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    The Hoot
    Watching media in the subcontinent

     SEPTEMBER 2004
     www.thehoot.org

The Hoot is a media watch website, the only one of its kind on the
subcontinent.  It is run by the Media Foundation in New Delhi. The
more the media matters, the more we must track what it does. The Hoot
brings you in-depth reports from all parts of the sub-continent and
further afield. As the watchdog's watchdog we take a hard-edged look
at 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 you won't find anywhere else.

  MEDIA WATCH

Homosexual victim exposes the Delhi press
In the case of a double murder in Delhi, it is the "dark underbelly"
of print journalism rather than homosexuality that needs to be
examined, argues Aniruddha Dutta.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot84817%20PM1328&pn=1 

TV ads hard sell to children
In India, "hard-sell" is that much easier. The lack of laws regulating
advertising ensure unscrupulous manipulation of the target audience.
By Charumathi Supraja (Women's Feature Service).
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144115Hoot43926%20PM1301&pn=1

Circus maximus
Dhananjoy's was the closest we got to a televised execution in India.
In true Sriharikota style, writes Jay Mazoomdaar, most channels gave
viewers an excited countdown to it.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot90421%20PM1316&pn=1 

Hanging sparks theatrics in Indian state
After the media overkill of the hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, which
spurred a rash of play time hangings by children in West Bengal,
popular folk opera plans to exploit the story. By Ranjita Biswas
(OneWorld.net).
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot102308%20PM1319&pn=1

Living off Page Three
Nafisa Joseph provided fodder for the sensation seekers, writes Padmalata Ravi.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot104228%20PM1313&pn=1

  FOR JOURNALISTS

Decades of Living Dangerously
Journalism can be both dangerous and a heady experience, says veteran
Pakistani journalist Mariana Baabar.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot104657%20PM1314&pn=1

Media's Man of Iron 
An Indian Express editorial on Ram Nath Goenka's birth centenary.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2196523410Hoot122909%20AM1320&pn=1 

Sarai-CSDS independent fellowships 2004-05
Applications Invited for Independent Research Fellowships 2004-05 by
the Sarai Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing
Societies, Delhi. Deadline for proposals: 15 October 2004.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot93250%20PM1340&pn=1 

CNN young journalists award for 2004
The second edition of the CNN award for young journalists in South
Asia has been extended to Pakistan. Deadline: 15 October 2004.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot85400%20PM1330&pn=1 

Free copies of energy reporting handbook
Journalists reporting on energy and development issues in
resource-rich countries are invited to reserve a copy of a free
handbook by Revenue Watch and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue to be
released early in 2005.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot93924%20PM1341&pn=1 

Democracy Fellowships 
The Democracy Fellowships were established by the National Endowment
for Democracy, Washington D.C., in 2001 to enable activists, scholars,
and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of
democracy.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web61952349Hoot30105%20PM1337&pn=1 

  MEDIA & GENDER

Maligning women with impunity 
A libellous and judgemental Tamil press repeatedly crosses the line in
reporting on women in the dock, writes Krithika Ramalingam.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web61952349Hoot25726%20PM1336&pn=1 

  MEDIA RESEARCH

Coverage of elections 2004 -- Part II
>From a national and regional party perspective, 7 national parties
completely dominated TV news channels with 85 per cent of the total
election coverage. Extracts from Monitoring Television Content:
General Elections 2004: Citizen's Response, a study conducted by
Viewers Forum and Centre for Advocacy and Research.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144115Hoot45948%20PM1302&pn=1 

Coverage of elections 2004 -- Part III
The media appears to have followed media opportunities created by
political parties, especially the BJP. A study conducted by Viewers
Forum and Centre for Advocacy and Research.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot111402%20PM1306&pn=1

Media monitoring: Discovering Pakistan
Unprecedented journalistic access during the March-April period of
cricket diplomacy produced a rush of goodwill stories on Pakistan in
Indian newspapers.
Presenting the first of a series of the Panos-Hoot monitoring project,
on how newspapers in India and Pakistan report on each other's
countries. The first period covers reporting from March 17 to April 17
in the Times of India, the Hindu, Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran. By
Shubha Singh
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web2031010152Hoot81223%20PM1307&pn=1 

  INDO-PAK MONITORING

Indo-Pak monitoring, Part II
While the major part of the coverage was positive, there was also an
element that indicated the mistrust between the two countries. The
second in a series in on how newspapers in India and Pakistan report
on each other's countries — A Panos-Hoot monitoring project. The first
period covers reporting from March 17 to April 17 in the Times of
India, the Hindu, Dainik Bhaskar, and Dainik Jagran, and reports in
Pakistan newspapers covered by the POT service. By Shubha Singh
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web219652377Hoot72939%20PM1326&pn=1 

Indo-Pak news monitoring, Part III
Analysts in the Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar debate implications
of Indo-Pak detente. By Shubha Singh
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot105759%20PM1334&pn=1

  PRESS FREEDOM

India bans TV channel in the Northeast
A day before India's Independence Day, the Manipur government asked
the Information Service Television Network (ISTN) to shut down
transmission with immediate effect. By Syed Zarir Hussain
(OneWorld.net).
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot101818%20PM1318&pn=1

   REGIONAL MEDIA

Assam media changes its attitude to Ulfa
After the Independence Day blasts which killed civilians, the press in
Assam turns against the Ulfa. By Nava Thakuria
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web21021056225Hoot80137%20PM1325&pn=1 

'Bhagya' will enrich scribes in Assam
A new daily promises better salaries to journos, but has suspect
origins: the proprietor is out on bail, and the editor has an FIR
lodged against him. By Nava
Thakuria
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot85355%20PM1332&pn=1 

  VIEWS FROM THE REGION

Alive from Kathmandu
We'd like to welcome our viewers back to this specially exaggerated
edition of EmpTV's 25-hour-a-day Breakneck News. By Kunda Dixit
(Nepali Times).
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web203145144114Hoot92537%20PM1339&pn=1 

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