Media Foundation-IIC Media Dialogues

The Media Foundation-IIC Media dialogues are a series of panel discussions that TMF holds in collaboration with the India International Centre, New Delhi, about once every three months. A panel of experts — journalists, academics, policymakers, stakeholders — debates and analyses an important current issue related to the Indian media, whether it is to do with media freedom or media practice, media policy, media business, and so on.

Wherever possible, we try to make the takeaways from the discussions count in substantive ways. For instance, on the basis of the Media Dialogue on ‘The Draft Broadcast Bill: Regulation or Control?’ held on December 5, 2023, TMF sent a detailed representation to the ministry of information and broadcasting which had invited public responses to its proposed Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023.

The speakers at the Dialogues have included such prominent personalities as Barkha Dutt, editor, Mojo Story, Yogendra Yadav, politician and psephologist, Dhanya Rajendran, founder-editor, The News Minute, Jawhar Sircar, MP, Ashutosh, editor, Satya Hindi, Kumar Ketkar, senior journalist and former MP, Seshadri Chari, politician and former editor, The Organiser, Saba Naqvi, senior journalist, Saurabh Dwivedi, editor, The Lallantop, Nikhil Pahwa, founder-editor, The MediaNama, and many more.

The Media Dialogues have come to be recognised as meaningful conversations on various aspects of the Indian media as they play out in the country today. Gratifyingly, the Dialogues have been drawing a full house every time.