THE STATESMAN

FROM:

AKANSHA GIRDHAR

ANUSHRIYA GULATI

ARCHIT RAWAT

AVI BANSAL

KAJAL RAWAT

INTRODUCTION

THE STATESMAN

BRITISH JOURNALIST ROBERT KNIGHT

STARTED IN 1875 IN CALCUTTA, INITIALLY

IT WAS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER BUT LATER

ON IT BECAME A DAILY NEWSPAPER.

HISTORY

IT IS THE MEMBER OF

THE ASIA NEWS NETWORK

IT IS ONE OF THE LEADING ENGLISH NEWSPAPER IN WEST BENGAL , INDIA

IT IS STARTED IN 1811 BY ROBERT KNIGHT WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY THE PRINCIPAL FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF

THE TIMES OF INDIA

ROBERT KNIGHT FOUNDED THE STATESMAN AND NEW FRIEND OF INDIA ON 1875 , JAN 15

THE STATESMAN WAS MANAGED BY A BRITISH

CORPORATE GROUP UNTIL IT TRANSFERED

OWNERSHIP COMPANY IN THE MID 1960

THE FIRST EDITOR ASSINGED UNDER THIS

NEW OWNERSHIP WAS PRAN CHOPRA

CONTROVERSY

IN 2009 FEB EDITOR RAVINDRA KUMAR AND FORMER PUBLISHER ANAND SINHA OF THE STATESMAN WERE ARRESTED ON THE CHARGES OF “HURTING THE RELIGIOUS FEELINGS” OF MUSLIMS

BBC REPORTED THAT THE MUSLIMS WERE UPSET WITH THE STATESMAN FOR REPRODUCING JOHANN HARI‟s ARTICLE

WHY SHOULD I RESPECT THESE OPPRESIVE RILIGIONS ?

FROM THE UK‟s THE INDEPENDENT DAILY IN ITS FEB EDITION

EDITORIAL STYLE

THE STATESMAN IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS TERSE REPORTING STYLE

IT HOLDS AN INDEPENDENT ANTI-ESTABLISHED POSITION

IT APPOSED THE SHIFTING OF INDIA‟s CAPITAL FROM CALCUTTA TO NEW DELHI IN 1911

THE STATESMAN AWARD FOR RURAL REPORTING IS PRESENTED TO OUTSTANDING JOURNALIST EVERY YEAR

THE AWARD ARE PRESENTED ON THE 16th OF SEPTEMBEREVERY YEAR, THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF JUSTICE SUDHI RANJAN DAS, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA‟s SUPREME COURT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE STATESMAN DURING THE TUMULTUOUS EMERGENCY YEARS

THE STATESMAN HAS NOW LOST SOME

GROUND TO THE TELEGRAPH ,

THE TIMES OF INDIA AND

HINDUSTAN TIMES IN THE STATES

MARQUEE, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY ,

COVERS THE FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT

SCENE

KEY EDITORIAL STYLE

RAVINDRA KUMAR IS EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN

USHA MAHADEVAN IS RESIDENT EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN , DELHI

K.RAVI IS ALSO THE RESIDENT EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN , BHUBANESWAR

A DAILY BENGALI NEWSPAPER WAS LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2004 AND IS PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN KOLKATA AND SILIGURI

SUPPLEMENTS

STATESMAN HOUSE , NEW DELHI NOTABLE AMONG ALL OF THE SUPPLEMENTS IS THE THURSDAY FEATURE SUPPLEMENT CALLED “SECTION 2” WHICH IS PUBLISHED IN NEW DELHI

THE FOUR-PAGE SUPPLEMENT IS WIDELY RECOGNISED FOR IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON ART, DANCE, DRAMA, FASHION, LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT

IN KOLKATA , SUPPLEMENT VOICES FOCUSES ON SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN

ABOUT STATESMAN

THE STATESMAN HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF

THROUGH OBJECTIVE COVERAGE OF EVENTS.

ITS VALUE AS AN HONEST PURVEYOR OF NEWS

EMPHASISED AT TIMES OF CRISIS SUCH AS THE

BENGAL FEMINE OF 1943 AND THE INFAMOUS

INTERNAL EMERGENCY OF THE MID 1970‟s.

IT IS FORTHRIGHT IN THE EXPRESSION OF ITS

VIEWS.

ITS PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH HAS BEEN

RELENTLESS AND OFTEN AT CONSIDERABLE

COST TO ITSELF

ACHIEVEMENTS

THE STATESMAN PASSED ANOTHER MILESTONE ON 18 JUNE 1998.

READERS IN NORTH BENGAL, LOWER ASSAM, SIKKIM AND SOME HILLS IN THE NORTH – EAST ARE NOW SERVICED BY AN EDITION PRINTED IN SILIGURI WHERE THE STATESMAN HAS ITS PREMISES, STAFF AND PRESS.

IT IS AN AFFIRMATION OF THE STATESMAN‟s COMMITMENT TO BENGAL, WHERE IT HAS HAD ITS HOME FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

QUALITY POLICY

THE JOB AND COMMERCIAL PRINTING

DEPARTMENT OF THE STATESMAN TAKES UP

HIGH QUALITY SHEET AND WEB OFFSET

PRINTING JOBS ON BEHALF OF VARIOUS

CLIENTS, AND INCLUDING NEWSPAPERS.

THE MILESTONES

NEWSPAPERS SUCH AS:

• THE HINDUSTAN TIMES • ASIAN AGE• ANANDA BAZAR PATRIKA• PRABHAT KHABAR• BARTAMAN• AAJKAAL• TODAYHAVE BEEN PRINTED IN THE PAST FROM THEIR PRESSES IN

KOLKATA, SILIGURI AND NEW DELHI.

SERVICES PROVIDED

ON 23 SEPTEMBER 2002, THE STATESMAN LAUNCHED AN EDITION FROM BHUBANESWAR, THE CAPITAL OF ORISSA.

THIS EDITION ADDRESSES THE LONG – FELT NEEDS OF READERS IN THE COASTAL STATES, PROVIDING THEM AUTHENTIC NEWS AND OBJECTIVES VIEWS.

THE STATESMAN IS THE FIRST ENGLISH NEWSPAPER TO INVEST IN PLANT AND MACHINERY IN THE STATE.

REFRENCE

“WORLD NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES”

ABOUT STATESMAN SUBIR BHAUMIK , PAIR

HELD FOR „OFFENDING ISLAM‟

BBC NEWS SUBIR BHAUMIK THE EDITOR AND

PUBLISHER OF A MAJOR INDIAN NEWSPAPER

“THE INDEPENDENCE”

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