There was a time when every photograph demanded patience. Before digital cameras, before instant uploads and breaking news alerts, photojournalists worked with film, light meters, and darkrooms. Every frame cost money. Every mistake stayed. And every image carried intention.

Distribution platform operators (DPOs) and major TV distributors have welcomed the removal of broadcaster-driven audit powers under Regulation 15(2) while urging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to adopt balanced, clear broadcast audit rules.

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has announced the opening of applications for its Ph.D. Programme for the academic year 2025–26.

Today's Fourth Right column isn’t about Doordarshan “discovering” creators. It’s about the State entering the creator economy. Creator’s Corner offers prime-time reach and real money, but also brings vetting, framing, and institutional boundaries. The piece probes whether independent digital voices stay sharp on a state-run platform, or get smoothed out for broadcast comfort.

A video showing DMK MLA M. Palaniyandi allegedly attacking a journalist in Srirangam has sparked controversy, with opposition leaders criticising the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government for failing to take action, South First reported.

For public relations professionals looking to land coverage with the recently launched travel and lifestyle masthead, Ripe in Town, founder and editor-in-chief Lauren Deighton offers a clear roadmap to success.

Mark Furler, News Corp's National Digital Editor, regionals and communities, is celebrating no less than 40 years as a journalist.

In today's news roundup there's frothing aplenty at small beers, Hastie's reading list, council of elders, tax issues, Bondi Junction inquest, 'The horns of a dilemma', 'Bombshell exclusive', subs' deal could sink', suspect in Gus search, plus more. Stories and pictures by Stephen Gibbs, Phillip Coorey, Ben Doherty, Shannon Deery, Martin Ollman, Grant McArthur, Lachlan Abbott, Arsineh Houspian, Max Mason-Hubers, Eliza Barr and Eilidh Sproul-Ellis, Kate Aubusson, Perry Duffin, Greg Brown, Sarah Ison, and Elizabeth Pike, Dennis Shanahan and Martin Ollman, Jessica Wang, William Elliott, Justin Lloyd and James Morrow.

The Allahabad High Court has refused to cancel criminal proceedings against journalists of News18 in a 2017 defamation case filed by a senior IPS officer.

The Supreme Court has set aside a Telangana High Court order that allowed police custody of journalists Pogadadanda Revathi, managing director of YouTube channel Pulse News and Bandi Sandhya, ruling that custody cannot be granted once bail has been granted unless it is first cancelled through proper legal process.

Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar emphasised that journalism plays a crucial role in strengthening democratic institutions and raising public awareness.

For nearly a decade, Indian journalists investigating powerful corporate interests have found themselves fighting legal battles instead of pursuing stories. Since 2017, the Adani Group and its subsidiaries have filed a series of civil and criminal defamation cases against reporters and media outlets, a pattern Reporters Without Borders (RSF) describes as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).

The Tripura Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Feb 03, felicitated a group of journalists, including veterans and photojournalists, for their professional excellence, reported Northeast Herald. However, the event quickly became controversial, drawing sharp reactions from both journalistic and political circles.

During a recent conversation with a leading PR professional here in Chennai on how to make press releases reach the right audience by embracing latest technology, this scribe was given a lesson in new-age journalism: Just register a dozen websites, subscribe to leading agency wire services, and flood the site with all their updates. Your site will begin to show good rankings in a while, and you have a dozen credible avenues to publish all your client's press releases.

Under the updated framework, the Nagaland government has decided that the accreditation will now cover satellite television channels, electronic media organisations dealing with news and current affairs, digital media platforms, as well as freelancers and technicians associated with electronic media, in addition to print journalists, following the Nagaland government’s notification of the Nagaland News Media Accreditation (Revised) Rules, 2025, EastMojo reported.