Pakistan media: Through the looking glass
It is ironic that the electronic media which played a major role in the movement against a military dictatorship is now being cited as…
Conversation On Book, “The Roots Of Fake News”
PCIM and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) hosted a conversation, moderated by Raza Rumi, with authors Brian Winston and Matthew Winston about…
International Newsletter ‘The Story’ Gives Naya Daur A Warm Shoutout
Laxmi Murthi writes about the new space in Pakistani journalism created by Naya Daur, a new media portal that upholds diversity of opinion and…
US Media Environment: My Interview With Prof Aminah Al-Deen
Raza Rumi and Prof. Aminah Al-Deen discuss the alarming state of journalism and media in the United States. They discuss how all American mainstream…
My Interview on Identity, Politics and Media
I was interviewed by Roshandan team in the summer of 2019. Saw the video a little late. Here’s the video and there is a…
کیا بی بی سی جانبدار رپورٹنگ کرتا ہے؟ | نیا دور | اردو
برطانوی خبر رساں ادارے بی بی سی پر یہ الزام عائد کیا جاتا ہے کہ وہ جانبدار رپورٹنگ کرتا ہے اور اس کا جھکاؤ…
Murtaza Solangi And Raza Rumi Discuss Plight Of Media Workers In Pakistan
Murtaza Solangi and Raza Rumi discuss the situation of media freedom in Pakistan. While Murtaza Solangi believes that the government and the state institutions…
Standing Up To Injustice
My talk involving human rights, minority rights and injustice.…
“Two years of challenging & rewarding experience” Raza Rumi says while leaving Daily Times
Senior and well known journalist and analyst Raza Rumi has resigned from his editorship in Daily Times. He announced his resignation on Facebook with…
The Importance of Independent Media: An Interview With Raza Rumi By Aisha Mae Mughal
Raza Rumi is a Pakistani journalist, author, and policy analyst. He serves as the Director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca…
Reporters Without Borders Q and A
Raza Rumi talks about threat to press freedom across the Globe. Rumi asserts that the expanded power of Media always threatens the governments because…
Free Press, Foreign Journalists: Conversation about free speech outside the U.S.
Panelists, from right: Raza Ahmad Rumi, director of Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College and an editor of the Daily Times English-language…
Majoritarian politics in South Asia
Majoritarian Politics in South Asia is a riveting issue, and in 2018, a particularly topical one. The South Asian Studies Council was pleased to…
Introducing Barandon Smith at Ithaca College
Smith has been published in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Daily Beast and other publications and won the Izzy Award with activist Jamie Kalven in…
New independent media director brings international perspective
September 23, 2018: New independent media director brings international perspective When Raza Rumi went home for winter break last year, he believed he had just…
A season of self-censorship — confessions of an Editor-at-large
April 22, 2018: A season of self-censorship — confessions of an Editor-at-large Once again, Pakistan’s media is under fire. Unlike the past, there are…
End this culture of impunity
Pakistani journalists and activists continue to face intimidation and violence. Worse, they have to deal with a culture of impunity that impedes justice and…
The Big Question: Is Print Media on its Way to Becoming Obsolete?
August 2017: The Big Question: Is Print Media on its Way to Becoming Obsolete? (News Line Magazine) These are interesting times for journalism as technological…
With trust at an all time low, the U.S. media must return to its principles
January 4, 2017: With trust at an all time low, the U.S. media must return to its principles (Huffington Post) Journalism in the United States…
The travel ban on ‘Dawn’ journalist was just a side show in the civil-military conflict in Pakistan
The real issue is about fighting non-state actors, the ongoing street protests and Nawaz Sharif’s impending decision to appoint a new army chief. Pakistan’s…