Thiru Mylais Star, member of Editors Guild of India

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT

Thiru Mylais Star, Mylapore’s favourite and most preferred

neighbourhood weekly newspaper, has been admitted as a

member of the most powerful and prestigious Editors Guild of

India in New Delhi

The weekly will be represented by its Editor-in-Chief

Kalaimamani Dr Prakash M Swamy in all the meetings and

conferences to be held in New Delhi.

Editors Guild of India (EGI) is a non-profit organization of

journalists, particularly the Editors, based in India.  The

organization has declared objectives of protecting press

freedom and for raising the standards of editorial leadership of

newspapers and magazines

It was founded in 1978 by Kuldip Nayar.EGI has represented

Indian newspapers in communications to the government

The first national convention of the Guild was held in Delhi in

1978.

The official statements of EGI have highlighted the incidents of

muzzling of the freedom of press and threats to the safety of

journalists but have rarely made any visible impact.