{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/6815ed07cea6682986374ecc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reporters Without Orders Ep 367: Journalists’ disillusionment with mainstream media","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/1746267321156-4fff45d8-7e2c-4db8-b1f5-c5cb9ec62b38.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalists Tanzil Asif, Neetu Singh and Sagar Patel, who talk about working in mainstream media, why they quit it and decided to go independent.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Legacy media, Tanzil says, only focuses on feeding their agenda rather than serving public interest, making a journalist morally corrupt.&nbsp;Neetu explains that mainstream media restricted her freedom to report because it lacked the guts to hold the government accountable. Some reporters, however, are just fooling people by pretending to be independent journalists, remarks Sagar.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>They talk of their challenges in opting to work in independent media after exiting mainstream media. Despite lack of resources, hurdles in reporting and problems in their establishing and running their organisations, they say their decision to quit legacy media was most satisfactory.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Tune in.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p><br></p><p>00:00:00 - Introduction</p><p>00:02:02 - Reasons for exiting mainstream media</p><p>00:12:28 - Challenges for independent media</p><p>00:23:24 - Hurdles for being independent journalist</p><p>00:56:48 - Recommendations</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Neetu</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcy2JMlVyfE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pahalgam Attack में मारे गए Shubham Dwivedi की पत्नी Aishanya Dwivedi ने हमले के बारे में क्या बताया</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sagar&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHyVZOg39pE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">કણબી પટેલોના નાક વાઢવાની હચમચાવી દે તેવી કહાણી| Journalist Naresh Shah | Patidar Samaj History Video</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.in/Shatranj-Thriller-Suspense-Gujarati-Navalkatha/dp/B095SV6PSF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shatranj</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tanzil</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/in/title/70264888\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Common People</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHO6EGCt3oA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BAKKHO Documentary | A Pasmanda Muslim Story | बक्खो | पसमांदा मुस्लिम की कहानी | Bihar Caste Census</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Basant</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.reporters-collective.in/special/what-killed-mukesh-chandrakar#:~:text=Till%20one%20day%20Mukesh%20was,by%20a%20contractor%2C%20Suresh%20Chandrakar.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What Killed Mukesh Chandrakar - The Reporters' Collective</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Complaining about the media is easy. Why not do something to make it better? Click </em></strong><a href=\"https://newslaundry.com/subscription\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a><strong><em> to subscribe to Newslaundry and join the tribe that pays to keep news free.</em></strong></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}