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Sri Lanka’s traditional media risks being jettisoned with its old political guard

Social media has usurped the traditional media’s influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya – and even any improvement in media freedom under the new NPP government cannot solve the industry’s entrenched problems

By Amantha Perera

/ 4 Dec 2024

A large crowd of Aragalaya protesters gather around two individuals breaking coconuts. Several activists at the scene are hol

The political economy of reporting on the War on Terror in the Afghanistan–Pakistan borderlands

Syed Irfan Ashraf’s ‘The Dark Side of Journalism’ and Saad Mohseni and Jenna Krajeski’s ‘Radio Free Afghanistan’ show how local journalists became both victims and agents of geopolitical conflict and an exploitative global media – and looked to push back

By Bakht Noor Nasar

/ 26 Nov 2024

Five local journalists wait on the wreckage of a minibus while reporting on an uprising of Taliban prisoners in Pul-e-Charkhi

Southasia Review of Books podcast #11: Sex, scandal and the death of a poet in 1970s Karachi

The journalists Saba Imtiaz and Tooba Masood-Khan talk about their new book ‘Society Girl’, and their investigation into the mysterious death of the Pakistani poet Mustafa Zaidi, and Shahnaz Gul, the much-maligned woman at the centre of these events

By The Editors

/ 11 Nov 2024

The Mashriq newspaper from 1 December 1970 showing Shahnaz Gul (left) among stories on the election and Cyclone Bhola. One of

State of Southasia #05: Laxmi Murthy on journalism in crisis across Southasia

Journalist and editor Laxmi Murthy examines the stark deterioration of media independence and freedom of expression in Southasia, and its implications for elections and democracies

By The Editors

/ 3 Jun 2024

State of Southasia #05: Laxmi Murthy on journalism in crisis across Southasia

As India’s election heats up, soaring temperatures from climate change find little mention in mainstream media

Lukewarm coverage of the climate crisis in the Indian media fails to communicate safety measures against extreme heat-related risks this election season

By Aradhna Wal

/ 3 May 2024

As India’s election heats up, soaring temperatures from climate change find little mention in mainstream media

Radio’s role in making and unmaking Southasia’s borders

‘Radio for the Millions’ charts the medium’s role in popular cultures and state-making projects of the Subcontinent, rethinking long-held assumptions on transnational listenership

By Preeti Raghunath

/ 2 Oct 2023