In a world that is moving at a bullet-train pace toward globalisation, understanding the importance of journalism and the words that we use when reporting on events becomes non-negotiable. Journalistic cultures differ across borders, and often it all gets bracketed into one umbrella guided by the Western gaze. 

In this podcast, we try and demystify this very idea and try and get to the crux of the language debate. This first season of our podcast looks to explore how media reports about certain countries or regions around the world, and how words and terminology used to talk about those regions impact the larger understanding of the regions, and very often perpetuate misinformed stereotypes. We will be delving deeper into journalism cultures away from the West, in different parts of the world, looking at how they function and why giving equal importance to local newsrooms and journalists is significant!

Producer: Shriya Roy

Host: Shriya Roy

Concept: Shriya Roy