Kerala Media Academy’s new documentary Media Woman: Ammu Joseph’s Passionate Journey (2026), directed by Shiny Benjamin, was released earlier this month on YouTube. It dives into seasoned journalist Ammu Joseph’s painstaking effort to bring together women in media under one collective called Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI). The film sheds a gentle but daring light on the power of solidarity and sisterhood. We hear several members of the initiative speak about the evolution of the initiative.

Supriya Unni, a senior journalist from Bengaluru, echoes Joseph’s ethos, revealing, “In NWMI, there is no hierarchy. There is absolute freedom for everybody.” Meanwhile, a journalist from Kerala, Sarita Varma, mentions how the collective salvaged ‘the spirit of journalism’.