WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY SPECIAL EPISODE | INTERVIEWS WITH MRS. KAVITA MURALIDHARAN, MR. R. MOHAN AND MRS. AKILA KANNADASAN

On World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, Kadal Osai 90.4 CR interviewed three popular journalists from Tamil Nadu to gather their opinion on the Press Freedom level in India and to discuss the potential of the journalism field. Station Head Ms. Gayathri introduces the episode with an interesting explanation on press freedom levels worldwide. Then RJ Lenin conducts the interviews with the journalists. The interviewed journalists include freelance journalist Mrs. Kavita Muralidharan, Vikatan reporter Mr. Mohan, and The Hindu Metro Plus coordinator Mrs. Akila Kannadasan. Their opinions on the press freedom in India varied from one end to the other as one of them felt they were unaffected by the lack of press freedom while the other claimed that their entire organisation has been constantly attacked in an attempt to silence them from reporting on sensitive political subjects.