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    • Deciphered Shorthand in Justice Hyde’s Supreme Court Notebooks, Calcutta, India, 1780–1782
    • “Guilty of Publishing Only”: Jury Nullification as a Legal Defense in the Eighteenth Century
    • The effects of transparency cues on news source credibility online: An investigation of ‘opinion labels.’

July 18, 2018 by Andrew Otis

‘Wild’ Irishman’s paper that shook the mighty

The Telegraph featured my talk last Friday at the American Center, Kolkata, in their Metro section (page 9).

June 30, 2018 by Andrew Otis

Review: An old twisted tale of press freedom

Business Standard newspaper published a glowing review of my book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India’s First Newspaper.

Business Standard Sunil Sethi review of Hicky's Bengal Gazette

June 24, 2018 by Andrew Otis

India’s First Newspaper and its Anti-imperialist Exposés

The Sunday Guardian published an excerpt from the prologue of my book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India’s First Newspaper.

June 15, 2018 by Andrew Otis

How India’s first newspaper exposed the corrupt British East India Company

Quartz India interviewed me about my book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India’s First Newspaper.

May 26, 2018 by Andrew Otis

When the Founder of India’s First Newspaper Refused to Surrender His Right to Print

The Wire published an excerpt of my book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India’s First Newspaper.

May 25, 2018 by Andrew Otis

Hindustan Times Picks

Hindustan Times, a Indian daily newspaper, selected my book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India’s First Newspaper as one of their top picks.

Hindustan Times Hicky's Bengal Gazette Top Pick

May 24, 2018 by Andrew Otis

Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: Read an excerpt from a book on India’s first newspaper, the people it featured

FirstPost published an excerpt of my book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India’s First Newspaper.