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LAWRENCE DANA PINKHAM MEMORIAL LECTURE 2018
“The Media and I: Writing well is the best revenge“
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Mani Shankar Aiyar
“The joy of size: the practice and pitfalls of long-form journalism”
a week long workshop by
Ian Jack, Guardian columnist and former editor of Granta and Sunday Independent
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ACJ Press Release - May 9, 2018
The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) notes with concern that ill-informed and vague allegations and assertions, most of them made anonymously and with scant regard for the facts and the law, have been published in a section of the online news media about how it handled a complaint of alleged sexual harassment made against Sadanand Menon, a well-known journalist and writer who has been teaching an elective at the College as an adjunct professor. The matter has also been commented on in the social media, mostly without regard to the facts and the law.
The ACJ wishes to reiterate that the alleged incident in 2011 at Spaces, a cultural centre in Chennai, had no connection with the College. The person who preferred the complaint in January 2018 to the Internal Complaints Committee, which had been duly constituted as per law and included a well-known woman lawyer, was not a student of the College at the time of the alleged incident and her work at Spaces had no connection with the College.
The Internal Complaints Committee rightly decided that as per law it had no jurisdiction in the matter and communicated its decision in writing to the complainant in clear terms. However, the issue has re-surfaced after the ACJ Convocation of May 3, 2018, with the publication of assertions made by some ex-students and others to the effect that the security of students was the issue here and that a moral rather than a procedural or legal approach to the matter should be taken by the College. The ACJ wishes to make it clear that on matters such as this, when unproven allegations that are not within its jurisdiction to investigate or enquire into, are made involving its faculty, whether full-time or adjunct, staff, and students, it has to stand firm on the ground laid down in the law of the land. It cannot make any subjective judgments based on speculation or rumour.
Meanwhile, Sadanand Menon has informed us that after taking into account the overall circumstances and in order to avoid any damage to the reputation of the ACJ, he has decided not to teach his elective course at the College for the coming academic year, and also that he is considering taking legal action against those who have published false and defamatory allegations against him.
The ACJ wishes to make it clear that it has a policy of zero tolerance towards sexual harassment within its jurisdiction, that this policy is backed by appropriate internal institutional safeguards and arrangements as per law to hear and decide on complaints, and that as India’s, and the South Asian region’s, leading journalism school, it provides a secure and world class learning and teaching environment to all who come under its jurisdiction.
ACJ Press Release - May 9, 2018
The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) notes with concern that ill-informed and vague allegations and assertions, most of them made anonymously and with scant regard for the facts and the law, have been published in a section of the online news media about how it handled a complaint of alleged sexual harassment made against Sadanand Menon, a well-known journalist and writer who has been teaching an elective at the College as an adjunct professor. The matter has also been commented on in the social media, mostly without regard to the facts and the law.
The ACJ wishes to reiterate that the alleged incident in 2011 at Spaces, a cultural centre in Chennai, had no connection with the College. The person who preferred the complaint in January 2018 to the Internal Complaints Committee, which had been duly constituted as per law and included a well-known woman lawyer, was not a student of the College at the time of the alleged incident and her work at Spaces had no connection with the College.
The Internal Complaints Committee rightly decided that as per law it had no jurisdiction in the matter and communicated its decision in writing to the complainant in clear terms. However, the issue has re-surfaced after the ACJ Convocation of May 3, 2018, with the publication of assertions made by some ex-students and others to the effect that the security of students was the issue here and that a moral rather than a procedural or legal approach to the matter should be taken by the College. The ACJ wishes to make it clear that on matters such as this, when unproven allegations that are not within its jurisdiction to investigate or enquire into, are made involving its faculty, whether full-time or adjunct, staff, and students, it has to stand firm on the ground laid down in the law of the land. It cannot make any subjective judgments based on speculation or rumour.
Meanwhile, Sadanand Menon has informed us that after taking into account the overall circumstances and in order to avoid any damage to the reputation of the ACJ, he has decided not to teach his elective course at the College for the coming academic year, and also that he is considering taking legal action against those who have published false and defamatory allegations against him.
The ACJ wishes to make it clear that it has a policy of zero tolerance towards sexual harassment within its jurisdiction, that this policy is backed by appropriate internal institutional safeguards and arrangements as per law to hear and decide on complaints, and that as India’s, and the South Asian region’s, leading journalism school, it provides a secure and world class learning and teaching environment to all who come under its jurisdiction.
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The ACJ awards for investigative journalism 2017 and Convocation of the class of 2017-18.
🎊👩🏽🎓👨🏽🎓🎉🥂congrats from Stuttgart!
This is the most unfair and stubborn college. They have the most messed up system (procedure) of admission. They gave me a course which I didn't prefer and I gave them a very clear and evident reason for it. Later when I asked them if I'll be eligible to be in the waitlist of other streams of higher merit they denied, saying that once I'm in the main list of one stream I'm not eligible to move upwards for another. Neither am i allowed to switch streams nor do I get the chance to be a part of moving ahead in waitlists. This system is really unfair and they are practically forcing me to choose a stream of their choice.
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Congratulations and best wishes to all the graduates
Congratulations to all the newly-graduated ACJites!
Congratulations to everyone graduating from ACJ today.
Congratulations to all of the graduates!
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Congratulations, the class of 2018
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Welcome to ACJ
The future of journalism is already here!
It will be because its way too expensive :p
Debabrata Bhattacharjee you made this?
Hope all you guys got your placements this year! Our best wishes for a great career ahead.
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Fabulous!
We at Mylapore Times Newspaper have an opening at the Desk.
Shivani Singh
Ankit Masih Archit William
Ritu Mishra Tiwari
Rishi Gaekwad Ravi Gaekwad
Poorabi Gaekwad
Global News Relay 2018 - a collaborative newscast with students journalists from 17 universities in 11 countries, including Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, featuring stories on “Shelter”.globalnewsrelay.com - Collaborative newscast with 17 universities in 11 countries. This is the sixth year many of these universities have worked together to ...
@MayankMohanti of @ACJIndia in the live segment of @GlobalNewsRelay - a collaborative newscast by student journalists from 17 universities in 11 countries on the theme ‘Shelter and Homelessness’.
Anyone please tell me what is the eligibility % for students who want to study here after 12th ??? Please please please reply ..
Global News Relay
globalnewsrelay.com - Collaborative newscast with 17 universities in 11 countries. This is the sixth year many of these universities have worked together to produce a multi-hour newscast featuring stories and interviews based on a common theme. This year's focus in on Shelter.
N.R.Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys, in conversation with @ACJIndia students.
This is the most unfair and stubborn college. They have the most messed up system (procedure) of admission. They gave me a course which I didn't prefer and I gave them a very clear and evident reason for it. Later when I asked them if I'll be eligible to be in the waitlist of other streams of higher merit they denied, saying that once I'm in the main list of one stream I'm not eligible to move upwards for another. Neither am i allowed to switch streams nor do I get the chance to be a part of moving ahead in waitlists. This system is really unfair and they are practically forcing me to choose a stream of their choice.
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great , he should be our next president
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N.R.Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys, in conversation with @ACJIndia students.
Livestream? Or at least upload recording please?
Global News Relay
Vishwam Sankaran of Asian College of Journalism previews his story on an international community shelter in the forest in Pondicherry, India, for Global News Relay 2018. Watch his story on April 23.
Sruthi Menon
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