Audio | World renowned Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath: “The greatest stories are now coming from non-journalists”

World renowned Indian Journalist Palagummi Sainath says the greatest stories of journalism are now coming from non-journalists
“You will never find a great establishment journalist. My argument to you, is that historically, journalism that has had real value, is the journalism of dissent.” -Palagummi Sainath

Source: “Imprisoned by Profit: Media & Democracy”, CBC Radio (Ideas)
Address: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/imprisoned-by-profit-media-democracy-1.3601228
Date Visited: 3 April 2023

“Movements of farmers and farm labourers […] are headed for serious trouble if they do not factor in the problems of climate change (which have already devastated agriculture in India); if they do not locate themselves in, and link their battles to, an agroecological approach.” – P. Sainath in “We Didn’t Bleed Him Enough”: When Normal is the Problem (counterpunch.org, 12 August 2020, first published in Frontline magazine) | More about climate change | United Nations on climate change >>

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