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'''Neha Dixit''' is an Indian journalist and author. She is best known for her long, in-depth investigative work on politics, social justice and gender in South Asia. She has received over a dozen national and international awards in journalism for her groundbreaking, hard hitting reports.{{cn|date=January 2020}}
'''Neha Dixit''' is an Indian journalist and author.


==Early life==
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==Career==
==Career==


She has worked as an investigative journalist for over 13 years across multiple mediums including Print, Television and Online. She began her career as an investigative journalist with ''[[Tehelka]]'' magazine.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30273994 "Blood for sale: India's illegal 'red market'"]. ''BBC News'', By Anu Anand Delhi. 27 January 2015</ref> Dixit later joined the Special Investigation team of the news channel Headlines Today now known as [[India Today (TV channel)|India Today]]. She is also a member of the Network of Women in Media in India.<ref>[http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/newsmagazines-handling-of-sex-harassment-complaint-draws-criticism/?_r=0 "Newsmagazine’s Handling of Sex Harassment Complaint Draws Criticism"]. ''New York Times: India Ink'', By Nida Najar 21 November 2013</ref>
She has worked as an investigative journalist for over 13 years across multiple mediums including Print, Television and Online. She began her career as an investigative journalist with ''[[Tehelka]]'' magazine.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30273994 "Blood for sale: India's illegal 'red market'"]. ''BBC News'', By Anu Anand Delhi. 27 January 2015</ref> Dixit later joined the Special Investigation team of the news channel Headlines Today. She is also a member of the Network of Women in Media in India.<ref>[http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/newsmagazines-handling-of-sex-harassment-complaint-draws-criticism/?_r=0 "Newsmagazine’s Handling of Sex Harassment Complaint Draws Criticism"]. ''New York Times: India Ink'', By Nida Najar 21 November 2013</ref>


Since 2013, she has been working as an independent journalist<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandip-roy/two-girls-in-a-tree-why-t_b_5446655.html "Two Girls in a Tree: Why the Indian Rape Photos Are Inexcusable"]. ''Huffington Post'', 4 August 2014. by Sandip Roy.</ref> [[Al Jazeera]], ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' magazine, ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'' magazine, ''[[Foreign Policy]]'', ''[[The Caravan]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}}s "India Ink" blog, ''[[Himal Southasian]]'', ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'', Washington Post and several other national and international publications.  
Since 2013, she has been working as an independent journalist<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandip-roy/two-girls-in-a-tree-why-t_b_5446655.html "Two Girls in a Tree: Why the Indian Rape Photos Are Inexcusable"]. ''Huffington Post'', 4 August 2014. by Sandip Roy.</ref> [[Al Jazeera]], ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' magazine, ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'' magazine, ''[[Foreign Policy]]'', ''[[The Caravan]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}}s "India Ink" blog, ''[[Himal Southasian]]'', Washington Post and several other national and international publications.  


She teaches at NALSAR, Symbiosis, Jamia University, and [[Ashoka University]]. She has also delivered several lectures on journalism and intersections with politics and social justice at various universities including NYU, Göttingen and [[Columbia School of Journalism]].
Dixit has spoken about the issues of sexism and labour rights violations in the Indian media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/09/journalist-neha-dixit-spills-beans-shocking-realities-women-journalists-india/|title=Journalist Neha Dixit Spills The Beans On The Shocking Realities Of Women Journalists In India|date=3 September 2014|website=Youth Ki Awaaz|accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref>


Dixit has spoken about the issues of sexism, labor rights violations and the corporate-political nexus in the mainstream Indian media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/09/journalist-neha-dixit-spills-beans-shocking-realities-women-journalists-india/|title=Journalist Neha Dixit Spills The Beans On The Shocking Realities Of Women Journalists In India|date=3 September 2014|website=Youth Ki Awaaz|accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> She regularly faces rape and death threats, and has been trolled online for writing against sectarian politics, using a gender lens and for reporting on tribals, Muslims and socio-economically marginalized sections of the society.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Threats on Twitter Manifest In Real Life: Indian Troll Tales |url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/gender/trolling-women-journalists-rana-ayyub |website=Quint |publisher=Quint |accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>
Dixit's reports have often had a national and international impact. In January 2019, [https://thewire.in/rights/uttar-pradesh-yogi-adityanath-fake-encounters-un the] Office of the High Commissioner for United Nations Human Rights wrote to the Indian government alleging that the Uttar Pradesh state police was involved in extrajudicial killings of people in Uttar Pradesh, and specifically Muslims. She also attacked RSS outfits for having a comprehensive network in border areas of Assam for welfare activities which she argued were being used for trafficking girls. Child Welfare Committee, Surendranagar termed a specific case involving 31 girls as "unsafe migration" though it praised RSS outfits for providing food, shelter and education to the girls in question. It was also her report on illegal clinical trials in India that revealed how the poor as being used as guinea pigs by multinational pharmaceutical companies.
 
