Newslaundry.
The conversation starts with Nidhi asking how Ayush feels about going back to reporting on the 2020 Delhi carnage. She also asks both of them if they think doing the same thing over and over again and being exposed to this sort of violence desensitises a reporter or equips them to handle it with more empathy?
Ayush and Akanksha agree. âIt equips you better to handle emotional outbursts no matter what story youâre working and also you go with a better approach,â says Akanksha.
The discussion moves on to Akankhaâs
report about the hundreds of job aspirants in Uttar Pradesh who are yet to get appointment letters despite clearing the village development officer exam a year ago. Akanksha explains how she got a lead for the story, explains the hiring process and what s holding up the appointment letters.
Posted: Feb 06, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 6
People attend a Maha Panchayat, or grand village council meeting, as part of a farmers protest against India s agricultural laws at Kandela village in the northern state of Haryana on Feb. 3.(Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
In this episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by
Newslaundry correspondents, Nidhi Suresh and Basant Kumar, along with producer Aditya Varrier to discuss their experiences while reporting from the farmersâ tractor rally on Republic Day.
Nidhi, Basant, and Aditya begin with a chronological lowdown of how events unfolded on January 26. Nidhi describes the confusion on the ground succinctly when she says, â We were receiving news on social media that tear gas shelling has started but protestors on ground were still appealing to the larger group to maintain peace.â Having been to the protest over five times, Aditya talks about the changing geography of the protest sites over time, and new developments such as markets and museums.
Delhi police detain two journalists from Singhu border
Mandeep Punia is a freelance journalist and contributor to Caravan, and Dharmender Singh is with Online News India.
30 Jan, 2021
The Delhi police today detained two journalists from Singhu border. The journalists have been identified as Mandeep Punia, a freelance journalist and contributor to the
Caravan magazine, and Dharmender Singh from
Online News India.
Punia was on assignment for the
Caravan, following up on yesterday s violence at Singhu. The Delhi police had sealed the entry point to the protest site.
Newslaundry learned that a local resident wanted to pass through and was in conversation with police personnel when Punia began filming the conversation.