[Reader-list] [Announcements] The Hoot - January 2004

Thu Jan 15 13:56:32 IST 2004

   The Hoot - January 2004
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Hello and welcome to 2004, the big election year in India
when www.TheHoot.org will continue to bring you in-depth
coverage of issues that plague the media and offer riffs
and reflections on what is in the news and what ought to
be. On The Hoot you will find stories that appear nowhere
else. We cover what goes on behind the scenes in that one
industry that defines how you see the world around you.
Updated every Monday, The Hoot brings you reports from all
parts of the sub-continent and further afield. The more the
media matters, the more we must track what it does.

 REGIONAL MEDIA

 Marathi newspapers wage a price war 

While Lokmat and Sakal first played the price game at
Sangli, Sakal has reduced price recently in Kolhapur and
Lokmat may soon follow the same strategy. By Prabhakar
Kulkarni in Kohlapur.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166194Hoot103937%20AM1017&pn=1

 Aakash Channel awaits its comeuppance

The TV channel which was one of the major reasons for Ajit
Jogis downfall is set to face uncertain times as pressure
builds up for a takeover by the Bharatiya Janata Partys
men. By a correspondent in Raipur.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203151127222Hoot83456%20AM1009&pn=1

 MEDIA WATCH

 The Press must represent the public: Tejpal

"At the heart of the paper are two C's. Crusading,
constructive journalism. We will not only expose, and knock
those doing wrong, but also appreciate those doing the
right thing": Tarun Tejpal in interview with Frederick
Noronha from the North Goa coast, speaks on the Tehelka
weekly that will be out by January 31.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166194Hoot104515%20AM1018&pn=1

 Election 2003: Half baked analysis

If you look closely at the coverage it becomes clear that
one thing journalists no longer do very much is to analyze
the poll data carefully. The Hoot editorial

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166130Hoot30729%20PM988&pn=1

 The medias role in the electoral process

The media has a very major role to play in the electoral
process: AN Jha, Deputy Election Commissioner, in interview
with Shivam Vij.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021416617Hoot70711%20PM996&pn=1

 MEDIA ETHICS

 The New York Times vs. the facts on the ground

To editorially hail a journalist convicted of fraud, and
given to fundamentalist diatribes suggests that the
research done by this venerable daily was somewhat
inadequate. The HootDesk

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166251Hoot23843%20PM1006&pn=1

 Stinging Judeo, Express style

 Does this new brand of journalism point to a lack of
ethics in the media or is it the beginning of a different
kind of ethics? By Mannika Chopra

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166208Hoot122714%20PM981&pn=1

 MEDIA AND GENDER 

 India: At last some strong screen women

After a long gap, viewers are feasting on films that have
handled women characters sensitively and boldly. By Shahla
Raza (Women's Feature Service)

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166180Hoot50058%20PM1007&pn=1

 Whiz kid Phaneesh

The token mention in each article of the Maximovitch case
has been more akin to the statutory warning on cigarette
packets. By Seetha

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166211Hoot51935%20PM1001&pn=1

 Pulli Raja - Raising hackles in the South

While the campaign is targeting the male, the underlying
message is that AIDS emanates from the woman. By B
Jayashree

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021416692Hoot123403%20AM982&pn=1

 Letters

If awareness has to be created it has to be through such
'shocking' and 'blunt' messages, not niceties, argues D.
Venkata Raghavan from Chennai. 

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166130Hoot33424%20PM991&pn=1

Watson, editor of the Journalism Online newsletter, finds
D. Venkata Raghavans response irresponsible.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021416617Hoot73820%20PM998&pn=1

 FOR READERS/VIEWERS 

 Readers and the media

It is not always the people vs. the state, or the press vs.
the state, but also the people vs. the media. What
safeguards do readers have against the media denying them
their right to free _expression? Dasu Krishnamoorty probes.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021416621Hoot74644%20AM1005&pn=1

 FOR JOURNALISTS

 Nominations invited for the Chameli Devi Award

The Media Foundation is pleased to invite nominations for
its annual Chameli Devi Jain Awards for an Outstanding
Woman Mediaperson for 2003-04. Women journalists in the
print, broadcast and current affairs documentary film media
are eligible.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2196523443Hoot125939%20PM1023&pn=1

 Investigative science journalism needs promoting

A report on a workshop where 150 science writers,
scientists, academicians, NGOs and journalists
participated, as a precursor to observing 2004 as the year
of science and technology. By Dr. Y. Bala Murali Krishna in
Panaji (UNI).

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203151127168Hoot83442%20PM1013&pn=1

 IFJ Journalism For Tolerance Prize

 Entries are solicited for the award that promotes
excellence in journalism combating racism and
discrimination, given by the International Federation of
Journalists. Last date: 27 February 2004.

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2196522582Hoot124935%20PM1022&pn=1

 MEDIA LAW

 Handing over the airwaves

The terms recommended by the Task Force for the second
round of FM privatization are very generous to big
broadcasters, but do very little to encourage
non-commercial use of radio. By Sevanti Ninan

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166170Hoot20237%20AM993&pn=1

 MEDIA RESEARCH 

 The print media and the poorest districts of Jharkhand 

Over 10 days of around 4000 news items that were published
in the Capitals newspapers only 3 items were about the
poorest districts. Extracts from a study by Sudhir Pal
(Manthan Yuva Sansthan).

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166229Hoot92230%20PM977&pn=1

 MEDIA AND CONFLICT 

 Book review: An Indian view of Gulf War II 

In many ways the diary, Hotel Palestine, Baghdad by Satish
Jacob, is a humble and humane account without the bravado
and swagger one comes to expect of wartime coverage. By
Mannika Chopra

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021416692Hoot124553%20AM983&pn=1

 PRESS FREEDOM

 Pakistan army silences the media's big guns

The authorities had told him General Musharraf was angered
by his articles and that he should desist from writing
against the general and the army. By Ahmad Naeem Khan in
Lahore (OneWorld South Asia)

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166249Hoot84410%20PM995&pn=1

 RIGHT TO INFORMATION 

 Traditional media, empowering messages

In India the hype created over ICTs has often overshadowed
the remarkable changes traditional communication systems
can bring in poor people's lives. By Malvika Kaul (Women's
Feature Service)

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166206Hoot110720%20AM979&pn=1

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