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A T R I B U T E T O Sir Harold Evans 1 9 2 8 - 2 0 2 0

WEBINAR ON INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Organised by the Department of Media Studies in association with IQAC, Christ Nagar College, Trivandrum, India

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Advisory Committee : Organizing Committee: Fr Dr Titto Varghese CMI Ms Manju Rose Mathews, 9847943799 (Manager & Director) (HOD, Department of Media Studies) Dr Jolly Jacob Mr Emil Abraham (Program Coordinator) (Principal) Ms Thara B (Assistant Coordinator) Ms Neenu P K ( Assistant Coordinator)

8 October 2020, 4:30 pm - 5:50 pm SIR HAROLD EVANS 1928- 2020

Investigative journalism involves exposing to the public, matters that are concealed - either deliberately by someone in a position of power, or accidentally, behind a chaotic mass of facts and circumstances that obscure understanding. Sir Harold Evans, a British-American editor whose 70-year career as a hard-driving investigative journalist, magazine founder, book publisher and author made him one of the most influential media figures of his generation. A former editor of Britain's Sunday Times and, at his death, Reuters editor- at-large, Evans put a unique stamp on investigative journalism. Championing causes either overlooked or denied, he and his team uncovered human rights abuses and political scandals, and advocated for clean air policies. One of his most famous investigations exposed the plight of hundreds of British thalidomide children who had never r e c e i v e d a n y compensation for their birth defects. Evans organized a campaign to take on the companies responsible for manufacturing the drug, an effort that eventually won compensation for the families after more than a decade. This webinar is a tribute to this legend. Syed Nazakat Award-winning international journalist, media entrepreneur, founder and editor-in-chief of DataLEADS

Syed Nazakat, is an award-winning international journalist, media entrepreneur, founder and editor-in-chief of DataLEADS. DataLEADS is a Delhi-based media firm which conducts data analysis, visualization, Pan-Asia boot camps and India's first, award-winning, data- driven website dedicated to healthcare reporting. He also leads Centre for Investigative Journalism, a non-profit organization he founded to promote the cause of watchdog journalism in India. He has more than 17 years of experience across broadcast, print and online journalism, and has reported from over 35 countries. He has uncovered some of the biggest stories in India, winning international recognition and many awards. Over the past decade, he has revealed stories about secret torture chambers in India, the country's rendition program in Nepal, suicides in the Indian military, arms smuggling in Bangladesh, misuse of anti-terrorism laws, corruption in arms procurement, poor condition of Indian prisons, women trafficking from Afghanistan and war in South Sudan. He was the first Indian journalist to report from an Al-Qaeda rehabilitation camp in Saudi Arabia and in 2013 he secured unprecedented access to the military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to report about prison abuse cases. Josy Joseph Award winning journalist, former National Security Editor of The Hindu, founder of Confluence Media.

Josy Joseph, an award winning journalist based in New Delhi, is the Founder of Confluence Media, a global initiative for investigative journalism. Josy has been Editor-Special Projects for , an Associate Editor with the DNA newspaper, and has also been with Rediff.com, , Delhi Mid Day, and the Blitz. He was the National Security Editor of The Hindu newspaper. Josy's stories have fostered greater public debate and have contributed to significant policy and systemic changes. His reporting has resulted in several high-profile officials being forced out of office, triggering the arrest of many others as well as federal criminal and military investigations. The Prem Bhatia Trust elected him India's best political reporter of 2010 “for his scoops and revelations, which include a list of scams that have become familiar names in the political lexicon.” He shared the award with Jyotirmoy Dey, a crime reporter who had been shot dead a few weeks earlier. In July 2013, the Ramnath Goenka Foundation run by newspaper group awarded him the “Journalist of the Year” in print media. Josy holds a Masters in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and was a prominent face of its international campaign in 2011-2012. Joseph was a fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies in Singapore and is an alumnus of the Colombo-based Regional Centre for Strategic Studies. A T R I B U T E T O Sir Harold Evans 1 9 2 8 - 2 0 2 0

WEBINAR ON INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

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Manju Rose Mathews, 4:30 pm IST Welcome and Introduction (Head of the Department, Department of Media Studies, Christ Nagar College, Trivandrum)

Data and Investigative Journalism : Syed Nazakat 4:40 pm IST How Data could drive the future of Award winning journalist and media Information Landscape entrepreuner. Founder of DataLEADS

5:05 pm IST Q&A (15 min) Neenu P K

Josy Joseph Award winning investigative journalist, 5:15 pm IST Collaborative Investigative Journalism author and founder of Confluence Media, a platform agnostic media venture focussed on investigative journalism

5:40 pm IST Q&A (15 min) Thara C B Manju Rose Mathews, 5:50 pm IST Concluding Remarks (Head of the Department, Department of Media Studies, Christ Nagar College, Trivandrum)

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