Dixit's reports have often had a national and international impact. In January 2019, [https://thewire.in/rights/uttar-pradesh-yogi-adityanath-fake-encounters-un the] Office of the High Commissioner for United Nations Human Rights wrote to the Indian government alleging that the Uttar Pradesh state police was involved in extrajudicial killings of people in Uttar Pradesh, and specifically Muslims. She also attacked RSS outfits for having a comprehensive network in border areas of Assam for welfare activities which she argued were being used for trafficking girls. Child Welfare Committee, Surendranagar termed a specific case involving 31 girls as "unsafe migration" though it praised RSS outfits for providing food, shelter and education to the girls in question. After her report, several girls were [https://thelogicalindian.com/news/operation-beti-utha-tribal-girls-rss-trafficked/ rehabilitated] with their families. It was also her report on illegal clinical trials in India that revealed how the poor as being used as guinea pigs by multinational pharmaceutical companies. She also broke the story on how women from religious minorities faced sexual violence and mass rapes during the [[2013 Muzaffarnagar riots|Muzaffarnagar sectarian violence]] in 2013.
 
She is also facing criminal legal cases under section 153A of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes promotion of “disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities". [https://cpj.org/2016/08/indian-journalist-magazine-face-criminal-complaint.php Committee for Protection of Journalists] and several International Press Freedom Bodies have spoken up in her support and applauded her work. Committee for Protection of Journalists has criticised section 153A, calling it a "colonial-era provision" and criticised police for investigation of Dixit under such provision, arguing that journalists must be protected by authorities from harassment by others.


==Books==
==Books==


Dixit contributed to The Global Casebook of Investigative Journalism 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/the-global-investigative-journalism-casebook/ |title=The global investigative journalism casebook|website=www.unesco.org |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> Her chapter was on the honour killing diktats issued and executed by kangaroo courts known as Khap Panchayats in North India.
Dixit contributed to The Global Casebook of Investigative Journalism 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/the-global-investigative-journalism-casebook/ |title=The global investigative journalism casebook|website=www.unesco.org |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>  


In 2016, Dixit was one of the first Indian journalists to use a graphic format for reportage. She contributed a story "The Girl Not from Madras" to the comic book anthology 'First Hand: Graphic Non-fiction from India', about exploitation of women in India.<ref>[http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3205435-comic-book-sheds-light-on-untold-stories-of-trafficking-poverty-and-prejudice-in-india/ "Comic book sheds light on untold stories of trafficking, poverty and prejudice in India"]. ''Reuters'', 10 June 2016. By Anuradha Nagaraj. vis Euronews.</ref><ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/one-of-a-kind-graphic-anthology-on-contemporary-india/story-QCzE68ikmyObp7tLGO8NcJ.html "One-of-a-kind graphic anthology on contemporary India"]. Kanika Sharma, ''Hindustan Times''  16 May 2016</ref> The illustrations were done by well known graphic artist Orijit Sen.
In 2016, Dixit was one of the first Indian journalists to use a graphic format for reportage. She contributed a story "The Girl Not from Madras" to the comic book anthology 'First Hand: Graphic Non-fiction from India', about exploitation of women in India.<ref>[http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3205435-comic-book-sheds-light-on-untold-stories-of-trafficking-poverty-and-prejudice-in-india/ "Comic book sheds light on untold stories of trafficking, poverty and prejudice in India"]. ''Reuters'', 10 June 2016. By Anuradha Nagaraj. vis Euronews.</ref><ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/one-of-a-kind-graphic-anthology-on-contemporary-india/story-QCzE68ikmyObp7tLGO8NcJ.html "One-of-a-kind graphic anthology on contemporary India"]. Kanika Sharma, ''Hindustan Times''  16 May 2016</ref> The illustrations were done by well known graphic artist Orijit Sen.
In the second volume of the same book, her story 'Shadow Lines', on seven women who survived mass rapes during the sectarian violence in Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, was illustrated by [[Priya Kuriyan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Muzaffarnagar riots: This graphic narrative tells the story of the courage of seven rape survivors |url=https://scroll.in/article/888567/muzaffarnagar-riots-this-graphic-narrative-tells-the-story-of-the-courage-of-seven-rape-survivors |publisher=Scroll |accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref>


