Reporters Without Orders Ep 361: Nagpur violence, AI anchors in Indian newsrooms

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Drishti Choudhary.

Prateek explains the Nagpur violence that resulted in the damage of several vehicles and shops, the injury of 33 police officers, and a division among the communities. He says the violence was “just a sample of radical mindsets” and that extremists fueled by “ego” mobilised the mob.

Drishti talks about the phenomenon of AI anchors in Indian newsrooms, and why this model “is not working”. She also explains how these anchors are ‘stereotyped’. 

Tune in.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:00:38 - Nagpur violence

00:11:52 - AI anchors in the newsroom

00:22:44 - Recommendations

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Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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