Media Map Magazine - April 2014

In this issue

With so many media maga¬zines around why a new jour¬nal on media? This is a ques¬tion which can be legitimately asked of us. Our answer is that we are not a journal. We are voice of a movement -a voice against trivialization of media. It is a voice against a misplaced notion that a news¬paper is a commodity and since newspapers are a prod¬uct and news a commodity, editors and journalists who process news can be treated as workers and traders.
In short Media Map wishes to be a bulwark against the aber¬rations that have corrupted the Indian media scene and have undermined the glorious history of Indian press.
In a very determined way we seek to make Indian media commit itself to promote the interests of aam admi and address itself to critical issues of polity, society and economy. We know that the task we have given ourselves is tough and daunting. We also know that we are a feeble small voice.
Yet we believe that small is beautiful. We are sure that as we move on we will be joined by many others who, like us, are in quest of independence of thought and freedom of spirit undiluted by murky compromises. (Excerpts from first edit)