In the final episode of the podcast, all the Newslaundry reporters come together to share their thoughts. They share their experiences about how they managed to do some of their stories despite several hurdles. They also shed light on what a reporter should and should not do while reporting. While this podcast takes a pause here, they talk about preparing to return with a brand new format, with fresh ideas, and a different vibe.

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Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:57:25 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Pratyush Deep

The Chronicles of the 4.5 Gang

Sumedha Mittal

Materialists

Shivnarayan Rajpurohit

The Fake Sheikh

Anmol Pritam

Uttarakhand : Hindu Rashtra की टेस्ट लैब बनती देवभूमि

A Man of Action

Basant Kumar

From Cinema to Literature: Imtiaz Ali and Manav Kaul on Good Storytelling | Jaipur Bytes Podcast

THE CASES THAT INDIA FORGOT

Avdhesh Kumar

Rashtra Nirman Mein Adivasi

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Pratyush Deep.

Sumedha talks about her report on Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Her investigation revealed that even after this massive exercise, the ECI has conferred wrong house numbers to lakhs of voters. This, she says, creates the perfect opportunity to fill the lacunae with fake voters. After the ECI’s SIR, over 1,000 voters in Bihar were grouped under a single non-existent house. Her investigation highlights that whatever mistakes were there in the electoral roll are still on the list even after the SIR.

Pratyush’s report highlighted Assam’s 3,000-bigha land row and the controversy around it. While the story played out on social media, with claims that the land was being handed over to the Adani Group, Pratyush’s report reveals that it is, in fact, Mahabal Cement that had ownership of the land.

In another report from Assam, Pratyush follows the complainants behind recent FIRs against journalists, who ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

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Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:05:06 - Loopholes in SIR

00:23:30 - Illegal land allotment

00:33:54 - FIRs against Journalists

00:44:25 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Sumedha

EP-339 | Political Pressure, TRP War, Media Credibility & Influencers vs Journalists | Kalli Purie

Pratyush

The Rebel Army Behind One of the World’s Major Rare Earth Supplies

Basant

Saare Jahan Se Accha

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Ashish Anand.

Avdhesh discusses his report on a protest against the Supreme Court’s August 11 order to remove all stray dogs from the Delhi-NCR region. Disheartened dog lovers protested at Connaught Place, where protesters were confronted by the Delhi Police, who detained them. Avdesh says that this is the first time that religious slogans have been heard in such a protest.

Talking about his other report on UP police’s new model of “justice”, called Half Encounter or Operation Langda, Avdesh mentions how the police shoot suspects in one of their legs to capture them alive. Once hit, the accused collapses, and the police arrest them. He says people are framed in a false case, and the police script a fake encounter to appear real.

Ashish shares his experience reporting from ground zero in Uttarakhand’s Dharali village, which was cut off after multiple floods hit the region. There was no road and phone connectivity, the power supply was cut off, and the supply of essential goods had come to a halt. He describes the trials of the residents, whose homes were destroyed and relatives went missing.

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Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:04:28 - Protest for Dogs

00:06:51 - Uttarakhand disaster

00:23:54 - Half Encounter

00:36:50 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Ashish

Meiyazhagan

The Hunt for Veerappan

Pyaasa

Avdhesh

'We finally feel accepted’: Gujarat village ends Dalit haircut ban; elders back move

Anmol

A Man of Action

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Naresh Kumar.

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