Vinod Jose

{{short description|Indian investigative journalist and editor}} {{BLP primary sources|date=May 2013}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Vinod K. Jose | honorific_suffix = | image = Memoripedia Launch 2026 Thrissur DSCN0072.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = Malayalam | birth_name = Vinod Kizhakkeparambil Joseph | birth_date =  | birth_place = Kerala, India | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | monuments = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = Manipal University, MA Columbia University, MA Jamia Millia Islamia, PhD Harvard University, Radcliffe Fellow | alma_mater = | occupation = Journalist, editor, magazine founder | years_active = 2001–present | employer = ''Caravan Magazine'' (Delhi Press), since 2009 ''Free Press'', 2003–2006 Radio Pacifica, 2002–2007 ''Indian Express'', 2001 | organization = | known_for = his narrative journalism style and interviews | notable_works = | style = | height =  | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = | partner =  | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = Asia Society | website = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}

'''Vinod K. Jose''', or '''Vinod Kizhakkeparambil Joseph''', (born 1980) is a journalist, editor, and magazine founder from India.<ref name=award /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/143 |title=Contributors | The Caravan – A Journal of Politics and Culture |publisher=Caravan Magazine |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517045951/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/143 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, Jose was hired by Delhi Press to re-launch the company's 70-year-old title ''The Caravan'', which was discontinued in 1988. He was the executive editor of ''The Caravan'' from 2009 to 2023, which calls itself "India's only narrative journalism magazine" and is published in the English-language in New Delhi.<ref name=rollsout /><ref>{{cite news|title=The Caravan completes three years! |publisher=adgully.com |date=12 February 2013 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.adgully.com/the-caravan-completes-three-years-53350.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Masthead |work=The Caravan: A Journal of Politics and Culture |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/masthead}}</ref> Earlier, he was the founding editor of the Malayalam-language publication ''Free Press''.<ref name=FFP /><ref name=Geelani>{{citation|title=Attack on Geelani: editor questioned |date=3 April 2005 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/03/stories/2005040306970800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406040522/http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/03/stories/2005040306970800.htm|url-status=dead|newspaper=The Hindu |archive-date=6 April 2005}}</ref> Jose's contributions to Indian journalism are in the area of narrative or literary journalism, similar to the style of ''Granta'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The Atlantic'' and ''Mother Jones''.<ref name=rollsout /><ref name=livemint /><ref>{{cite news |title=About us |publisher=The Caravan: A Journal of Politics and Culture |access-date=25 May 2013 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/about-us}}</ref> He has won several national and international awards for his work. Jose also faces ten sedition cases for his journalism.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/03/i-wish-there-was-competition-executive-editor-caravan-india-s-troubled-media-0 | title="I wish there was competition": The executive editor of the Caravan on India's troubled media | date=8 March 2021 }}</ref> Since he left The Caravan, Jose has been working on an investigative book on how political and economic power works in India. Jose is also the founder and director of the Wayanad Literature Festival, India's first and the largest rurally-held literature festival.<ref>{{Cite web | title=INTERVIEW {{!}} ‘I will be very disingenuous if I hold an event like media industry does’ {{!}} Journalist Vinod K Jose | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2024/Dec/29/interview-i-will-be-very-disingenuous-if-i-hold-an-event-like-media-industry-does-journalist-vinod-k-jose | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref>

==Education== Vinod Jose Graduated with a degree in Communications from Manipal University in 2001. In 2008, he graduated with an MA from Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University, New York, where he was a Bollinger Presidential Fellow.<ref name=FPANY /><ref name=greatstories>{{cite web |publisher=Columbia Journalism School |title=100 Great Stories: 2011, The Struggle for India's Future |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://centennial.journalism.columbia.edu/2011-the-struggle-for-indias-future/ |archive-date=7 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607094509/http://centennial.journalism.columbia.edu/2011-the-struggle-for-indias-future/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded his PhD in Sociology in 2012 from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of PhD Scholars Awarded in 2012 |type=PDF |url=http://jmi.ac.in/upload/EventDetail/annualconvocation2012_phd2012.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jmi.ac.in/ACADEMICS/Departments/Department-Of-Sociology/Research|title=Department Of Sociology - Jamia Millia Islamia|website=jmi.ac.in}}</ref> Jose was also a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Vinod K. Jose {{!}} Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University | url=https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/vinod-k-jose | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=www.radcliffe.harvard.edu}}</ref>

