This volume is focused on the gathering and reporting of news from rural and semi-urban areas. Using media studies theories of agenda setting and ‘mainstream’ versus ‘local’ coverage, the book will take up several case studies across India, it will help students and professional learn how to join the dots between what might seem disparate fields. The volume: --will teach professionals and students how to identify a story for the long term and the short term --examines existing gaps in news coverage and the implications and consequences of such gaps in coverage --will help students and journalists develop insights into the inter-connectedness of systems, structures of classification of citizens, and civic and political --alerts journalists and students about the biases and prejudices they may be carrying into the field --focuses on the psychological impact of reporting a story or how to write about your subject without becoming a subject --analyses the business model and editorial structure of various forms of journalism, with special focus on off-centre reporting.

The volume will be of great interest to students of journalism and practicing journalists.

Kishalay Bhattacharjee is Professor and Dean, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication, O.P. Jindal Global University and Director, New Imaginations. His research interests include state violence, conflict studies, identity and citizenship. His books include Che in Paona Bazaar (2013), Blood on My Hands (2015), An Unfinished Revolution (2017), Where the Madness Lies (2023), Mapping Innovation in India’s Creative Industries (2024), and Bearing Witness (2026).