The inside scoop

It's refreshing to watch a series about journalists and newsrooms that brings back memories of our younger selves

- SEEMA GOSWAMI

I don't know if you will have seen the new Netflix show, Scoop, by the time you read this (and just in case you haven't I will post no spoilers - though the story it is based on made the headlines decades ago).

Rarely has a TV show portrayed India's print media in a more realistic and balanced manner.

It made me nostalgic for the days when I worked in the newsrooms of yore, where everyone would muck in on getting the magazine or newspaper together, tussle over which stories should be pitched to the editor, what would work best on the front page, edit page or the back of the book, and bicker about everything from new age cinema to who'd cover the next election rally.