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IndiaSpend to present data journalism initiative at World Newspaper meet in India
NEW DELHI: IndiaSpend.com director of research Dr Julie Hudman will present a case study on the country’s first data journalism initiative at the forthcoming WAN-IFRA India 2013 / Publish Asia Conference in India.
Organised by the World Association of Newspapers, the meet will be held from 11 to 13 September at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bangalore.
IndiaSpend’s mission is to tell stories focused on governance, transparency and accountability in India using data analysis and also produce smart, engaging articles and formats disseminated in a manner that is appealing to young India and others. Dr Hudman’s presentation will focus on why data journalism is important, both to media and to consumers of media. Indian speakers include KSL Digital, India assistant vice president P.D Sundar.
Other speakers at the conference include: Erik Bjerager, editor-in-chief & managing director, World Editors Forum, Denmark president Kristeligt Dagblad; Financial Times, United Kingdom managing editor James Lamont; Polaris Media, Australia operations manager Rod Kenning; Mediterranean Media Centre, France founder Terry Maguire; Paragram, Norway consultant Hakan Helander; design consultant, Germany Robb Montgomery and Luxemburger Wort, Luxemborg managing editor Andreas Holpert.
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