==Career== Vinod K. Jose started as a city reporter with the ''Indian Express'' in New Delhi in 2001.<ref name=FFP>{{cite news|title=For a Free Press |publisher=The Mean Time |date=20 July 2005 |access-date=1 June 2013 |url=http://www.countercurrents.org/nuiman-200705.htm}}</ref><ref name=FPANY /> From 2002 to 2007, Vinod Jose covered South Asia for public radio networks such as Pacifica Radio, NPR, Radio Australia and Asia Calling.<ref name=FFP /><ref name=FPANY /> Jose was also the founding editor of ''Free Press'', a long-form investigative magazine published between 2003 and 2006 in the Malayalam language.<ref name=FFP /><ref name=FPANY /> At 23, Jose became one of the youngest editors of any current affairs registered magazine in India when he started ''Free Press'' (Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India).<ref name=FFP /><ref name=FPANY /> After his journalism education in Columbia Journalism School, in 2009, Jose was hired by India's leading publisher Delhi Press to re-launch the company's 70-year-old title ''The Caravan'', which had been discontinued in 1988.<ref name=rollsout>{{cite web |title=Delhi Press rolls out 'The Caravan' nation-wide |publisher=Campaign India |date=4 January 2010 |access-date=9 May 2013 |url=http://www.campaignindia.in/Article/227545,delhi-press-rolls-out-8216the-caravan8217-nation-wide.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505041824/http://www.campaignindia.in/Article/227545,delhi-press-rolls-out-8216the-caravan8217-nation-wide.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=livemint>{{cite news|first=Shuchi |last=Bansal |title=As magazines dwindle, Delhi Press seeks to add more |publisher=livemint.com |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=25 May 2013 |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/78YQTesQtr28UUC18SQI9J/As-magazines-dwindle-Delhi-Press-seeks-to-add-more.html}}</ref>

In defence of narrative journalism, ''The Caravan'' ads a long-term perspective that it says other magazines are not providing. Jose told ''The Hindu'', <blockquote>Magazines are being unable to take advantage of the seven-day cycle. After watching 200 hours of results [in TV], news and analysis of UP elections, what is it that I gain by having five magazines on my desk at the end of the week? Editorial leadership is not being able to address this core issue, and advertisers can see it.<ref>{{cite news|first=Prashant |last=Jha |title=Crisis in content |newspaper=The Hindu |date=8 April 2013 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/crisis-in-content/article4593062.ece}}</ref></blockquote>

==Notable works of journalism== Vinod K. Jose first received attention for his reporting about those accused and those convicted in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. As a reporter, he covered the attack the day of the attack, but he said his story was not published in 2001 because he had found so many contradictions.<ref name=FFP /> In 2005, Jose, who was at the time editing the ''Free Press'', was questioned by the Crime Branch in New Delhi about articles that he had written about SAR Geelani, who had been accused and acquitted in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack.<ref name=FFP /><ref name=Geelani /> In 2006, Radio Pacifica correspondent Jose conducted an exclusive interview with Mulakat Afzal Guru while the convict awaited his execution inside the Tihar Jail.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jammu |last=Kashmir |title=Afzal Guru's Execution: Legal Aspects |newspaper=Kashmir Observer |date=22 February 2013 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/opinion/afzal-gurus-execution-legal-aspects |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002121013/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/opinion/afzal-gurus-execution-legal-aspects |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Hashim |last=Qureshi |title=Afzal Guru's execution and questions thereof |publisher=Greater Kashmir |date=21 February 2013 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Feb/21/afzal-guru-s-execution-and-questions-thereof-12.asp}}</ref> Later in 2006, he published a response on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Detainees' and Prisoners' Rights, which was seeking clemency for Afzal Guru.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haksar |first=Nandita |author-link=Nandita Haksar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2oXaAAAAMAAJ |title=Framing Geelani, Hanging Afzal: Patriotism in the Time of Terror |publisher=Promilla & Co. |year=2007 |isbn=9788185002804 |page=199}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='I don't want a fellow Indian to get the death penalty' (The Rediff Interview/Vinod Jose, Society for Protection of Detainees) |newspaper=Rediff |date=7 November 2006 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/07inter.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Vinod K. |last=Jose |title='Unnecessary Controversy' |publisher=Outlook India |date=October 2006 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232810}}</ref> His original interview with Afzal was reprinted multiple times between 2006 and 2013,<ref>{{cite news|first=Vinod K. |last=Jose |title=Mulakat Afzal: The first interview Mohammad Afzal gave from inside Tihar jail, in 2006 |publisher=Caravan Magazine |date=9 February 2013 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/mulakat-afzal?page=0,1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Vinod K. |last=Jose |title=And I was condemned to death |newspaper=Mumbai Mirror |date=10 February 2013 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/.../And-I-was-condemned-to-death.html |quote=In 2006, Vinod K. Jose met Afzal Guru inside Tihar jail for a rare interview.}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref> translated into 11 south Asian languages and other European languages such as Italian,<ref name=FPANY /><ref>{{cite news|first=Vinod K. |last=Jose|title=Al patibolo insieme alla verita |pages=Esteri, 16 |newspaper=La Stampa |date=21 February 2007 |url=http://old.radicali.it/view.php?id=87005}}</ref> and included in an edited book about the attack.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roy |first=Arundhati |title=13 December, A Reader: The Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament (r/e) |place=New Delhi |publisher=Penguin |year=2006 |isbn=9780143103233 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HSmfaOppCgC&q=Jose}}</ref>

