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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 220: Pawan Jaisawalâs death, Bihar childâs encounter with CM
Description: This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundryâs Tanishka Sodhi and freelance journalist Vishnu Narayan. Tanishka talks about her recent report on the death of rural journalist Pawan Jaiswal and how he struggled to pay for his cancer treatment. Noting that his death underlines grave problems with the journalism industry, she says, âPawan was considered a star reporter but he was earning barely enough to survive. We cannot point fingers at others when we ourselves donât see a fellow journalistâs plight.â Vishnu discusses his report on the viral video of a young c...