Dixit contributed a chapter on Sexual violence during sectarian violence in India to Breaching the Citadel, an anthology of sexual violence in South Asia 2016 by Zubaan Books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zubaanbooks.com/ |title=Zubaan- Feminist Independent Publishing |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>  
Dixit contributed a chapter on Sexual violence during sectarian violence in India to Breaching the Citadel, an anthology of sexual violence in South Asia 2016 by Zubaan Books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zubaanbooks.com/ |title=Zubaan- Feminist Independent Publishing |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>  
Her essay on difficulties interfaith or self choice marriages in India and the trials and tribulations of civil marriage in India was part of the 2018 book 'Knot for Keeps: Writing the Modern Marriage' by Harper Collins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knot For Keeps: Writing the Modern Marriage |url=https://harpercollins.co.in/book/knot-for-keeps/ |website=Harper Collins |publisher=Harper Collins}}</ref>


She also contributed an essay 'Outcast(e)/Outlawed: The Bandit Queen (1996)' in the book 'Bad' Women of Bombay Films'published by Palgrave. It looks is a deep dive into Phoolan Devi's life and how it was represented in the film 'Bandit Queen.'
She also contributed an essay 'Outcast(e)/Outlawed: The Bandit Queen (1996)' in the book 'Bad' Women of Bombay Films'published by Palgrave. It looks is a deep dive into Phoolan Devi's life and how it was represented in the film 'Bandit Queen.'


==Awards==
==Awards==
Dixit has won over a dozen national and international awards for her journalism.


In 2019, she was awarded the [[CPJ International Press Freedom Award]] by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In 2019, she was awarded the [[CPJ International Press Freedom Award]] by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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In 2015, she won the Press Institute of India-Red Cross award for her story "Shadow Lines" on mass rapes of women in the sectarian violence of North India's Muzaffarnagar.<ref>[http://twocircles.net/2015dec01/1448932541.html#.V1t_PeRHMy4 "Neha Dixit wins Red Cross award for writing on women raped during 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots"]. ''TwoCircles'', 1 December 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.kashmirlife.net/kl-former-journalist-shazia-yousuf-wins-icrc-pii-award-91068/ "KL Former Journalist Shazia Yousuf Wins ICRC-PII Award"]. ''Kashmir Life'', 2 December 2015</ref>
In 2015, she won the Press Institute of India-Red Cross award for her story "Shadow Lines" on mass rapes of women in the sectarian violence of North India's Muzaffarnagar.<ref>[http://twocircles.net/2015dec01/1448932541.html#.V1t_PeRHMy4 "Neha Dixit wins Red Cross award for writing on women raped during 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots"]. ''TwoCircles'', 1 December 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.kashmirlife.net/kl-former-journalist-shazia-yousuf-wins-icrc-pii-award-91068/ "KL Former Journalist Shazia Yousuf Wins ICRC-PII Award"]. ''Kashmir Life'', 2 December 2015</ref>
The other awards include Trust Women Honorary Journalist award by Thomson Reuters Foundation,<ref>[http://www.trust.org/item/20131209123535-j40f1/ "Winners of the Trust Women Awards"]. ''Thomson Reuters Foundation'', Mon, 9 December 2013</ref>  Young Journalist Award by Thomson Foundation, Lorenzo Natali Award by the European Commission 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lorenzonataliprize.eu/|title=Premio Lorenzo Natali – Analisi approfondite dei migliori broker sul mercato|accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> Best Television Reporter, News Television Awards,<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/headlines-today-bags-7-national-television-awards/1/179901.html "Headlines Today bags 7 National Television Awards"]. ''India Today''</ref> UNFPA Laadli Award,<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/unfpa-laadli-media-awards-declared_619148.html "UNFPA Laadli media awards declared"]. ''Zee News''</ref> Anupama Jayaraman Award.<ref name="Thomas2011">{{cite book|author=Pradip Ninan Thomas|title=Negotiating Communication Rights: Case Studies from India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W9yGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158|date=31 March 2011|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0778-1|pages=158–}}</ref> She has also won the Kurt Schork award for investigative journalism,<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sunday-anchor/no-country-for-women/article6969953.ece "No country for women"]. ''TheHindu'', 8 March 2015. Vidya Venkat</ref> and has been a World Press Institute fellow.


