COVER STORY
Moments of great cartooning, extreme positions, quotable headlines, wordplay etc etc etc
Outlook Magazine - 1 November 2010
15 years, 22 photographers... At the old going rate of 1,000 words, the following would weigh in at 22,000 words...
If ‘last but not the least’ ever needed an exemplar, this would be it. A small sampling
There are 19 of us here—led by editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta—who were part of <i>Outlook</i>’s original gang. A few stories from our early years....
15 years, 22 photographers... At the old going rate of 1,000 words, the following would weigh in at 22,000 words...
They too have moved on...and how
A great photo by itself does not make a great cover. Nor does a headline.
The verdict of the bazaar— our best and worst selling issues
If ‘last but not the least’ ever needed an exemplar, this would be it. A small sampling
15 of our oldest subscribers do a candid recap to give us their story
There are 19 of us here—led by editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta—who were part of <i>Outlook</i>’s original gang. A few stories from our early years....
Fully loaded magazine? Not if it’s only short-range fire.
Along the way, a dhaba that crossed our path has grown up
OTHER STORIES
15 landmark events, seen through <i>Outlook</i>’s eyes.
You, as a citizen, also have a responsibility that goes beyond paying for what you buy
Pungent criticism, great reviews and diaries. Pays well, too!
Beyond ready labels like ‘liberal’, ‘secular’ or ‘left-of-centre’ to the nuances and specifics
The price of truth has gone up grievously, paid for with the lives of our reporters
The ‘new’ in news is lost. Coverage, signifying lists, baulks at asking questions.
Not just a saviour of print, web journalism contains the future in its illimitable depths
Stories that broke new ground and strongly impacted public debate, discussion and, in cases, policy
They aren’t called men of letters for nothing: argument, counter-argument and everything in between
Journalists who live in glass houses <i>must</i> throw stones at others
From a strong contender in March 1995 for the ‘Editor Who Has Lost the Most Jobs’ category to the 15th Anniversary of <i>Outlook</i>...
<i>Outlook</i>’s best reviewers have never been overawed by the heft of an author on the literary scales. Read and savour.
We've done ‘the best letters’ several times over. An offbeat selection this time.
Graphic experiment’s completely eluded Indian magazines
Globalisation and its belief systems have streamed into reporting in, and from, Asia
It’s primped up in the fluffy rouge of PR, but Indian news media is actually at its ruddiest
Nothing hits home better than sharp wit. The comic strip is an illustrative example.
The screen now has a conscience and the media is its favourite new villain
India’s sports journalism is marred by TV jingoism, camp voices
Reasoned, informed talk is out of place on the idiot box. TRPs set the agenda.
The Sangh parivar, once a media pariah, is now a master at turning the tale on its head
The media ignores basic facts about the Northeast, J&K in its insurgency chatter
You heard it on this channel first. On every channel actually.
In India as in the rest of the world, owning a newspaper gives moguls a high
Family ownership of media has a big plus: big egos can be shamed into idealism
The media would do well to heed political and world events than affaires d’amour
The CEO of media colossus Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) on brand-building, media ethics, controversies and critics
There will always be a market for analysis. But will marketers see that in the inkblot?
Pay and they will publish you. It’s a short stop to doomsday from here for our media.
A mega sellout! Journalism outspaced, it was time to put my pen down.
The man NYT called “arguably the most important intellectual alive” finds the media in Pakistan more vibrant than it is in India
