Sevanti Ninan
Sevanti Ninan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | CASI fellowship |
| Employer | The Telegraph |
| Known for | Journalist |
| Awards | 1982- Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons |
Sevanti Ninan is an Indian journalist, columnist, researcher and media critic.[1][2][3] She is the founding editor of The Hoot, which was the first media watchdog in India.[4] Ninan was the recipient of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons in 1989,[5] and is a visiting scholar (fellowship) at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, an academic center associated with the University of Pennsylvania.[6]
Biography
[edit]Nivan began her career in journalism at the Hindustan Times and subsequently became a correspondent and later an editor with The Indian Express.[6] She is also the author of the book, Headlines from the Heartland which is described as the first in-depth study into the growth of the expanding Hindi language newspaper industry in India.[7][8]
In 2001, she founded The Hoot as a media watchdog which was re-configured into an archive and media research resource around 2018.[4] Ninan is a regular columnist at The Telegraph and has formerly been a columnist at several major newspapers including The Hindu, The Indian Express and Mint, the financial newspaper founded by The Wall Street Journal and Hindustan Times.[9]
Bibliography
[edit]- Rajasthan (1980) Roli Books. ISBN 978-1-87-046143-6.
- Through the Magic Window: Television and Change in India (1995) Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-025631-4.
- Plain Speaking with Chandrababu Naidu (2000) Viking Press. ISBN 978-0-67-089244-0.
- Headlines from the Heartland: Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere (2007) SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-93-5280-059-9.
References
[edit]- ^ Gettleman, Jeffrey; Kumar, Hari; Bhagat, Shalini Venugopal (9 October 2020). "Indian Police Accuse Popular TV Station of Ratings Fraud". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Guha, Paranjoy; Seabright, Alice (12 August 2011). "Murdochisation' of the Indian media". Frontline. The Hindu. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Ex SC/HC Judges Lead Support by 3,000 Eminent Persons for Prashant Bhushan". The Wire. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ a b Chowdhury, Shreya Roy (27 May 2018). "Finding money and senior staff has proved difficult: Founder explains why 'The Hoot' is scaling down". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Nair, Supriya (30 May 2012). "Breaking new ground". Livemint.
- ^ a b "Sevanti Ninan". Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). 19 August 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Headlines From the Heartland". SAGE Publications Inc. 6 December 2020.
- ^ Vardhan, Anand (27 May 2020). "Whatever happened to Bihar's bold local press?". Newslaundry. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Sevanti Ninan". Jaipur Literature Festival. 17 September 2013.