Future of the fourth estate: How technological transformations reshape media

After leading a conversation on India's growth story at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, India Today Group Vice-Chairperson and Executive Editor-in-Chief Kalli Purie joined an elite panel of global journalists to discuss the challenges facing journalism, from government interference to trust and the impact of artificial intelligence.

Speaking at a panel discussion on the 'Future of the Fourth Estate' during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Kalli Purie said, "The third estate, which is not really wanting you to call out problems. They want more confirmation bias, which puts the media a little bit more on the back foot. Because if you're always serving your audience with a confirmation bias, how do you then go around doing the watchdog's job that you need to do. Everyone always wants more, and I would obviously like even more freedom to do more things. But I think that we have to work within a cultural context. In the end, media are observers, and we are front row to history being made. We can't just go around giving our own opinions on things. There is space for that, obviously, and we have that, but that's a mix in the bigger plate."