across 15 leading newspapersi, 12 magazines, and nine digital media outlets in both English and Hindi.
Method of interview
Postal questionnaire
Supplementary notes
Note: The source specified that"Unavailable" applied to respondents who belonged to other religious minorities and "Can't say" to Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs.
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Caste representation among news leadership India 2021-2022, by media
A study conducted by Oxfam in India revealed that the majority of leadership roles within news organizations across media types were dominated by editors and proprietors belonging to the general category, grossing over ** percent in 2022. Digital media outlets were the only type of news media to have some representation of the SC, ST, and OBC categories at over ** percent, two percent, and five percent respectively.
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