Rifat Jawaid, the editor-in-chief of www.jantakareporter.com, delivered his first TEDx talk on ethics (or lack of it) in Indian media in April this year (2015). Organised by the IIT Roorkee, this year’s event had six other speakers including Krushna Patil, the youngest female to scale Mount Everest.
Rifat was most suited to talk about media ethics primarily because not only does he have 20 years of experience in high impact journalism, but he also has had a brief stint in India media, where he headed a huge team of journalists working for four TV channels (Aaj Tak, Headlines Today now India Today, Dilli Aaj Tak and Tez) of India Today group.
In his talk, Rifat shared many anecdotes and his shock and horror while making a transition from the BBC (where he worked as a senior editor for over 12 years in UK) to Indian media.
This talk was organised a month before Jantakareporter.com was launched.
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Please watch the entire talk below.
