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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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

What does it mean to be an effective altruist? A fascinating podcast interview has the answer

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We are (mostly) happy to help people who are less fortunate than we are, provided it doesn't cost us too much in terms of time, effort, ...

Thursday, July 14, 2016

What is it that makes life endurable?

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"...we all require devotion to something more than ourselves for our lives to be endurable. Without it, we have only our desires to gui...

Saturday, April 23, 2016

The joy of being greeted by your student on World Book Day!

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I was delighted to receive this e-mail from Sharanya Shivakumar (Class of 2017) this morning: Almost immediately I sent her my reply:...

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

"Words. A child needs a forest of words to wander through, a sea of words to splash in. A child needs to be read to, and a child needs to read."

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TWO EXCERPTS FROM A POWERFUL PIECE, "The Gift of Reading", by Frank Bruni, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: Words. A child needs a forest...

Monday, November 16, 2015

"The last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's way"

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Some years ago, I read an eyeopener of a book titled Man's Search for Meaning , by Viktor E. Frankl. I found it to be so inspirationa...

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Media Matters-9: What to read, especially if you want to understand the media (First part of a two-part series)

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This was published on the Education Page of Dubai's Khaleej Times today: WHAT TO READ, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MEDIA-I ...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Media Matters-8: Reading non-fiction pays huge dividends

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This was published on the Education Page of Dubai's Khaleej Times today: READING NON-FICTION PAYS HUGE DIVIDENDS Journalism professor R...

Monday, January 12, 2015

"100 books that can change your life": A magnificent issue from Outlook

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I have read 35 out of the 100 featured here. What about you? How many have you read? Check out the full list, and other fascinating fe...

Thursday, July 3, 2014

The best of journalistic virtues:

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A. Courage Campaigning Toughness Compassion Humour Irreverence B. A serious engagement with serious things C. ...

Monday, June 9, 2014

Meet the 93-year-old journalist who still goes to work almost every day

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For more than five decades now, Roger Angell has worked at the hallowed New Yorker magazine . And during that time, as Sridhar Pappu point...

Friday, May 30, 2014

"Read, kids, read"

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Now where have you heard that before? At Commits, for sure. Since April 2003, when I began teaching journalism, I have been pushing my stu...

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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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