In the course of his reporting for ''Caravan'', Jose filed a "Right to Information" application to make public the holdings of Kalanithi Maran's private holdings, which was eventually supported by the Central Information Commission in 2012. Maran's brother is former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, and India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting initially denied the request until the CIC reversed the decision. The issue was reported widely at the time saying the CIC decision on the appeal was landmark by setting a precedent in India for opening up the private sector to public scrutiny.<ref>{{cite news|title=Make public stake of Kalanithi Maran in Sun TV: CIC |publisher=NDTV |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-make-public-stake-of-kalanithi-maran-in-sun-tv-cic-296950}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CIC orders disclosure of Sun Direct's shareholding |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CIC-orders-disclosure-of-Sun-Directs-shareholding/articleshow/11707480.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629122221/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-01/india/31012153_1_cic-orders-disclosure-shareholding-details-public-authority|url-status=live|newspaper=The Times of India |archive-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Tarun |last=Nangia |title='Make Kalanidhi stake public' |newspaper=New Indian Express |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://newindianexpress.com/nation/article313991.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503082329/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/article313991.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>

In September 2012, ''The Washington Post'' published a correction that said its India bureau chief Simon Denyer had not sourced two statements from Vinod K. Jose's article about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that first appeared in ''The Caravan''.<ref name=WP>{{cite news|first=Simon |last=Denyer |title=Correction: India's 'silent' prime minister becomes a tragic figure |newspaper=Washington Post |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/indias-silent-prime-minister-becomes-a-tragic-figure/2012/09/04/a88662c4-f396-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story_1.html |quote=An earlier version of this article failed to credit the Caravan, an Indian magazine, for two statements that it originally published in 2011. The assertion by Sanjaya Baru, a former media adviser, that Singh had become an object of ridicule and endured the worst period in his life first appeared in the Caravan, as did an assertion by Ramachandra Guha, a political historian, that Singh was handicapped by his "timidity, complacency and intellectual dishonesty." While both men told The Post that the assertions could accurately be attributed to them, the article should have credited the Caravan when it used or paraphrased the remarks. The article has been updated.}}</ref> Sanjaya Baru, Singh's media advisor, said, "Simon Denyer quotes me in ''Washington Post'' without talking to me. He has merely rehashed what I told Caravan last year."<ref>{{cite news|first=Priscilla |last=Jebaraj |title='Washington Post' failed to cite magazine, publishes correction |newspaper=The Hindu |date=6 September 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/washington-post-failed-to-cite-magazine-publishes-correction/article3867161.ece}}</ref> Denyer did respond that he had failed to adequately give attribution to Jose's article.<ref>{{cite news|title=Washington Post journalist sticks to article on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh |publisher=ibnlive.in.com |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/washington-post-journalist-sticks-to-article-on-pm/289129-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907054107/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/washington-post-journalist-sticks-to-article-on-pm/289129-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2012}}</ref> According to FirstPost, the ethical issue was that Denyer's article made it appear that Singh's representatives had told him something that he had actually told Vinod K. Jose of ''The Caravan'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|first=Amrutha |last=Gayathri |title=Washington Post Calls Indian PM 'Silent' And 'Tragic,' Govt Reacts Sharply |newspaper=International Business Times |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/washington-post-calls-indian-pm-silent-and-tragic-govt-reacts-sharply-780373}}</ref>

