Journalists in Tamil Nadu have expressed concern over a spate of recent incidents involving alleged attacks and disrespect while on duty.

Punt Creative has been appointed as the communications partner for PizzaExpress India following a competitive multi-agency pitch.

Journalism has traditionally focused on identifying what has gone wrong. Solutions journalism asks an additional question: what is being done about it, and is that response actually working? The approach has gained ground internationally through the Solutions Journalism Network, founded in 2013 by journalists David Bornstein, Tina Rosenberg and Courtney Martin. Yet in India, practitioners say the concept is still frequently misunderstood as positive journalism or advocacy rather than rigorous, evidence-based reporting.

Senior journalist and The Wire Editor Seema Chishti has said Indian media is at a “critical juncture” and stressed the growing importance of small and independent media outlets, according to The Hindu.

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India Unboxed launched in Arunachal Pradesh, promising investigative reporting over the state's homogenous, government-centric coverage. Editor Sonam Jelly says a five-person team, a 16,000 daily print run, Rs 3 cover price and an eight-page broadsheet is ready to fire.

Ladakh will become the first region in independent India to conduct a caste census as preparations begin for Census 2027, while nearly 71 lakh voters, about one in five electors in Telangana, have been identified for possible deletion during a special electoral roll revision. Elsewhere, citizen groups in Visakhapatnam and Thane have launched some of India's first organised protests against hyperscale AI data centres, citing concerns over water, land and power consumption.

The Goa government has increased the monthly pension for eligible journalists from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 with immediate effect. The revision was made through an amendment to the Goa State Working Journalist Welfare Scheme 2021-22.

The Alan Jones case is likely to gain even more headlines this week, as his talkback rival Ray Hadley is expcted to be called to the stand this week.

More than a decade after the Majithia Wage Board sought to standardise wages for working journalists, many media professionals say fair pay remains one of the biggest unresolved challenges in Indian journalism. While the recommendations, notified by the Centre in 2011 under the Working Journalists Act, were intended to improve salaries and working conditions, the media industry has since been transformed by digital newsrooms, independent media and freelance journalism. Yet no new national wage framework has emerged to reflect those changes. The issue has become more pressing as journalists increasingly navigate low salaries, delayed freelance payments and widening disparities across organisations, even as the profession demands more skills than ever before.

The Chennai Press Club has strongly condemned the registration of a criminal case against senior journalist and Nakkheeran magazine editor Nakkheeran Gopal, calling it an attempt to suppress freedom of expression and intimidate the media.

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An Indian Express investigation found that nearly two-thirds of the Rs 2,192-crore government deep-tech fund has gone to companies linked to members of the panel that selected them, raising conflict-of-interest questions. The CBI also revealed how NEET-UG paper-setters allegedly smuggled questions out of the NTA office using handwritten chits, hidden notes and memory before leaking them to associates. Elsewhere, the DMK laid down three conditions for backing the government's delimitation Bill.

The Bombay High Court has convicted Tarun Tejpal and sentenced him to 10 years, overturning a 2021 acquittal it called 'perverse.' Meena R Prashant traces the arc from copy-desk reporter to Tehelka founder to convicted man and hears from a former colleague on what the verdict means for the newsroom he built.

A reporter with Telugu news channel T News has alleged that he was assaulted while covering a clash near a welding workshop in Shamshabad on August 5, raising fresh concerns about the safety of journalists reporting from the ground.