The Week (Indian magazine) explained

The Week
Editor:Philip Mathew
Editor Title:Editor
Category:News magazine
Frequency:Weekly
Publisher:Jacob Mathew
Founder:K. M. Mathew
Founded: [1]
Company:The Malayala Manorama Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Country:India
Based:Kochi
Language:English

The Week is an Indian news magazine founded in the year 1982 and published by The Malayala Manorama Co. Pvt. Ltd.[2] The magazine is published from Kochi and is currently printed in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kottayam. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is the largest circulated English news magazine in India.[3]

The magazine covers politics, entertainment, social issues, trends, technology and lifestyle.[4]

History

Chief editors

The Week was launched by The Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd in December, 1982, and has had two chief editors, before the designation was discontinued.

Currently, The Week does not have a chief editor. K. M. Mathew's second son, Philip Mathew, managing editor since 1 January 1989, is the highest-ranked editor.

Publishers

Editors

The magazine has had two editors, after which the designation was discontinued.

Editor-in-charge

Currently, the editor-in-charge is responsible for selection of news under The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. The present editor-in-charge, V.S. Jayaschandran, took over on 1 April 2017.

Design and style

The magazine was initially designed in-house, and was periodically redesigned. A major content overhaul was led by Peter Lim, author and former editor-in-chief of The Straits Times/Singapore Press Holdings. He authored the book Chronicle of Singapore: Fifty Years of Headline News.[11]

The two major redesigns were led by:

Based in Sydney, Australia, Ong[14] [15] was formerly Picture & Graphics Editor of The Straits Times. He is principal consultant at Checkout Australia, and was regional director for the Society of News Design. Garcia owns the premier newspaper design firm, Garcia Media.[16] Both of them also helped redesign the Malayala Manorama.

In the early years, cartoonist Mario Miranda designed many covers for The Week. He also had a regular pocket cartoon in the magazine.

The Week does not have published stylebook, but generally follows the down style for capitalisation.[17] Its dateline carries the pull date, not the date of issue.

Columnists

The Week has these regular guest columns:

In addition to the guests, there are two staff columns.

Former columnists

Former columnists of the magazine include Priyanka Chopra, Khushwant Singh, Saurav Ganguly, General Bikram Singh (retd),[20] P. C. Alexander, Binayak Sen, Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Swara Bhasker, Sanjay Manjrekar, R. N. Malhotra, Sanjana Kapoor, A. P. Venkateswaran, Harsha Bhogle, Sreenivasan Jain, Mallika Sarabhai, Nandita Das, Manjula Padmanabhan, Amjad Ali Khan, Santosh Desai[21] and Antara Dev Sen,[22] among others.

Supplements and stand-alones

Two supplements go free with The Week:

The standalone magazines are:

The Week Hay Festival

Hay Kerala 2010

The Week was the title sponsor,[24] of the inaugural Hay Festival[25] in India. Held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from 12 to 14 November 2010, the festival was held at Kanakakunnu Palace, the former summer retreat of the Travancore royal family.

Writers and speakers for the event included Mani Shankar Aiyar, Rosie Boycott, Gillian Clarke, William Dalrymple, Tishani Doshi, Sonia Faleiro, Sebastian Faulks, Nik Gowing, Manu Joseph, N. S. Madhavan, Jaishree Misra, Vivek Narayanan, Michelle Paver, Basharat Peer, Hannah Rothschild, K. Satchidanandan, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Schama, Vikram Seth, C. P. Surendran, Miguel Syjuco, Shashi Tharoor, Amrita Tripathi, Pavan Varma and Paul Zacharia.

The event closed with a concert by Bob Geldof, where Sting made a surprise appearance.

Awards

Year Awardee Award Agency Story
2000 Jayant Mammen Mathew & Maria Abraham SAJA Journalism Award South Asian Journalists Association (U.S.) Rural reporting
2002 The Sarojini Naidu Prize The Hunger Project (India) Women in panchayati raj
2007 The Week Media Excellence Award Amity (India) Business reporting
2007 Dnyanesh V. Jathar Excellence in Journalism AwardRamnath Goenka Foundation (India) Life of AIDS orphans
2008 Bidisha Ghosal The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting The Statesman Ltd (India) Sexual exploitation of widows in Vidarbha
2009 Bidisha Ghosal IPI-India Award (Shared)International Press Institute,[26] India Chapter (India) Sexual exploitation of widows in Vidarbha
2009 Kavitha Muralidharan PII-ICRC Award Press Institute of India & International Committee of the Red Cross (India) Abduction of Tamil rebels by the Sri Lankan Army
2010 Mathew T. George Excellence in Journalism (International) Union Catholique Internationale de la Presse[27] (Burkina Faso) Robertsonian translocation among Bhopal gas tragedy victims
2010 Syed Nazakat Finalist for Daniel Pearl International Award Daniel Pearl Foundation[28] (Switzerland) Multiple investigative stories
2010 The Week Gold (Magazine cover design) WAN-IFRA[29] (Malaysia) Cover for Health
2010 The Week Gold (Special issue) WAN-IFRA (Malaysia) On 25 years after Indira Gandhi
2011 Bhanu Prakash Chandra Gold (Feature photography) WAN-IFRA (Thailand) Biking through the Himalayas
2011 The WeekIPI India award for excellence in journalism (shared)International Press Institute (India)Fake medical and dental colleges
2021Bhanu Prakash Chandra, Lakshmi SubramanianIPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism-2021 (shared)International Press Institute[30] (India)Refugee camps in Syria, Iraq

In 2001, Special Cover Designer Ajay Pingle entered the Limca Book of Records for designing the most number of covers for an Indian newsmagazine.

