New Zealand’s most trusted Indian media group, as we turn two!

News media is essentially story-telling. But how to tell a story? Especially the ones that matter. Then again, who decides what matters? Once you have settled this, the question of commercial viability pops up. Will consumers pay for it? Will advertisers come on board? Will investors bet on it?

Then comes the most basic question for any news media organisation. The big picture? The macro-view? Or in a nutshell, how to generate a sustainable business model for pursuing people-centred journalism? After all, journalism is a public service. It's the fourth pillar of any vibrant democracy, which keeps the other three pillars – legislature, executive and the judiciary – in check.

This question gains even more importance in present times, because never before in history, have newspapers faced such a crisis as they are facing now. With the advent of internet and gross commercialisation of journalism, someone somewhere has missed the point.

While critics are calling the mainstream media ‘simply stenographers to power’, journalists themselves are facing something more than a moral dilemma. The thin line that once existed between perception and reality, editorial and advertisement, truth and half-truths, and news and views, is sadly diminishing. The monster of fake news is growing by the day.

We have also grappled with all this in our short existence, and that’s why I am very glad that your newspaper, and the youngest addition to the multicultural media scene of New Zealand, The Indian News, is turning two this week.

As with every journalistic endeavour these days, our journey, which started as a fortnightly on March 20, 2018, had its ups and downs. But over time, and more so, after our recent revamp, I am very proud to say that we are now New Zealand’s most trusted Indian media group!

The newspaper’s recently acquired membership to the New Zealand Media Council is a testimony to the kind of journalism The Indian News pursues. Where it reports on the Indian sub-continental and multicultural communities, without fear or favour.

While the newspaper’s coverage itself is ample proof, I must stress here that The Indian News editorial policy is completely independent, with no external or internal interference whatsoever.

The newspaper works with only one consideration – public interest.

It is, and will always be – a voice for all.

I strongly believe in what Thomas Jefferson once said, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Such is the importance, and need for good ethical journalism in our society.

So, while the last two years have been good, let’s make the coming years even better!

Gaurav

Associate Editor, The Indian News

Congratulations to The Indian News for 2 years of successful publication
- Roshan Nauhria ( Managing Director, Nauhria Group)