Journalism through RTI
Information Investigation Impact
- Shyamlal Yadav - Senior Editor, The Indian Express, New Delhi
How RTI changed the face of investigative journalism in India, forever…
The RTI Act has helped investigative journalism in getting information that otherwise would have been almost impossible to unearth despite legal provisions. Using the storyline approach, the author, through his own experiences, unravels how news was collected through persistent efforts using RTI, how the stories evolved, and how the subject was followed up keeping an eye on the rightful impact. Hence the emphasis is less on theory and more on practical aspects, making the book ‘a story behind India’s biggest news stories’.
“A must-have and a must-read book for reporters, editors, researchers, all those who teach journalism and, of course, citizens too who can see for themselves what a 10-rupees demand draft and a powerful law can do.”
Perhaps no other journalist has utilized the RTI Act as often and as brilliantly as Shyamlal Yadav has done for a decade now. From high-level corruption to the junkets of ministers whose travel miles added up to 256 times the circumference of the earth, from insane asset declarations to money channeled to dubious NGOs, he’s exposed it all, using RTI. Yet, this fine and important book is more than the sum of his own outstanding stories. It is also a concise history of the RTI, its role in a democratic society, and the powerful tool it offers the investigative journalist. Read this book. Learn about RTI—and about our society.
Shyamlal Yadav’s pioneering work on RTI has made him one of India’s finest investigative journalists. His book reflects his passion for truth and persistence on facts and will be an extremely useful reference and guide for any young person aspiring to join the media.
Shyamlal Yadav is an RTI activist of a different kind. He has married information to its rightful bride, the newspaper, and transformed it into an instrument of social change. The contents of his book show the range and depth of his inquiry. I am sure those who conceived of this law had someone like Shyamlal in their mind to take this law forward, both to expand and explore its potential and to make the powerful also accountable. RTI needs more Shyamlals.
Shyamlal Yadav not only masters to use the Indian Right to Information law as a powerful tool for his journalistic work, even more importantly, in his role as author, Shyamlal Yadav also masters the art of inspiration and sharing. His book includes detailed practical examples as well as necessary perspectives so peers and future journalists can learn from his experiences and at the same time be encouraged to ask their own questions relevant in their own context. —
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| ISBN: 9789386062833 | Hardcover | Suggested Retail Price: $45.00 | Bookstore Price: $36.00 |
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