Man of the Year

Couple of the Year

Controversies

The magazine was mired in controversy for an article on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. In response to a defamation suit filed by Ranjit Savarkar, the magazine publicly apologised for the publication of the article.[36] [37]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: English News . Manorama Online . 2012-11-13 . 2012-11-23.
  2. Web site: Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd - Company Profile and Analysis . G2Mi . 2012-11-23.
  3. Web site: Audit Bureau of Circulations . Auditbureau.org . 2011-09-26 . 2012-11-23.
  4. Web site: THE WEEK Magazine - Get your Digital Subscription.. 2022-01-15. Magzter. en.
  5. Web site: Padma Bhushan Awardees - Padma Awards - My India, My Pride - Know India: National Portal of India . India.gov.in . 2012-11-23.
  6. News: Media mogul K M Mathew dies, thousands pay respects . https://web.archive.org/web/20130617191626/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-01/india/28282220_1_k-m-mathew-puthenpally-malayala-manorama . dead . 17 June 2013 . . 1 August 2010.
  7. Web site: Mammen Mathew . thomsonreuters.com . . 13 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406052945/http://thomsonreuters.com/about/trust_principles/trustee_directors/mammen_mathew/ . April 6, 2012 . en.
  8. Web site: Padma Shri Awardees - Padma Awards - My India, My Pride - Know India: National Portal of India . India.gov.in . 2012-11-23.
  9. News: Jacob Mathew elected WAN-IFRA president . https://web.archive.org/web/20110416075005/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/10/stories/2011041055231300.htm . dead . 16 April 2011 . Chennai, India . . 10 April 2011.
  10. News: Dorji, Sonal Mansingh, Parasaran among Padma awardees . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104115019/http://hindu.com/2003/01/26/stories/2003012605060100.htm . dead . 4 January 2012 . Chennai, India . . 26 January 2003.
  11. Web site: Books Kinokuniya Singapore . Kinokuniya.com.sg . 2010-01-09 . 2012-11-23 . dead . https://archive.today/20130418153845/http://www.kinokuniya.com.sg/whatson_events_chronicleofsg.html . 18 April 2013.
  12. Web site: WAN-IFRA - Trends in Newsrooms 2012 . Trends-in-newsrooms.org . 2012-08-30 . 2012-11-23.
  13. Web site: García Media | Bios . Garciamedia.com . 2012-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130812080842/http://garciamedia.com/about/bio/dr_mario_r_garcia . 12 August 2013.
  14. Web site: www.ifra.com . ifra.com . 2012-11-23.
  15. Web site: peterong.com . peterong.com . 2012-11-23.
  16. Web site: Newspaper Design, Newspaper Redesign, Web Design & iPad App Design . Garciamedia.com . 2012-11-23.
  17. Book: The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing And Corporate ... - Amy Einsohn - Google Books . 7 December 2005. 2012-11-23. 9780520932562 . Einsohn . Amy . University of California Press .
  18. Web site: Authors. The Week. en. 2019-11-22.
  19. Web site: The Press Club Mumbai . The Press Club Mumbai . 2012-11-23.
  20. Web site: Authors. .
  21. Web site: About . Santosh Desai . 2012-11-23.
  22. Web site: The Little Magazine - About TLM . Littlemag.com . 2001-07-01 . 2012-11-23.
  23. Web site: E The Man | Manorama Online . Etheman.manoramaonline.com . 2012-11-23.
  24. Web site: Hay Festival Kerala . Hayfestival.com . 2011-10-25 . 2012-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121127151314/http://www.hayfestival.com/kerala/en-index.aspx?skinid=20&currencysetting=GBP&localesetting=en-GB&resetfilters=true . 27 November 2012 .
  25. Web site: Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts . Hayfestival.com . 2012-11-23.
  26. Web site: IPI International Press Institute: The Global Network for a free media . Freemedia.at . 2012-11-19 . 2012-11-23.
  27. Web site: icom . Ucip.ch . 2012-11-23.
  28. Web site: Daniel Pearl Foundation . Danielpearl.org . 2002-10-10 . 2012-11-23.
  29. Web site: WAN-IFRA - World Association of News Publishers. 2023-11-02 .
  30. News: 28 November 2021. IPI India journalism award to Tehelka, The Week. The Hindu. 15 January 2022.
  31. Web site: Ashok Chavan felicitates Brother Christudas with The Week Man of the Year Award . indiainfoline.com . 12 December 2011.
  32. Web site: The Week | The man, the moment . manoramaonline.com . 12 December 2011.
  33. Web site: The Week | Hope in the holy city . week.manoramaonline.com . 12 December 2011.
  34. Web site: The Week | Lighting up the Darkness . www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/2018/12/14/lighting-up-the-darkness.html . 15 December 2018.
  35. Web site: A Gentle Transition . . 3 December 2017.
  36. Web site: Engage on democratic terms. 2021-05-17. The Week. en.
  37. Web site: David. Supriti. The Week says it holds Savarkar in 'high esteem', apologises for a 2016 article. 2021-05-17. Newslaundry.

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