Category: MediaWatch

The Hindu Editorial: Sports Ministry on right track Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill has done a real service to Indian sport by restoring a 35-year-old clause in the government guidelines dealing with the tenure of ...

India media walks out of FIH president’s press conference In a rather unusual and undesirable development, large section of Indian media today walked out of FIH president Leandro Negre’s press conference in a polite manner. ...

‘Image’ seekers of Indian hockey When the FIH threatened to pull out of the World Cup in 2008 as KPS Gill and Co ill-treated Ric Charlesworth, NDTV India’s Vinod Dua asked KPS Gill in a ...

Public wins the battle as media scores a point. Yesterday, in an unusual development and an unexpected spurt of anger, Indian media did not allow FIH Media Manager Arjen Meijer to say a word from ...

FIH’s Media ban: Is FIH cooking its own baby, the World Cup? So, its ultimately seems now the media is the biggest enemy of hockey in India, Hockey India (which banned chief coach from speaking), ...

Bad replies of Hockey Officials spoil a sponsor’s show Hockey India acting chief Vidya Stokes had a tough time at a press conference meant to announce sponser for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup here ...

SJFI seeks MS Gill’s intervention on hockey practice coverage New Delhi: Sports Journalists Federation of India sent a letter to Sports Minister M S Gill and IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi in protest against a ban ...

Do Indian newspapers have backbone? Media Watch: Two time tested rules in journalism are, a. Discard unsigned letters to dustbin and b. Discard news inputs given by anybody who don’t want to be quoted or ...

Do Indian newspapers have backbone? Media Watch: Two time tested rules in journalism are, a. discard unsigned letters and b. Discard news inputs given by anybody who don’t want to be quoted or lend his ...

We are proud of such things if only our work is acknowledged The following is the Release of a leading news agency in India. In most working parts, every word I wrote in my report ...