After a Pune institute cancelled its media award to Kashmiri journalist Safina Nabi, the Network of Women in Media, India wrote to the institute expressing “disappointment” over its “lack of commitment to press freedom”.
“Ordinarily, the award would have signalled your institution’s recognition of the critical importance of storytelling in areas of intense conflict. To withdraw from that responsibility is a sad reflection of the journalism education you purport to stand for,” the letter said.
