Each year, the Network of Women in Media (NWMI), India, holds a national meet for its members, who hail from a range of platforms in states across India. On January 4-6, Chennai’s Anna University hosted over 100 female journalists – early-career reporters, long-time veterans of print newsrooms, old friends, new faces – for three days of discussions on “gender and media”.
Attendees were not limited to representatives of print publications, and they were by no means primarily from major newsrooms. One speaker, referring to the many challenges of a career in journalism, said journalism is becoming “a marginalised profession.”
