Investigative Journalism: Silence is an Expensive Commodity | Josy Joseph | TEDxGateway

Josy Joseph talks about how most countries that emerged out of colonial rules, exist in a governance blackhole. At the highest levels is a grand conspiracy of silence and bewildering collusion between politicians, corporates, powerful middlemen and other players are uncovered by investigative journalists like him and. He further goes onto explain why it's so important to break the silence in todays immoral society. Josy is an award winning journalist based in New Delhi, is the National Security Editor of The Hindu newspaper. He has been Editor-Special Projects for the Times of India, an Associate Editor with the DNA newspaper, and has also been with Rediff.com, the Asian Age, Delhi Mid Day, and the Blitz. Josy’s stories have fostered greater public debate and have contributed to significant policy and systemic changes. His reporting has resulted in several high-profile officials being forced out of office, triggering the arrest of many others as well as federal criminal and military investigations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx