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 1 November 2013 front page of Frontline | |
| Type | Fortnightly magazine |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Hindu Group |
| Founded | December 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Chennai,India |
| ISSN | 0970-1710 |
| Website | frontline |
Frontline is afortnightly English languagemagazine published byThe Hindu Group of publications headquartered inChennai, India. Vaishna Roy is the editor of the magazine. It is a news and views magazine that provides in-depth coverage on various topics such as politics, world affairs, culture, science, health, business and personalities.Frontline gives coverage to developmental issues and issues related to theworking classes, unorganized sectors,tribal regions and other under-served regions in India.
Frontline was first published in December 1984.[1] It was originally intended to be a newspaper when it was started by the founders. They later had differences of opinion regarding the content and intent of the publication, and the magazine was sold to PL Investments Ltd, which later sold it toThe Hindu Group.
The magazine's long-serving editor was R. Vijaya Sankar, who retired in May 2022. The magazine's regular contributors include well-knownprogressive writers such as C.P. Chandrasekhar,Praful Bidwai,Jayati Ghosh, Hassnain Riza and Bhaskar Ghose.Aijaz Ahmad, the lateMarxistliterary critic and political analyst, contributed to the magazine on various topics.Vijay Prashad, the Marxist historian, used to be a regular columnist who sent the "Letter from America" piece for the magazine, as well as reported on American issues. R. Ramachandran is the magazine's long-time contributor to the Science and Health segments.
Frontline is noted for its thorough and rigorous coverage of issues, its long-form interviews, essays and columns.Aijaz Ahmed has called it the "best English language newsmagazine anywhere in the world".[2]
Since 1991, the magazine has opposed the economic reforms of successive governments that encourageddisinvestment in state-owned corporations, and the opening up of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others.
Regular correspondentDionne Bunsha received theRamnath Goenka in 2007 for outstandingreporting in the field of environment and books.[3] JournalistP. Sainath, a frequent contributor toFrontline, won the 2007Ramon Magsaysay Award in the fields of creative arts, journalism and communication.[4]
Other journalists such as Asha Krishnakumar andPraveen Swami are also recipients of prestigious awards in journalism, such as theLorenzo Natali Media Prize.[5]
