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 88 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 11 percent, two percent, and five percent respectively.
Caste representation among editors and proprietors of news outlets in India from 2021 to 2022, by media
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Scheduled Castes (SC)
Scheduled Tribes (ST)
Other Backward Classes (OBC)
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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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The media rumble. (October 13, 2022). Caste representation among editors and proprietors of news outlets in India from 2021 to 2022, by media [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365659/india-caste-representation-in-news-leadership/
The media rumble. "Caste representation among editors and proprietors of news outlets in India from 2021 to 2022, by media." Chart. October 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365659/india-caste-representation-in-news-leadership/
The media rumble. (2022). Caste representation among editors and proprietors of news outlets in India from 2021 to 2022, by media. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365659/india-caste-representation-in-news-leadership/
The media rumble. "Caste Representation among Editors and Proprietors of News Outlets in India from 2021 to 2022, by Media." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365659/india-caste-representation-in-news-leadership/
The media rumble, Caste representation among editors and proprietors of news outlets in India from 2021 to 2022, by media Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365659/india-caste-representation-in-news-leadership/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Caste representation among editors and proprietors of news outlets in India from 2021 to 2022, by media [Graph], The media rumble, October 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365659/india-caste-representation-in-news-leadership/