Under Vinod Jose's leadership The Caravan became India's leading investigative journalism newsroom. The magazine brought out the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam in Delhi; a multi-billion coal allocation scam in 2011; a 2-year old investigation on Swamy Aseemanand, the Hindu priest who plotted five terrorist attacks in India that killed 117 people;<ref>{{Cite web | title=Swami Aseemanand’s radical service to the Sangh {{!}} The Caravan | url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/believer | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=caravanmagazine.in}}</ref> the mysterious death of Judge Loya who in a murder case had refused to take a $15 million bribe offer to acquit the principal accused Amit Shah, who is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-decade-long chief lieutenant;<ref>{{Cite web | title=Shocking details emerge in death of judge presiding over Sohrabuddin trial {{!}} The Caravan | url=https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/shocking-details-emerge-in-death-of-judge-presiding-over-sohrabuddin-trial-family-breaks-silence | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=caravanmagazine.in}}</ref> the credit benefits extended by public banks to Amit Shah's son;<ref>{{Cite web | title=Amit Shah's electoral affidavit fails to disclose his liability for mortgages that secured dramatic increase in credit for son’s firm {{!}} The Caravan | url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/amit-shah-jay-liability-election-affidavit-credit-kusum-finserve | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=caravanmagazine.in}}</ref> National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's son operating a company from the tax haven;<ref>{{Cite web | title=Ajit Doval’s sons run a web of companies including a Cayman Islands hedge fund even as father demands crackdown on tax havens {{!}} The Caravan | url=https://caravanmagazine.in/business/ajit-doval-sons-cayman-islands-hedge-fund-vivek-shaurya | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=caravanmagazine.in}}</ref> payoffs amounting to over Rs 1,800 crore to the BJP’s national leaders, its central committee, and judges and advocates;<ref>{{Cite web | title=The Yeddy Diaries: Pages with IT note Rs 1,800 crore payoffs to BJP committee, national leaders, judges {{!}} The Caravan | url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/yeddyurappa-diaries-bjp-1800-crore-payouts-jaitley-rajnath-gadkari-advani-crores | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=caravanmagazine.in}}</ref> the MeToo charge against the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi etc. The investigations on the judicial corruption led to the start of the first ever impeachment process against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra. The magazine and Vinod Jose faced numerous defamation lawsuits over the years, but has not been convicted in any. Vinod Jose also face ten sedition cases.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Vinod Jose: ‘We are seeing a culture of intolerance’ - Frontline | url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/interview-vinod-jose-caravan-modi-media-journalism-india-culture-of-intolerance/article33774866.ece | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=frontline.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=â?oI wish there was competitionâ??: the executive editor of the Caravan on Indiaâ?Ts troubled media | url=https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/03/i-wish-there-was-competition-executive-editor-caravan-india-s-troubled-media-0 | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=www.newstatesman.com}}</ref> In 2023, Vinod Jose announced leaving The Caravan after heading the newsroom for fourteen years.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Vinod K Jose quits The Caravan after heading it for 14 years | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/vinod-k-jose-quits-caravan-after-heading-it-more-12-years-172702 | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=www.thenewsminute.com}}</ref>

