Deccan Herald Content, Editorial & Journalism Department Bangalore / Bengaluru Reviews

Likes

DH is known among Bangalore journalists for its laid back work atmosphere. The company is to be commended for the diligent and professional manner in which it carries out payments of salaries and benefits. Salaries should, on average, be 20% higher for every position in the editorial staff, most of whom are professionals who believein good journalism. The company also offers generous leave packages although staff shortages sometimes prevent employees from using up their full leave quotas on any given year....Read More

Dislikes

The newspaper's primary Achilles heel is that is is owned by people who are not trained joirnalists and as a consequence, the paper is unprepared for the great crisis of journalism just on the horizon - the reduction of paper sales due to competition from online news and broadcast journalism. There appears to be an inherent lack of vision to take the newspaper into the 21st century. Where it should be concentrating on podcasts, comprehensive info graphics, cutting edge newspaper design, compelling online presence and in-depth reporting, it exists much as it did in the 1980s, a local newspaper catering to a rapidly aging population of retirees....Read More

Work Details

I personally enjoyed working at the newspaper because I had the privilege of being granted a great deal of autonomy in my work. The same does not apply to 80% of employees. The job, however, can become tiresome owing to a lack of innovation.

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.