This reading-intensive course examines historical and contemporary journalistic practices and issues in South Asia. Although this course primarily focuses on journalism in India, our studies in this course may also include the lands that fall within the modern-day borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Through a variety of texts, guest Q&As, presentations, screenings, and student presentations, we will consider topics of concern to press and public in the region, including free speech, censorship, misinformation, internet access, funding models, social media, colonial legacies, casteism, and identity-based discrimination and violence. We will study Western reporting practices in the region, as well as community reporting initiatives and diasporic South Asian publications and journalists. Students are highly encouraged to complete at least one course in the Journalism + Design program before enrolling in this course, but there is no prerequisite requirement to join. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts Elective for the J+D Major.