Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 Times are Changing in Indian Journalism

DateTimeLocation
Wednesday, November 29, 20172:00PM - 4:00PMSeminar Room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place

Series

ROM Masterclasses at U of T

Description

As a complement to the ROM’s inaugural Annual South Asia Lecture, the Asian Institute hosts a “ROM Masterclass at the UofT” with Mumbai-based journalist Sidharth Bhatia of TheWire.in. Bhatia will be leading a two-hour session with faculty and graduate students titled “Times are Changing in Indian Journalism.”

This masterclass will focus on how, in a large and diverse country like India, the media industry (newspapers and TV channels) is doing well commercially, while professional standards are declining and large media houses have become very pro-establishment in the last three and a half years. In this context, we will discuss how a handful of small media outlets, mainly in the digital space, are upholding professional standards.

Contact

Shannon Garden-Smith (ai.coordinator@utoronto.ca)
(416) 946-8996

Speakers

Sidharth Bhatia
Mumbai-based journalist and writer Sidharth Bhatia is one of the founding editors of The Wire, a non-profit media venture that publishes independent journalism. He was among the editors who launched Daily News and Analysis (DNA) in 2005 and managed its editorial and opinion section. He writes on politics, society and culture. An Associate Press Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Bhatia's last book was India Psychedelic, the story of a Rocking Generation.

Sponsors

Royal Ontario Museum

Co-Sponsors

Asian Institute

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