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  • The awards were presented by Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of Law and Justice of India

    Winners of 1st Jethmalani Prize in Journalism announced

    By Our Staff

     

    The Sunday Guardian Foundation;s Will of Steel Awards recently announced the Ram Jethmalani Prize in Journalism. On September 15, the awards were presented by Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of Law and Justice of India, Mahesh Jethmalani, Rajya Sabha MP and the late jurist’s son, and Kartikeya Sharma, Member of Rajya Sabha..

     

    In the first category, ‘Journalism in Service to Humanity’, Aditya Raj Kaul, Executive Editor of TV9 Network, received a Gold Medal and an award purse of Rs 14 lakh.

     

    In the second category, ‘Legal Journalism’, the winner was Bar & Bench. The legal content portal received a Copper Medal and an award purse of Rs 111,000.

     

    The third category, ‘Empowerment’ Hina Rohtaki, Special Correspondent at The Indian Express, receiv received a Copper Medal and an award purse of Rs 111,000.

     

  • For Nominations & Details: www.willofsteel.org

    Journalism awards in memory of Ram Jethmalani

    By Our Staff

     

    Nominations have been invited for journalism awards with a prize purse aggregating Rs 14 lakh. The Jethmalani Prize in Journalism, under the Will of Steel Awards, has been constituted to honour the birth centenary year of veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani.

     

    The Jury for the Awards includes; Justice Sharad A Bobde, Former Chief Justice of India (Jury Chair), Dr Harivansh Narayan Singh, Deputy Chairperson, Rajya Sabha, Dr Sasmit Patra, Rajya Sabha MP, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Founder, Biocon, Prof Madhav Nalapat, Editorial Director, The Sunday Guardian, Raghu Rai, Photographer, Shekhar Mehta, Former President, Rotary International, Kalyani Shankar, Senior Journalist and Atul Kasbekar, Photographer.

     

    The awards ceremony will be held at the NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi on September 15, 2023. The deadline for submission of nominations is  September 10, 2023. The Award is open to individuals and organisations under the following categories:

     

    Category 1 – The Jethmalani Prize for Journalism in Service to Humanity

    With Gold Medal & Award Purse of ₹ 14,00,000 ($ 17,000)

     

    To be awarded for ‘rare and noble contribution for the promotion of democracy, good governance in the spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakum’ – one world, one family’.

     

    Category 2 – The Jethmalani Prize for Legal Journalism

    With Copper Medal & Award Purse of ₹ 1,11,000 ($ 1,400)

     

    For the most effective use of mass media to disseminate accurate information in public interest of legal proceedings, judgments and legislations.

     

    Category 3 – The Jethmalani Prize for Empowerment

    With Copper Medal and Award Purse of ₹ 1,11,000 ($ 1,400)

     

    For the most effective promotion of gender empowerment, social upliftment of tribals and marginalised groups.

     

    For Nominations and Details: www.willofsteel.org

     

  • Each week, guests will question, argue, give his opinion and probe host MJ Akbar on a topic of national significance

    NewsX kicks off show where guests will grill host MJ Akbar

    By A Correspondent

    He would anchor news-based shows on Doordarshan in the ’80s when he was with the Ananda Bazar Patrika group and later his appearances were at best sporadic. Until he joined the India Today group as editorial director when he was on nightly news more often.

    You can expect veteran editor M J Akbar to always come up (and carry off) concepts with a twist. On Sunday, news channel NewsX launched ‘Decode India with MJ Akbar’ where the guest leads the questions and discussions. The guest will question, argue, give his opinion and probe MJ Akbar on a topic of national significance. The inaugural episode of the 30-minute show featured controversial lawyer and politician Ram Jethmalani who discussed if there should be a referendum in Kashmir on the Indian Army.

    Mr Akbar is currently Editorial Director of The Sunday Guardian, which is part of the same media group that owns NewsX and a slew of other media titles.

     

  • In Freaking News, Ranjona Banerji reviews the fare on primetime news and in the papers

    What the government can’t, Goswami can!

    By Ranjona Banerji

     

    Last night on Times Now, Arnab Goswami took on the case of an Indian couple in Norway whose children have been taken away from them by the Norwegian authorities. What the government of India could not do, perhaps Goswami will. Child welfare is a concept that Indians know little about (any journalist who has visited orphanages in India or tried to meet any official in the concerned government departments will know what I mean). Therefore, the outrage is all to do with Indians being made to suffer rather than the legality of the case. Indians, as we know, cannot be criticised, attacked, ridiculed, or made fun of. We absolutely will not tolerate it. Look at the anger over a reference to Amritsar’s Golden Temple on American comedian and TV host Jay Leno’s Tonight Show if you want further proof.

     

    Meanwhile, it is amusing to watch Goswami use the BJP’s Mahesh Jethmalani for target practice. If I was Jethmalani, I would ignore calls from Times Now for a bit. It’s not easy to defend the BJP and its Sangh Parivar friends when the debate is about freedom of expression.

     

    TV anchor Barkha Dutt’s American-type accent as she interviewed US talk show empress Oprah Winfrey was also amusing. Where did that come from? Can Winfrey not understand if there’s not a couple of rolled rrrs in every sentence?

     

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    The Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad has made two arrests in the July 13, 2011 bomb blasts in Mumbai. However, given the police track record in such cases, TV and newspapers both displayed a little scepticism here. The two arrested are already in custody for some other cases and the masterminds are still elusive. Everyone has pointed that out. In which case we must ask ourselves if we really want to see giant photographs (Hindustan Times) of police officials with photos of the accused in their hands? Needless glorification of public servants who are just doing their jobs? Return of favours by grateful reporters?

     

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    It is a measure of how much Anna Hazare and his friends have faded from the public eye that their letters to political parties did not get the full treatment from the media. They asked many questions to which no party has bothered to provide any answers.

     

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    The Salman Rushdie controversy continues to intrigue and annoy. It seems to have taken precedence over whether the army chief was born in 1950 or 1951.