Picture Credit: BR Ambedkar Open University Women journalists have played a crucial role in rebuilding and reshaping journalism by overcoming legal, social and intellectual barriers, said Padmaja Shaw, retired professor of journalism at Osmania University. According to The Hindu, Speaking at the Prof. S. Bashiruddin Memorial Lecture at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University on Tuesday, Shaw highlighted how women’s advocacy for gender rights in India laid the foundation for today’s investigative reporting. However, she noted that women journalists continue to face harassment, legal threats, professional isolation, and online trolling, with their independent voices often undervalued. Shaw recalled the contributions of women journalists during the freedom movement and cautioned against the continuing denial of property rights and financial independence to women. Her remarks came amidst outrage over a viral video showing a woman TV reporter being mobbed by male students after the Biha

The ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award has extended nominations for 2026. The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) honours outstanding journalists through the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award, presented at its annual Awards Dinner. The organisation is currently seeking nominees whose pioneering coverage or media innovations have significantly impacted people’s lives in their countries or regions. Eligible candidates include reporters, editors, technologists, and citizen journalists, particularly those working under challenging conditions. Journalists who meet the award criteria may also nominate themselves. The extended nomination deadline is February 15. The winners will be honoured at ICFJ’s Awards Dinner 2026 in Washington, D.C., in November.

Image edited by Dinesh Raj M   If you're one of those news buffs whose main source of news content are social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube, you are likely to have been duped into buying completely fabricated content as genuine news by dubious channels several times in the past, especially when there is a raging controversy. Thanks to the new amendments to IT intermediary rules put out by the central government that brings AI-generated content under formal regulation, such experiences could be became a thing of the past as all AI-generated content need to be explicitly  Filed as G.S.R. 120(E), the changes amend the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 defines synthetically generated information (SGI) as any audio, visual or audio-visual content that is artificially or algorithmically created, modified or altered using a computer resource and needs to be explicitly published for users to identify them

  New rules for AI-generated content will take effect in India on February 20, 2026, and they will  impact brands, agencies, creators and paid ads across major social media platforms. Platforms  will have to ask users if their posts are created or altered by AI and verify those statements  before publishing. Synthetic content that is not properly declared could be restricted, delayed or  rejected.    The rules make AI disclosure mandatory in creator marketing. Any image, video or post  generated or edited by AI must be labelled, and provenance markers should be added where  available. Brands and agencies will need to add AI usage and metadata clauses to their briefs,  contracts and approval processes.    According to Best Media Info, brand safety planning will need to change too, as there will be a  three-hour window for platforms to t

A global restructure has seen Foundry eliminate the majority of its local operational team with up to a dozen redundancies made within the Australian/New Zealand business. Influencing has confirmed that the role of Jon Stubley, Vice President for ANZ has been made redundant, as have nearly all operational roles. It appears the company's content marketing, advertising and all non-Channel editorial will now operate from a centralised global model. Foundry's profitable Channel division has not been impacted, including Editorial Director Cathy O'Sullivan and the ARN/Reseller News editorial teams. The remaining local headcount is believed to be entirely focused on event sales, which is the primary revenue generator for the business. Foundry traces its roots back to the global tech publishing firm IDG Communications and owns venerable tech mastheads, including Computerworld, PC World, CIO and CSO. In 2022, IDG Communications rebranded as Foundry as it moved from a traditiona

No, we're not talking about the Liberal party, not this time, though that leadership frission is getting some serious coverage this morning across the media - more on that in a moment. Let's start today with yet another exclusive by Nine's Walkley Award-winning journo Nick McKenzie under the BUILDING BAD logo which gets major coverage in The Age, where there are two angles - the McKenzie story and another ('Building violence returns') where he is joined by scribes Kieran Rooney, William Davis and Matt Dennien. The main story by McKenzie ('ROTTING FROM THE TOP') covers a report into the CFMEU's links to alleged corruption and in particular the "censored CFMEU report".  At The Age those two front page stories flow over inside.   The McKenzie story also appears on the front page - and again goes inside too - at The Sydney Morning Herald and is also covered by Nine's other daily, The Australian Financial Revie