Media
Breaking Free: Why You Should Stop Watching the News
Here's a glimpse of what the morning news looks like A plane crashed in America, a man killed his 9-year-old daughter, looming risk of a financial crisis in the next 12 months, and a giant comet is approaching the Earth. Do you really want to know all of these things?
Why the newspaper decline hurts local communities
Newspapers have been on the decline for years. Dailies that consistently printed 7 days per week have been reduced to 5, 4, or even 3 publishing days per week. Some reports say the United States is on track to lose 1/3 of its newspapers by the year 2025.
Why Substack refuses to censor its writers
Substack is a newsletter publishing platform that has taken a hardline position in favor ot free speech. Lulu Meservey, the VP of Comms at Substack, wrote a viral twitter thread on why her company has a hand-off approach with what writers publish on Substack.👇
How John Milton argued for free speech in the 17th century
Introduction. Today, John Milton is best remembered for his epic poem Paradise Lost. However, in his own lifetime, Milton was known for his political tracts. Areopagitica, a pamphlet where he argued for free speech and free press, became the most influential of the lot👇
Is "Go Digital or Go Obsolete" the future mantra for publishing houses?
Let's talk paper. Even though the odds of overhauling paper due to environmental concerns remain low, it is still a costlier option in print publishing. Price of paper has increased threefold compared to a few years ago making it difficult to breakeven in business.
Gender inequality - boys and men are victims too
What comes to your mind when you hear ‘Gender Inequality’? Most commonly it is used to discuss discrimination against women. But are women the only ones impacted by gender inequality?
The Harvard speech that shook the world
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian writer and political dissident. He made a number of speeches in front of Western audiences after getting exiled from the USSR in 1971. The most famous one was delivered at Harvard in 1978 - here are the top insights 👇
I've interviewed hundreds of people. These are my secrets.
There are two types of interviewee that a writer needs to prepare for: the professional and the layperson. Each one requires a different approach.
Spoilt For Choices: Indian Viewers Want Entertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment!
Remote batteries die fast as the search to find the right meal accompaniment is a task to find. Reason? A multitude of choices available for the viewers.
Trans Representation
Trans representation has been a lightening rod topic. Alarms sounding on the right; jockeying for inclusion on the left. Examining a single month of news, it's saturated. But new data indicates we are making too much of it.
The reason why news media is so polarizing...
Political news used to be packaged alongside everything else: sports, entertainment, etc. If you watched TV or read a newspaper, it was hard to avoid. Then something interesting happened…