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{{Short description|Fortnightly Indian English-language magazine}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Frontline
| logo = [[File:Frontline Wordmark.svg|240px]]
| image = [[File:Frontline magazine cover 1 Nov 2013.jpg|border|225px]]
| caption = 1 November 2013 front page of<br />''Frontline''
| type = Fortnightly magazine
| owners = [[The Hindu Group]]
| chief_editor = Vaishna Roy
| format =
| founded = December 1984
| language = English
| headquarters = [[Chennai]], India
| circulation =
| oclc =
| ISSN = 0970-1710
| website = {{URL|frontline.thehindu.com}}
}}

'''''Frontline''''' is a fortnightly English language [[News magazine|magazine]] published by [[The Hindu Group]] of publications headquartered in [[Chennai]], 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 the [[working class]]es, unorganized sectors, [[tribe|tribal]] regions and other under-served regions in India.

==History==
''Frontline'' was first published in December 1984.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hindu relaunches Frontline |url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/35408_The-Hindu-relaunches-Frontline |access-date=9 December 2015 |work=Afaqs |date=21 September 2012}}</ref> 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 to [[The Hindu Group]].

==Contributors and perspective==
The magazine's long-serving editor was R. Vijaya Sankar, who retired in May 2022. The magazine's regular contributors include well-known [[Progressivism|progressive]] writers such as C.P. Chandrasekhar, [[Praful Bidwai]], [[Jayati Ghosh]], Hassnain Riza and Bhaskar Ghose. [[Aijaz Ahmad]], the late [[Marxist]] [[literary]] 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 Ahmad|Aijaz Ahmed]] has called it the "best English language newsmagazine anywhere in the world".<ref name="The Invisible Intellectual">{{cite web |date=11 March 2004 |title=The Invisible Intellectual |url=http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2004-03/11deshpande.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135538/http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2004-03/11deshpande.cfm |archive-date=29 September 2007 |access-date=27 July 2007 |work=ZNET}}</ref>

Since 1991, the magazine has opposed the economic reforms of successive governments that encouraged [[disinvestment]] in state-owned corporations, and the opening up of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others.

==Awards==
Regular correspondent [[Dionne Bunsha]] received the [[Ramnath Goenka]] in 2007 for outstanding [[Journalism|reporting]] in the field of environment and books.<ref name="'Awards for Bunsha">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/18/stories/2007071856131500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903043457/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/18/stories/2007071856131500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2007 |title=Award for Bunsha |date=18 July 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=1 August 2007}}</ref> Journalist [[P.Sainath|P. Sainath]], a frequent contributor to ''Frontline'', won the 2007 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] in the fields of creative arts, journalism and communication.<ref name="Sainath">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/01/stories/2007080156480100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001062738/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/01/stories/2007080156480100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2007 |title=Award for Sainath |date=1 August 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=1 August 2007}}</ref>

Other journalists such as Asha Krishnakumar and [[Praveen Swami]] are also recipients of prestigious awards in journalism, such as the [[Lorenzo Natali Media Prize]].<ref name="Awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2017/stories/20030829008513400.htm |title=Awards for journalists |date=29 August 2003 |work=Frontline |access-date=1 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603075850/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2017/stories/20030829008513400.htm |archive-date=3 June 2009 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[The Hindu Business Line]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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