==Selected works== * [https://archive.org/details/DocumentaryOnIndianMaoists_radioPacifica Vinod K. Jose, "Maoist India: The Search for Economic Justice," Pacifica Radio, 2006; Free Speech Radio News, 2009.] (29 minutes) Jose's 2006 radio piece on Mao rebels was featured as an "encore presentation" three years later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Documentary for Friday, December 25, 2009 – Maoist India: The search for economic justice (encore presentation) |publisher=Free Speech Radio News |date=25 December 2009 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://fsrn.org/audio/special-documentary-friday-december-25-2009/5949 |archive-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701070002/http://fsrn.org/audio/special-documentary-friday-december-25-2009/5949 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thursday: Two FSRN documentaries |publisher=WMNF |date=25 December 2009 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.wmnf.org/program_specials/459}}</ref> * [http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/falling-man Vinod K. Jose, "Falling Man: Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm," ''Caravan Magazine'', 1 October 2011.] This 2011 story about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was selected for the series "100 Great Stories" by the faculty and judges from stories by alumni from Columbia University's journalism school.<ref name=greatstories /> The article was translated into French and reprinted in ''Le Monde''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inde: L'histoire de Manmohan Singh, Premier ministre bâtisseur en péril |newspaper=Le Monde |date=15 December 2011 |access-date=22 May 2013 |page=ASIE, 36 |url=http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2011/12/15/2011-une-annee-eprouvante}}</ref> A reporter from ''The Washington Post'' failed in 2012 to source Jose's article and was criticised for an ethical lapse while the newspaper printed a correction.<ref name=WP /> * [http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned?page=1,10 Vinod K. Jose, "The Emperor Uncrowned: The rise of Narendra Modi," ''Caravan Magazine'', 1 March 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111232748/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned?page=1,10 |date=11 November 2013 }} In the article, Jose provides a historical perspective on his subject Narendra Modi: "The transformation of Modi's image has been powered by a sophisticated public relations campaign, but the embellishments rest on a foundation of genuine accomplishment."<ref>{{cite news |first=Vinod K. |last=Jose |title=The Emperor Uncrowned |work=The Caravan |publisher=Delhi Press |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |pages=2–4 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned?page=1,1 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201924/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned?page=1,1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Several journalists incorporated parts of Vinod Jose's article, including Simon Denyer's controversial use in ''The Washington Post''<ref name=WP /> and its attributed use by Shoma Chaudhury in a profile on Modi in ''Tehelka Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Shoma |last=Chaudhury |title=Firestarter |publisher=Tehelka Magazine |volume=9 |issue=24 |date=7 June 2012 |access-date=24 May 2013 |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Ne160612Coverstory.asp |archive-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425214502/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Ne160612Coverstory.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> A writer from the ''Wall Street Journal'' recommended the article and noted, "The piece coincides with the tenth anniversary of the bloody religious riots in the state, which left an indelible stain on the legacy of the chief minister."<ref>{{cite news|title=Magazine Roundup: India This Week |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=25 February 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/02/25/magazine-roundup-india-this-week-15/}}</ref> Ananya Vajpeyi, the author of ''Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India'', called Jose's profile on Modi "courageous".<ref>{{cite news|title=In a harsh new light: It is time to abandon illusions about Modi's Gujarat |newspaper=The Telegraph (India) |date=7 May 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120507/jsp/opinion/story_15460140.jsp#.UZ5CDqIyx8E|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630100356/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120507/jsp/opinion/story_15460140.jsp%23.UZ5CDqIyx8E|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' considered Jose's profile on Modi a "carefully researched article",<ref>{{cite news|first=Pankaj |last=Mishra |title=The Gujarat massacre: New India's blood rite |newspaper=The Guardian (UK) |date=14 March 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/14/new-india-gujarat-massacre}}</ref> ''Le Monde'' called it "an uncompromising profile",<ref>{{cite news|title=Inde: Les musulmans en ligne de mire |newspaper=Le Monde |date=8 March 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |url=http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2012/03/08/les-musulmans-en-ligne-de-mire}}</ref> while the ''New York Times'' India blog called it "exhaustive".<ref>{{cite news|last=Gill |first=Nikhila |title=Newswallah: Who is Narendra Modi? |newspaper=New York Times |type=blog |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/newswallah-who-is-narendra-modi/}}</ref> A writer from News Laundry wrote, "Vinod K Jose's ''Caravan'' piece was undoubtedly far more exhaustive, informative and readable than the Wikipedia-with-colour story by Jyoti Thottam in ''Time''."<ref>{{cite news|first=Indrajit |last=Hazra |title=Time Travel |publisher=News Laundry |url=http://www.newslaundry.com/2012/03/time-travel/}}</ref>

