Reporters Without Orders Ep 367: Journalists’ disillusionment with mainstream media

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalists Tanzil Asif, Neetu Singh and Sagar Patel, who talk about working in mainstream media, why they quit it and decided to go independent. Legacy media, Tanzil says, only focuses on feeding their agenda rather than serving public interest, making a journalist morally corrupt. Neetu explains that mainstream media restricted her freedom to report because it lacked the guts to hold the government accountable. Some reporters, however, are just fooling people by pretending to be independent journalists, remarks Sagar. They talk of their challenges in opting to work in independent media after exiting mainstream media. Despite lack of resources, hurdles in reporting and problems in their establishing and running their organisations, they say their decision to quit legacy media was most satisfactory. Tune in. Timecodes 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:02 - Reasons for exiting mainstream media 00:12:28 - Challenges for independent media 00:23:24 - Hurdles for being independent journalist 00:56:48 - Recommendations Recommendations Neetu Pahalgam Attack में मारे गए Shubham Dwivedi की पत्नी Aishanya Dwivedi ने हमले के बारे में क्या बताया Sagar કણબી પટેલોના નાક વાઢવાની હચમચાવી દે તેવી કહાણી| Journalist Naresh Shah | Patidar Samaj History Video Shatranj Tanzil Common People BAKKHO Documentary | A Pasmanda Muslim Story | बक्खो | पसमांदा मुस्लिम की कहानी | Bihar Caste Census Basant What Killed Mukesh Chandrakar - The Reporters' Collective Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar. Complaining about the media is easy. Why not do something to make it better? Click here to

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This episode is 1:05:46 long.

This episode was published on May 3, 2025.

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