THE READING ROOM

This blog is primarily for media aspirants as well as young journalists. My aim is to provide links to articles that will enhance their understanding of the media and help them to improve their writing skills, broaden their horizons, and expand their worldview. My hope is that The Reading Room will also help them to become good media professionals.

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Showing posts with label newspapers. Show all posts

Showing posts with label newspapers. Show all posts

Sunday, January 8, 2017

If newspapers die, what would happen to allied media fields? What would happen to, say, PR and advertising?

THE NOTE I SENT OUT TO MY STUDENTS JUST NOW: Hindustan Times is shutting down its Kolkata edition as well as its editions in Ranchi, B...

Thursday, June 9, 2016

When subs fall asleep on the job

From today's Times of India a. In an interview with labour minister Parameshwara Naik by Sandeep Moudgal on Page 4: " Th...

Friday, August 29, 2014

The boldest articulation I have read of what it means to be a woman in India

Read this powerful lead story in the college newspaper by Commitscion Devika Premlal (Class of 2015) here . This comment, from John Th...

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

"ONE YEAR ON, THE MANY LESSONS I HAVE LEARNT AS A REPORTER"

TAPASYA MITRA MAZUMDER (Class of 2013) has just completed a year as a reporter with Bangalore Mirror . Here she tells us what she learnt dur...

Saturday, March 29, 2014

If you want to become a journalist, the least you can do is read newspapers and magazines. Here's why:

I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that I must "understand" why young people are reluctant to read newspapers and magazine...

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

DNA does a U-turn and brings back the Edit Page

On February 1, 2011, DNA did away with the Edit Page. On April, 2, 2013, one month ago, a new-look DNA brought the Edit Page back and pr...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A sight to gladden the hearts of journalists — and media students — everywhere

Not too long ago, the venerable New Yorker carried an extensive article explaining why India's newspaper industry is thriving . Last...

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The future of newspaper journalism

In Dubai's Khaleej Times, which celebrates its 35th anniversary today, my article on what the next 35 years hold for newspaper journali...

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Outlook editor makes a forceful case for reading magazines

Writing in the 17th anniversary issue of Outlook, editor Krishna Prasad gives us his view on why newsmagazines will survive "even if...

Saturday, October 27, 2012

How do newspapers attract and engage readers in this age of social media?

Here's one way: This cover is the work of Commits alumnus DAVID TUSING (Class of 2005), deputy editor of tabloid! , the features ...

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

In the New Yorker — "Citizens Jain: Why India's newspaper industry is thriving"

Call it coincidence. Call it irony. Just a day after I published a post about the late Arthur Ochs Sulzberger of The New York Times (...

Monday, October 1, 2012

A newspaper publisher like no other

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, publisher (owner) of The New York Times , died on Saturday at the age of 86. Reading his obituary and the other ar...

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Is philanthro-journalism the way forward?

An excerpt from a well-researched, thought-provoking feature in a recent issue of The Economist : Readers and advertisers have switched t...

Sunday, July 22, 2012

"A good copy editor is a reporter’s best friend"

The role of the copy editor in the newsroom remains an adversarial one. There’s no getting round that; copy editing requires critical analy...

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

You used to be my type!

Back in the early '80s, when I first began my career as a journalist, computers were only a figment of an overactive imagination. We pr...

Saturday, November 12, 2011

A splendid profile of the first woman to be named the editor of the New York Times

Once, it was preposterous to think that a woman could become the editor of the Times . When Eileen Shanahan, who went on to become a well-...

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Controversial remarks on Karan Thapar's show by new Press Council chief

I caught the fag end of Karan Thapar's interview with the new chairman of the Press Council of India on CNN-IBN on Sunday and I was dum...

Reading the newspapers every day pays off big-time!

A Commits student has won Rs. 6 lakh on a Bengali TV quiz show. And what is the connection with reading the daily newspapers? Here is t...

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About Me

Ramesh Prabhu: Bangalore, Karnataka; I have more than 20 years' experience (1981 to 2003) as a journalist in India and Dubai, specializing in selecting and editing news reports and features. From 2003 to 2019, I taught journalism and writing skills to master’s students at Commits, a media college in Bangalore. I joined Cactus Communications ("Serving Science Worldwide") as a copyediting freelancer on October 1, 2019. From the very beginning, I have enjoyed the challenge of working on a new assignment each day. I like to think of every article as a daily crossword puzzle that I need to solve by examining the clues closely. And, finally, when I submit the article that I have tended, I like to think, with love and care, I feel deeply satisfied.

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