Fourth Pillar: India Journalism Week

About Fourth Pillar

Fourth Pillar seeks to embody a marquee summit on Indian journalism. Journalism's role, we recognize and believe, is to serve as the fourth pillar of a democracy. That India is the world's largest democracy raises the stakes of a robust fourth pillar only more so.

Fourth Pillar will take place on 14 December at the India International Centre (40, Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003); from 15-18 December at the University of Chicago Center in Delhi (Ground Floor, DLF Capitol Point Building, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001); and on 19 December at the Mohini Hiro Punwani Auditorium, Kishinchand Chellaram College, Colaba Campus, 5th Floor, KCCMS Building, Behind Regal Theater, Mahakavi Bhushan Marg, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 039.
Entry to the event is on a first-come, first served basis.

A grant from the University of Chicago Center in Delhi has been pivotal towards making Fourth Pillar: India Journalism Week possible. For more information on the Center, please visit https://www.uchicago.in/.

We give full and due credit to the sources cited with the images, and any other related, linked, and preceding sources for the images.

Friday, 14 December \| India International Centre, C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
6:15 - 7:45 PM	Opening Keynote Address: Dr. Hamid Ansari, Former Vice President of India

Saturday, 15 December \| University of Chicago Center in Delhi Political Journalism \| Special Sessions
10:30 - 12:00 PM	TBA
12:00 - 1:30 PM	The Art of Covering Political Parties Workshop with Rasheed Kidwai (Observer Research Foundation) Critiquing the News on Gender and Caste, with Smita Patil (IGNOU) Moderated by Dilip Mandal (Former Managing Editor, India Today)
2:30 - 3:45 PM	Institution of the Public/ Readers' Editor: How Useful? How Effective? Panel Discussion featuring Pamela Philipose (The Wire), AS Panneerselvan (The Hindu), and C Rammanohar Reddy (Scroll.in)
4:00 - 5:15 PM	How Does a Weekly Section of The Economist Come Together? Workshop with Alex Travelli (The Economist) A More Inclusive Journalism Panel Discussion moderated by Iqbal Ahmad (BBC), featuring Rahul Singh (Senior journalist), Neha Dixit (Award-winning journalist), Dilip Mandal (Former Managing Editor, India Today)
5:15 - 6:45 PM	Post-Truth Publics in an Illiberal Age Workshop with William Mazzarella (University of Chicago)

Sunday, 16 December \| University of Chicago Center in Delhi Arts Journalism \| Political Journalism
9:30 - 10:30 AM	Conversation with Ravish Kumar (NDTV) Moderated by Iqbal Ahmad (BBC)
10:30 - 12:00 PM	Art & Politics Roundtable moderated by Laura Letinsky (The University of Chicago), featuring Prashant Panjiar (Nazar Foundation and Delhi Photo Festival, Co-founder), Sharbendu De (Visual storyteller), Anita Khemka (Photographer), and Ranu Roychoudhuri (IIT Guwahati)
12:00 - 1:00 PM	Reporting the Arts: Voices from Practice Panel Discussion moderated by Tisha Srivastav (Ashoka University), featuring Miti Desai (Dancer, designer, educator) and Suanshu Khurana (The Indian Express)
1:00 - 2:30 PM	Arts & Culture Panel Discussion moderated by Srikanth Reddy (The University of Chicago), featuring Benjamin Waltzer (The University of Chicago), Rosalyn D'Mello (Author of A Handbook for my Lover), Somak Ghoshal (Freelance writer), Jai Arjun Singh (Author of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron), and Deepanjana Pal (Author of Hush a Bye Baby)
2:30 - 4:00 PM	Artscapes: A glimpse into the world of art from the peephole of a practitioner Workshop by Miti Desai (Dancer, designer, educator)
3:00 - 4:00PM	Conversation with Sunita Aron One-on-one discussion with the Resident Editor of The Hindustan Times Lucknow, moderated by Iqbal Ahmad (BBC)
3:00 - 4:30 PM	Literary Journalism Panel Discussion moderated by Srikanth Reddy (The University of Chicago), featuring Arunava Sinha (Scroll.in), Saikat Majumdar (Ashoka University), Nilanjana Roy (Author of The Wildings), and Supriya Nair (Editor of The Caravan Book of Profiles)
5:30 - 7:30 PM	Film Screenings and discussion Led by Laura Letinsky (The University of Chicago), in conversation with Sharbendu De (Visual storyteller), Anita Khemka (Photographer), and Ranu Roychoudhuri (IIT Guwahati)

