 In memory of Surendra Pratap Singh* | |
| About the helpline | |
The Hoot launches a helpline for all those who work in the media, as well as those who use it and are affected by it.
It will have a two-pronged approach. First, it will respond to media professionals who face intimidation, harassment, threats or assaults in the course of their work. Second, it will respond to complaints from readers, viewers or Internet users. These could relate to the following: the misuse of the media through unethical practices like paid news, blackmail or extortion, the failure of in-house (within media companies) complaints redressal mechanisms, such as the refusal of media houses to publish letters to the editors voicing legitimate grievances against published or broadcast news, or the refusal of television channels to address complaints regarding fairness of treatment, violation of privacy, or defamatory coverage.
*In memory of S P Singh, magazine editor, broadcaster, creator
|
Just about a week ago, an hour-and-a-half of nirgun bhajans at a quiet function in the Capital marked the passage of two year since Surendra Pratap Singh was removed from the midst of his family and friends by a cerebral stroke. At the India International Centre(IIC), people driven by diverse persuasions and with varying backgrounds gathered, drawn by a common chord that SP Singh represented to all of them. As always, time has flown. The last two years have been consumed in a particularly inordinate, and chaotic, hurry. The media, which SP Singh first as a print journalist and later as the brain behind Aaj Tak, impacted in a decisive fashion, has had its hands full. It has been full time, demanding job to report, comment and analyse events that are even now shaping India of the next millennium. Pictures and words struggle to capture the defining moments of the nation’s pell mell entry into the 21st Century. The formation of a saffron-led Government at the Centre, the momentous Pok...
Comments