The Latest Breaking News from the Indian Express

Twenty-three years ago, Robin Jeffrey, a professor of politics at Melbourne’s La Trobe University, had described Ramnath Goenka’s “Indian Express empire” as the “grandest version of newspapers with some link to the ‘freedom struggle’” in his book. When Goenka died in 1991, Jeffrey wrote in India’s Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Politics…

“This is a newspaper to be studied, not read.” 

At The Media Rumble 2019, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Newslaundry Madhu Trehan is in conversation with author Prayaag Akbar, author and contributing writer Aatish Taseer, and Raj Kamal Jha, author and chief editor of The Indian Express. They discuss their craft and writing, and the role of identity, legacy and…

Nearly all media houses except The Indian Express blacked out the Cobrapost sting. What impact has that had on people? Do they know of the sting and the conversations around it? Do they trust the media? We ask a few people.

Each year, the Network of Women in Media (NWMI), India, holds a national meet for its members, who hail from a range of platforms in states across India. On January 4-6, Chennai’s Anna University hosted over 100 female journalists – early-career reporters, long-time veterans of print newsrooms, old friends, new…