[Reader-list] [Announcements] The Hoot This June

Sun Jun 27 14:49:57 IST 2004

  The Hoot      www.thehoot.org
  Watching media in the subcontinent
           JUNE 2004

http://www.thehoot.org/ brings 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. The more the media matters, the more
we must track what it does.

PRESS FREEDOM

Tehelka’s letter to the Indian prime minister 

It is in the highest interests of the country that
justice is not only done, but seen to be done, for
Tehelka and First Global, writes Tarun J. Tejpal in
his appeal to the new government. 
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207114Hoot90326%20PM1224&pn=1

Our ‘Zamir’

Zamir Niazi was a one-man institution chronicling and
crusading for media freedom and freedom of information
in Pakistan. The void he leaves will be hard to fill,
writes Beena Sarwar in The News International.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207141Hoot55829%20PM1216&pn=1

MEDIA & CONFLICT

Firefighting at The New York Times

It is unbelievable, writes Dasu Krishnamoorty, that
The New York Times could not hear its own cries of war
originating in accounts its reporters sent. 
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2196523741Hoot15506%20PM1200&pn=1

Abu Ghraib, Vietnam, and media amnesia

There are patterns and historical precedents for Abu
Ghraib that have rarely been highlighted in the media,
writes Subarno Chattarji.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207112Hoot65515%20PM1204&pn=1

Iraqi journalists abused by US soldiers? 

Reuters makes revelations about the January torture of
three of its employees in Iraq at the hands of the US
military. A Reporters Sans Frontieres Report.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2196522550Hoot113853%20PM1195&pn=1

Sri Lanka's Media Caught in LTTE Crossfire

The killing of a veteran journalist last week sent out
shockwaves among the beleaguered community. Champika
Liyanaarachchi reports in OneWorld South Asia.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21965227113Hoot11609%20AM1207&pn=1

MEDIA WATCH

‘Dance of Democracy’: Sonia Gandhi’s ‘Renunciation’

A more rational analysis would perceive the
combination of political shrewdness and strategy, of
renunciation as a political ideal and weapon, and of
personal fears and inadequacies that prompted Sonia’s
decision. By Subarno Chattarji
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021420749Hoot120117%20PM1213&pn=1

Health and fitness, did you say?

Delhi’s leading dailies promote massage parlours and
escort services by running luridly suggestive
advertisements. The Hoot desk.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21965227113Hoot11009%20AM1206&pn=1

REGIONAL MEDIA

Caste in the newsroom? 

Caste discrimination in the newsroom? Rubbish, say
most upper-caste journalists. It's all over, say
backward caste journalists. Shivam Vij reports from
Lucknow.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2196523711Hoot122711%20AM1229&pn=1

MEDIA & GENDER

Survey on status of women journalists 

Journalists were employed like daily wage labour,
signing a muster at the end of the month to get a
pittance of Rs 1500 to Rs 3000 as wages. Pamela Bhagat
presents a survey on the status of women journalists.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207149Hoot100550%20AM1227&pn=1

Breaking through the barrier 

Elisa Patnaik writes how women are slowing
establishing themselves in journalism in Orissa.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021420710Hoot20204%20PM1209&pn=1

MEDIA ACTIVISM

Screening documentaries in Rajasthan 

A film maker takes to the road with films disqualified
from the Mumbai International Film Festival, reports
Sanjay Maharishi.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207141Hoot60301%20PM1217&pn=1

FOR READERS/VIEWERS

Citizens and the media

The issue of citizens’ rights with respect to the
media has become critical in view of the extraordinary
growth of mass media, writes Ammu Joseph. 
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207117Hoot55149%20PM1197&pn=1

VIEWS FROM THE REGION

No tears for Dhaka 

More from Khalid Hasan on how the Pakistani media
abdicated when the majority seceded from the minority
in 1971. Reprinted from The Friday Times. 
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2196522550Hoot120640%20AM1196&pn=1

FOR JOURNALISTS

Getting killed on the job

The casualty rate among the international media in
Iraq (1:125) is far higher than among soldiers
(1:1000). We are at a very dangerous crossroads in the
profession, writes Ammu Joseph. 
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207220Hoot62553%20PM1222&pn=1

NFI Media Fellowships: Giving Voice to the Unheard 

Seven fellowships will be awarded to print journalists
and one fellowship to a photojournalist as part of the
National Foundation for India’s National Media
Fellowship Programme 2004-2005.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207141Hoot60823%20PM1218&pn=1

Conference for science journalists

Scholarships are available for 4th World Conference of
Science Journalists which is being held in Montreal,
Canada on 4-8 October 2004. The last date for applying
is 30 June.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207141Hoot61335%20PM1219&pn=1

More Hoot subscribers—join them!

The Hoot has turned three years old. A Rs 300 annual
subscription will strengthen the site and prolong its
existence! Presenting the third list of contributors. 
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214207150Hoot53743%20PM1203&pn=1

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