without Orders. The panel of reporters discusses limited media reportage on the multiple allegations made against JNU professor Atul Johari as well as Khonmoh encounter in Kashmir. Our Kashmir correspondent, Nidhi, also talks about her story on Tabassum Guru, Afzal Guru's wife. The panel also discusses the video that went viral following Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Sarfaraz Alam's victory in the recently-concluded Bihar bypolls. Cherry speaks about news organizations using unverified videos, often from WhatsApp/ social media as a source of news.Speaking about issues that were overplayed by the media, the panel discusses Bhagalpur communal tension and FIR registered against Union minister Ashwini Choubey's son. Rohin also talks about Dainik Jagran's story on Modi, where the paper claims that Modi might be the PM till 2029.This, and more. Listen up!#AtulJohri #TabassumGuru #DainikJagran Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate around the farmers' protest in Maharashtra, attack on a Mizoram journalist and more. They also talk about the overplayed news of the week, such as cricketer Shami's wife’s allegations against him. This and more. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the last few days didn’t see sections of the media obsessing with a certain issue, the panel points out several reports that were underplayed. On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited coverage of the students’ protest against Staff Selection Commission, the killings in Shopian that has brought four districts in south Kashmir to a halt as well as the spat between Prasar Bharati and the I&B ministry. The panel also discusses the environment ministry’s U-turn in Adani's Mundra project.Speaking about the news that was overplayed, the panel talks about Malayalam magazine Grihalakshmi’s cover. This, and more. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya, BJP leader's SUV running over 9 students and injuring 20 others, a 26-page affidavit submitted by Hadiya in the Supreme Court and an 18-year-old Dalit girl being burnt alive in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district. The panel also talks about the detention of Islamic preacher MM Akbar at the Hyderabad airport on Sunday, a story about Amit Shah's fever in the web edition of The Hindu as well as Jansatta. This, and more. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abhinandan is back as host for episode 7 of #ReportersWithoutOrders. The panel discusses the limited debate surrounding incidences of the caste-based discrimination against Dalit students in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, NIA's new definition of "real journalism", the self-immolation of a Dalit farmer in Patan, Gujarat and double murder in Nagpur. They also talk about news packages including one on an Andhra Pradesh farmer using Sunny Leone's poster as nazar battu, communalisation of news narrative in a tribal girl's rape case in Kathua, Jammu and the missing nuance from debates on #PNBScam. This, and more. Listen up!#Kamran Yusuf #Dalit #Himachal Pradesh #Sunny Leone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding the Kashmir Administrative Exams, Rajasthan Budget which has provisions for distribution of free sanitary napkins as well as the flawed coverage of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's statement on the FIR filed against Major Aditya Kumar. The panel also discusses a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch and The Caravan's follow-up story on judge Loya's death.The #ReportersWithoutOrders gang also discusses how the news about Priya Prakash Varrier was overplayed. This, and more. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of #ReportersWithoutOrders, the panel discusses sections of mainstream media’s narrative about Kashmir—how it has been reduced to terror and terrorists. The gang also discusses limited coverage given to the startling allegations made by Congress’ Kapil Sibal, political developments in Jharkhand and life of undertrials such as the youth arrested in the Bangalore blast case.The panel also weighs in on the #PadmanChallenge, what ails legacy media houses, problems with over-consumption of news and more. Listen up!#Kashmir #Congress #Politics #Jharkhand #Bangalore #PadmanChallenge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of #ReportersWithoutOrders, Newslaundry’s illustrator Anish Daolagupu joins the regular gang to discuss the protests in Assam's Dima Hasao district. Also, hear Abhinandan share his experience of a particular shoot while weighing in on the media blind spot when it comes to the Northeast. The panel also discusses a Madras High Court order allowing conjugal visits for a man serving a life sentence and the national media’s limited coverage of Odisha’s political hot potato— the death of a class 9 girl who was gang-raped.All this, in addition to Nidhi’s learnings during her travel with Karwan-e-Mohabbat, Sahla’s jibe at the selection of panelists called on news debates and more. Listen up!#ReportersWithoutOrders #MadrasHighCourt #EconomicSurvey2018 #Odisha #Assam #DimaHasao Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the implications of Foreign Ministry issuing colour-coded passports and CCTV surveillance in schools. The panel also discusses the limited coverage given to the rape and murder of a minor girl in Jammu's Kathua city as well as the arrest of two journalists in Kerela's Ernakulam. The journalists, who were covering a protest led by Dalits, were arrested by the state police for allegedly "obstructing their duty". But that's not all. Amit shares his reporting experience from Kurukshetra, where he had gone to cover the #JindRapeCase. Listen up!#JindRapeCase #CCTV #Delhi #Passports #Jammu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding the agricultural distress, law and order situation in New Delhi, Dhanyashree suicide in Karnataka as well as encounters in Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh. The panel also weighs in on the sexual harassment allegations against American actor-comedian Aziz Ansari -- can the allegation be clubbed with the #MeToomovement or is there a need to draw a distinction? Also on the podcast are stories that our reporters would like to cover -- from Panchayat elections in Kashmir to an investigation into Islamic groups such as Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India. This, and more. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.