E47: Priyadharsini - Who are the voices behind our news?

Who make up the Indian newsrooms? Do journalists cover diverse voices? Priyadharsini is the founder director of The Blue Club (TBC), a grassroots media organisation that amplifies stories of women from marginalised communities and the LGBTQIA. TBC is solely led by a team of members from such discriminated communities. An Oxfam India report in 2019 shows how badly skewed representation of varied communities is in our newsrooms. A case in point - the report states that of the 121 newsroom leadership positions across newspapers, TV news channels, news websites, and magazines under study, 106 are occupied by journalists from the upper castes. The need to lessen this lacuna and louden such oft-ignored voices is the objective of The Blue Club. Priyadharsini is also a documentary filmmaker and has brought out films such as Go, Get Education, a short film based on the revolutionary 19th century feminist and social reformer, Savitribai Phule and . It brings to light rape atrocities Dalit women face in Haryana and was screened at the 38th session of United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva. While stating the Oxfam Report in the podcast, I mistakenly mention of the total number of newsroom leadership positions as 101, which is not correct. It is a total of 121 newsroom leadership positions as stated by the Report. The error is regretted. You can reach me at Maharani Talks on Instagram To learn more about The Blue Club: You can read more about the Oxfam India Report 2019 here: MUSIC: Lights by Sappheiros If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. It will take a only few moments of your time.

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E47: Priyadharsini - Who are the voices behind our news? is an episode from Maharani Talks by Mahathi Rangarajan.

This episode is 55:10 long.

This episode was published on Nov 27, 2021.

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