Monday, 17 December \| University of Chicago Center in Delhi Transitions in Journalism \| Special Sessions
10:30 - 11:45 AM	Panel on Development Journalism Moderated by Smarinita Shetty (India Development Review), with panelists including Anoo Bhuyan (The Wire), Pooja Pande (Khabar Lahariya), and Annie Banerji (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
10:30 - 12:00 PM	Ear to the Ground: Communicating climate change - A Roundtable Moderated by Tisha Srivastav (Ashoka University), with the panelists including Rita Banerji (Green Hub), Probir K. Banerjee (PondyCan), Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava (Founder of LandConflictWatch), and Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya (Ek Gaon Technologies)
12:00 - 1:15 PM	Reporting Election 2019 -- basis or bias ? Moderated by Maya Mirchandani (ORF/ Ashoka University), with the panelists including SY Quraishi (former Chief Election Commissioner), Sudha Pai (JNU), and Pradip Bhandari (Jan Ki Baat)
2:00 - 3:20 PM	Conversation with Nidhi Razdan (NDTV) One-on-one discussion with AS Panneerselvan (The Hindu)
3:45 - 5:15 PM	Book Launch: "Media's Shifting Terrain" Featuring the author, Pamela Philipose (The Wire), as well as Maitrayee Chaudhuri (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Hartosh Singh Bal (The Caravan), and Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay (author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times) Gendering Our Workspaces: #MeToo's Impact on Everyday Lives Moderated by Saumya Saxena (University of Cambridge), with the panelists including Maya Mirchandani (ORF/Ashoka University), Malavika Rajkotia (Advocate), and Rupa Jha (BBC)
5:45 - 6:45 PM	Google Workshop on Digital Journalism
5:30 - 6:45 PM	Dynamic Environments: Stories Emerging from Rural India Panel moderated by Tisha Srivastav (Ashoka University), with the panelists including Supriya Sharma (Scroll.in), Seeta Sharma (International Labour Organization), and Mekhala Krishnamurthy (Ashoka University)

Tuesday, 18 December \| University of Chicago Center in Delhi Journalism: The Individual, The Institution \| Special Sessions
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM	News Writing Workshop, in particular for students, by Siddhartha Dubey (Ashoka University)
2:00 - 2:45 PM	Keynote Address: Dushyant Khare, Google, Director - Global Partnerships, Southeast Asia & India
3:00 - 4:00 PM	Conversation with Hartosh Singh Bal (The Caravan) One-on-one discussion with Alicia Wright (Fulbright Hays Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4:30 - 5:45 PM	How They Did It: Shubhra Gupta (The Indian Express) Discussion of Gupta's career, and current and upcoming work, with Parul Bhandari (University of Cambridge)
6:00 - 7:30 PM	Film Censorship Panel Discussion led by William Mazzarella (University of Chicago), with the panelists including Pankaj Butalia and Rahul Roy

Wednesday, 19 December \| Kishinchand Chellaram College TBA
9:30 - 9:55 AM	Welcome remarks
9:55 - 10:40 AM	Kishinchand Chellaram College student documentary screening, followed by a discussion
10:40 - 12 PM	Development Journalism: The importance of, and challenges around bringing development insights to mainstream media Panel discussion moderated by Devanshi Vaid (India Development Review), with Aarefa Johari (Scroll) and Rashmi Naik (IndiaSpend) as the panelists.
12:00 - 12:15 PM	Tea break
12:15 - 12:30 PM	K.C. College student documentary screening
12:30 - 1:45 PM	Medium is the Message Panel discussion moderated by Trishna Mohan (Thomson Reuters Foundation), with Kunal Purohit (Independent Multimedia Journalist), Shubhashish (Senior Assistant Editor, CNBC-TV18), and Rahul Singh (Director, Khushwant Singh Lit Fest) as the panelists.
1:45 - 2:30 PM	Anant Goenka (The Indian Express), Closing Keynote Address
2:30 - 2:40 PM	Fourth Pillar: India Journalism Week Founder Abhimanyu Chandra’s concluding remarks