==Awards== In 2011 Vinod K. Jose won the Ramnath Goenka Award for his reporting on politics and government. It was his Caravan magazine profile on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which won him the prestigious award. {{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In 2008, he had won a Foreign Press Association award from Carl Bernstein, awarded annually for young journalists in the United States for their outstanding academic and professional achievement.<ref name=FPANY>{{cite web|title=Scholarship Winners 2008 |publisher=Foreign Press Association of New York |year=2008 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.nyforeignpress.org/?scholarship=scholarship-winners-2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Randy B. |last=Hecht |title=Foreign Press Scholarship Fund Honors Award Recipients |work=FPA news |publisher=oreign Press Association of New York |pages=1–2 |url=http://www.nyforeignpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NL2008-82.pdf}}</ref>

In 2021, under Vinod's editorial leadership, The Caravan, won the prestigious Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. The Award, administered by Harvard University, said that the award was in recognition of the "unique and uncompromising coverage of the erosion of human rights, social justice, and democracy in India." "<ref>{{cite news| title=India's Caravan Magazine wins the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism |publisher=Nieman Foundation |url=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2021/02/indias-caravan-magazine-wins-louis-lyons-award-for-conscience-integrity-journalism/}}</ref> {{check quotation}} His work "River Deep, Mountain High", about espionage and lost plutonium in the Nanda Devi,<ref>{{cite news|first=Vinod K. |last=Jose |title=River Deep Mountain High |publisher=Caravan Magazine |date=1 December 2010 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/river-deep-mountain-high}}</ref> was acknowledged with an "honorable mention" at the 2011 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, Institute for War & Peace Reporting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners of the 2011 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism |publisher=Institute for War & Peace Reporting |date=17 November 2011 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://iwpr.net/raise-awareness/winners-2011-kurt-schork-awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604184728/http://iwpr.net/raise-awareness/winners-2011-kurt-schork-awards |archive-date=4 June 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He was presented with an award for excellence in reporting by the Asia Society in 2013.<ref name=award>{{cite web|title=Bloomberg News Team Wins Asia Society Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia |publisher=Asia Society |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://asiasociety.org/media/press-releases/bloomberg-news-team-wins-asia-society-osborn-elliott-prize-excellence-journalis}}</ref> Two articles from Jose were listed in the citation: "The Emperor Uncrowned: The Rise of Narendra Modi," which about how Modi reformed his reputation from the days of 2002 Gujarat violence into a prominent investment booster for Gujarat, India,<ref>{{cite news |title=The Emperor Uncrowned: The Rise of Narendra Modi |publisher=Caravan Magazine |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned |archive-date=26 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926225937/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned |url-status=dead }}</ref> and "On the Success of Ethics," which is about the changing relationship between public relations and traditional journalism and the possible role of ethics.<ref name=ethics>{{cite web|title=On The Success of Ethics Can the Indian journalist and media proprietor survive this gilded age? |publisher=Caravan Magazine |date=1 December 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/success-ethics}}</ref> Another magazine asked if it were ethical for a journalist writing about ethics begin the story by recounting his eavesdropping of the private communication of a public relations representative.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Ethical Citation? |date=16 April 2013 |publisher=News Laundry |url=http://www.newslaundry.com/2013/04/media-monocle-3/}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FRweVYGvTM The Caravan Story] from Caravan Magazine's YouTube channel * [http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1qqj1/AboutTheCaravan/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Caravan Prospectus from ''Caravan Magazine''] * [http://www.countercurrents.org/nuiman-200705.htm "For A Free Press" ''Counter Currents'' (20 July 2005)], which is about his early career before ''The Caravan''. It originally appeared in the ''Mean Time'', which was a registered magazine in India. * [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/media-losing-sheen/article4473130.ece Panel on ethics and quoted in R. Ravikanth Reddy, 'Media losing sheen', ''The Hindu'' 4 March 2013.] * [http://www.nalamidam.com/archives/16727 Vinod K. Jose's commentary in ''nalamidam.com'' written in Malayalam] about [http://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/insurgent "The Insurgent," ''The Caravan'' September 2011.] * [http://www.nalamidam.com/?s=vinod+k.+jose&x=-1290&y=-112 Material on Vinod K. Jose in Malayalam] * [http://www.nyforeignpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/FPAApril2008.pdf FPA News] * [http://www.humanrightskerala.com/index.php Human Rights South Asia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024111954/http://www.humanrightskerala.com/index.php |date=24 October 2007 }}

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