Lessons from the Emergency |  FoE Con 2022  #ImpoliteConversations
Channel: Internet Freedom Foundation
Date: 2022-10-21

On September 10, Newslaundry and the Internet Freedom Foundation hosted FoE Con 2022, a forum that brought together media personalities and leading voices in the legal sphere to map the media and regulatory framework in contemporary India.

The panel discussion “Lessons from the Emergency” was moderated by independent journalist Neha Dixit. She was joined by journalist and author Kalpana Sharma and senior advocate Chandra Uday Singh. 

Kalpana explained how orders at the time “were more or less against publications and not individual journalists”. The discussion spanned how the Emergency played out, its repercussions, and the role of journalism throughout. 

Watch.

00:00 - Introduction
2:10 - Censorship during Emergency vs Now
9:40 - Himmat: Running a political magazine during the Emergency
18:37 - Media Attitudes - The Sullenness of the 70s vs the Cheerleading of Today
24:35 - Small Independent Journalism Spaces Always the Target
32:08 - Scope of Legal Intervention in Current Times
39:10 - Public Interest Journalism within the Corporate Media Model
44:03 - Way Forward for Ensuring Freedom of Expression
51:37 - Q&A

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