== References ==
== References ==

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Neha Dixit
Neha CPJ Award (cropped).jpg
Dixit in 2019
EducationMiranda House, Delhi
Jamia Millia Islamia
OccupationJournalist[1][2][3]

Neha Dixit is an Indian journalist and author.

Early life[edit]

She attended school in Lucknow, and graduated in English Literature from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Thereafter, she pursued a Masters in Convergent Journalism from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia in New Delhi. She has been a fellow at the World Press Institute and Knight Centre.

Career[edit]

She has worked as an investigative journalist for over 13 years across multiple mediums including Print, Television and Online. She began her career as an investigative journalist with Tehelka magazine.[4] Dixit later joined the Special Investigation team of the news channel Headlines Today. She is also a member of the Network of Women in Media in India.[5]

Since 2013, she has been working as an independent journalist[6] Al Jazeera, Outlook magazine, Smithsonian magazine, Foreign Policy, The Caravan, The New York Times's "India Ink" blog, Himal Southasian, Washington Post and several other national and international publications.

Dixit has spoken about the issues of sexism and labour rights violations in the Indian media.[7]

Dixit's reports have often had a national and international impact. In January 2019, the Office of the High Commissioner for United Nations Human Rights wrote to the Indian government alleging that the Uttar Pradesh state police was involved in extrajudicial killings of people in Uttar Pradesh, and specifically Muslims. She also attacked RSS outfits for having a comprehensive network in border areas of Assam for welfare activities which she argued were being used for trafficking girls. Child Welfare Committee, Surendranagar termed a specific case involving 31 girls as "unsafe migration" though it praised RSS outfits for providing food, shelter and education to the girls in question. It was also her report on illegal clinical trials in India that revealed how the poor as being used as guinea pigs by multinational pharmaceutical companies.

Books[edit]

Dixit contributed to The Global Casebook of Investigative Journalism 2012.[8]

In 2016, Dixit was one of the first Indian journalists to use a graphic format for reportage. She contributed a story "The Girl Not from Madras" to the comic book anthology 'First Hand: Graphic Non-fiction from India', about exploitation of women in India.[9][10] The illustrations were done by well known graphic artist Orijit Sen.

Dixit contributed a chapter on Sexual violence during sectarian violence in India to Breaching the Citadel, an anthology of sexual violence in South Asia 2016 by Zubaan Books.[11]

She also contributed an essay 'Outcast(e)/Outlawed: The Bandit Queen (1996)' in the book 'Bad' Women of Bombay Films'published by Palgrave. It looks is a deep dive into Phoolan Devi's life and how it was represented in the film 'Bandit Queen.'

Awards[edit]

In 2019, she was awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

In 2017, she won the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist for 2016, the highest award for women journalists in India.[12]

In 2015, she won the Press Institute of India-Red Cross award for her story "Shadow Lines" on mass rapes of women in the sectarian violence of North India's Muzaffarnagar.[13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Ullekh NP (26 January 2015). War Room: The People, Tactics and Technology behind Narendra Modi's 2014 Win. Roli Books Private Limited. p. 33. ISBN 978-93-5194-068-5.
  2. ↑ "Selective amnesia". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ "Modi’s Scandals: a Delhi Diary". Counter Punch. 16 July 2015 by Vijay Prashad
  4. ↑ "Blood for sale: India's illegal 'red market'". BBC News, By Anu Anand Delhi. 27 January 2015
  5. ↑ "Newsmagazine’s Handling of Sex Harassment Complaint Draws Criticism". New York Times: India Ink, By Nida Najar 21 November 2013
  6. ↑ "Two Girls in a Tree: Why the Indian Rape Photos Are Inexcusable". Huffington Post, 4 August 2014. by Sandip Roy.
  7. ↑ "Journalist Neha Dixit Spills The Beans On The Shocking Realities Of Women Journalists In India". Youth Ki Awaaz. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "The global investigative journalism casebook". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Comic book sheds light on untold stories of trafficking, poverty and prejudice in India". Reuters, 10 June 2016. By Anuradha Nagaraj. vis Euronews.
  10. ↑ "One-of-a-kind graphic anthology on contemporary India". Kanika Sharma, Hindustan Times 16 May 2016
  11. ↑ "Zubaan- Feminist Independent Publishing". Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  12. ↑ Staff, The Wire. "Neha Dixit Wins Chameli Devi Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist for 2016". thewire.in. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Neha Dixit wins Red Cross award for writing on women raped during 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots". TwoCircles, 1 December 2015
  14. ↑ "KL Former Journalist Shazia Yousuf Wins ICRC-PII Award". Kashmir Life, 2 December 2015

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