Reporters Without Orders

Apr 12 2025 364 ep. 46 mins 1.6k
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Young Reporters talk about major stories of the week and what it took to cover them. Click here to support Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 364: Adani’s use of UP forest road, activists ‘targeted’ in 2020 Delhi riots

Apr 12 2025 52 mins  
This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivanarayan Rajpurohit, independent journalists Ashfaque EJ and Saurabh Kumar.  Shivnarayan talks about his report that uncovers how an Adani subsidiary gained access to its controversial power plant site in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur through a forest department road – without obtaining the required forest clear

Reporters Without Orders Ep 363: Outlook magazine’s decline, state of political comedy

Apr 05 2025 35 mins  
This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Priyanka Ishwari and The Quint’s Tanishka Sodhi.They talk about their story on Outlook’s transformation from a news magazine that once reported hard-hitting stories and exposed some of India’s biggest scandals to a magazine that focuses more on features, poetry now. Priyanka says several former Outlook journalist

Reporters Without Orders Ep 362: Decoding the Kiran Bedi tapes

Mar 29 2025 28 mins  
This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and independent journalist Anand Mangnale.Sumedha and Anand break down their investigation on Kiran Bedi’s use of public resources for surveilling her daughter. They say the decorated IPS officer not only “misused her powers in doing so”, but also covered up her alleged misdeeds by presenting h

Reporters Without Orders Ep 361: Nagpur violence, AI anchors in Indian newsrooms

Mar 24 2025 24 mins  
This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Drishti Choudhary.Prateek explains the Nagpur violence that resulted in the damage of several vehicles and shops, the injury of 33 police officers, and a division among the communities. He says the violence was “just a sample of radical mindsets” and that extremists fueled by “ego” mobilised the m

Reporters Without Orders Ep 360: Police ‘action’ in Sambhal, rape case against Shyam Sunder Bhartia

Mar 08 2025 37 mins  
This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Avdhesh Kumar.Prateek talks about two big stories he reported on last week. The first is allegations of rape against prominent industrialist Shyam Sunder Bhartia. He explains why there was a delay in the police registering an FIR, and how a court had to get involved. The second, part of the Hindu Rashtra Pr

Reporters Without Orders Ep 359: Truth behind locals ‘fleeing’ Sambhal, cash for Delhi stampede victims

Mar 01 2025 51 mins  
This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.Avdhesh’s ground report from Sambhal raised questions about the veracity of claims made by two prominent newspapers about locals “fleeing” the violence-tensed region. Citing officials, the outlets reported that several locals “fled” over fear of arrest or police crackdown. H

Reporters Without Orders Ep 358: ‘Official’ death toll at Kumbh, voting in Delhi’s reserved seats

Feb 28 2025 46 mins  
This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry reporters Avdhesh Kumar and Basant Kumar.Avdhesh reported on how voters in Delhi’s 12 reserved seats voted in the recent polls. He explains that despite the AAP’s massive defeat, a large section of Dalit voters continued to vote for the party.Basant was on the ground in Prayagraj reporting on the stampede at the Mahakumbh.

Reporters Without Orders Ep 357: How BJP planned to wrest Delhi away from AAP

Feb 08 2025 56 mins  
This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The Caravan’s Sunil Kashyap.Based on the learnings from his reportage on BJP’s strategy to make a comeback in Delhi, Kashyap underlines how in its campaign and outreach efforts, the saffron party foregrounded regional and caste identities in Delhi this time. The party pulled no stops to win over different communities and groups with t

Reporters Without Orders Ep 356: Delhi polls, the curious case of Ashwini Vaishnawʼs company

Feb 01 2025 45 mins  
This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Pratyush Deep and Basant Kumar.Pratyush profiled Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, digging into the curious growth of his small firm. Within six years, its revenue rose from Rs 45 lakh to over Rs 323 crore. He also sheds light on his journey from an engineer to a minister.Basant discusses his experiences reporting on the D

Reporters Without Orders Ep 355: Delhi anti-incumbency, a trek to understand healthcare access

Feb 01 2025 36 mins  
This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Ranchi-based independent journalist Anand Dutta and Newslaundry’s Drishti Choudhary.Anand talks about his IndiaSpend report for which he trekked for several hours in remote areas of Jharkhand to understand how it is like for vulnerable sections to access healthcare. Across India, people have to cover an average distance of 13.55 km to rea