Only 25 per cent of the journalists who deposed before the committee said that they received formal emails from their companies about retrenchments. In nearly 75 per cent cases, all communications regarding retrenchments were oral. https://thewire.in/media/80-journalists-laid-off-during-covid-19-forced-to-resign-finds-press-council-panel-report
Majority of the journalists who were laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic were forced to resign or opt for voluntary retirements and terminated from their positions by their news organisations, according to a report by the Press Council of India (PCI) to study the impact of retrenchment of journalists during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The report titled “Report on retrenchment of journalists by media groups during the Covid-19 period” was prepared after a total of 51 journalists from 17 news organisations across English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali languages and 12 journalist unions and associations deposed before the committee formed in September 2023.
04/09/2024