Most journalists, come from the middle class and represent middle class values and obsessions. They like to believe in the slanderous exploits of others because these stories makes them feel better about their own sexually repressed lives.
Feb 09, 2016 | Categories: Thoughts/ Articles | Tags: aarushi hemraj murder, crime reporters, crime reporting india, indian journalists, indian media, indian middle class and sex, moninder singh pandher case, nithari serial murders, sex angle stories, sex obsessed journalists, sexually obsessed India | 1 Comment »
Celebrated Indian Photographer Raghu Rai has often said that newspaper and magazine editors are visually illiterate. He should know. Rai spent much of his photography career working for newspapers and magazines. I started my career as a journalist too and never understood the importance of photography in a paper. I especially did not understand why my newspaper would spend so much money sending a photographer with me on travel assignments. He just has to press the button I thought.
Sep 18, 2012 | Categories: Photography Notes | Tags: documentary photographer india, errors in the media, indian journalists, indian media, indian photographers, indian photojournalism, indian print media, media, photographer in India, photographers in delhi, photojournalist india, print media, travel photographer in India | 16 Comments »