COVID-19: Another Excuse for Retrenching Journalists, Cutting Salaries

Even as the already-broken revenue model of mainstream media organisations has been further disrupted, the Indian government has intensified pressure on independent journalism by misusing its law-enforcing agencies together with the help of pliant television channels and captive social media platforms, says senior journalist Shekhar Gupta in an exclusive interview with NewsClick.

Even as the already-broken revenue model of mainstream media organisations has been further disrupted, the Indian government has intensified pressure on independent journalism by misusing its law-enforcing agencies together with the help of pliant television channels and captive social media platforms, says senior journalist Shekhar Gupta in an exclusive interview with NewsClick.