The region is served by a variety of newspapers, television channels, radio stations, and online news platforms, reflecting the cultural and linguistic diversity of the area.

Various books have been authored about Jammu and Kashmir, with topics spanning the literature, culture, and notable figures such as Lal Ded and Nund Rishi.

The main languages used for communication in the region include Kashmiri, Urdu, Pahari, Gojri, Dogri, Punjabi and English.

[29] During the "Kashmir World Film Festival" in 2017, Naeem Akhtar, a Kashmiri politician, talked about reopening of the cinema halls.

Social media platforms like Kashmir Weather have also played a pivotal role in information dissemination and shaping public opinion.

Journalists and media organizations have encountered legal and political pressures, impacting their ability to report freely and independently.

Almost all the coverage focused on the rescue efforts of the Indian armed forces, while the contribution made by local volunteers in providing relief was ignored.

[40] The first major killing in Jammu and Kashmir by militants was of Lassa Kaul, the Director of Srinagar Doordarshan in February 1990, outside his house in Bemina.

Militant and terrorist groups also "imposed a ban on the distribution of national newspapers and Kashmir Times and Daily Excelsior, both published in English from Jammu".

[54] To counter the Pakistani misinformation campaign the Indian central government allocated Rs 430 crore for upgrading and improving Doordarshan and All India Radio for Jammu and Kashmir in 2004.

[41] Laxmi Murthy and Geeta Seshu of Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), in their 2019 report titled, 'News behind the barbed wire", based on field observation after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which provided special status to the erstwhile state of J&K, expressed that, "in the absence of reportage from the ground, the government's influence of the narrative of normalcy is near total.

In contrast, there is a deafening silence and invisibilisation of voices from Kashmir expressing alienation, anger and disillusionment at perceived breach of trust.

The government's control of communication processes is intrinsically undemocratic and harmful, as it privileges the voices of authority and weakens those who speak truth to power.

"[58] On 20 August 2023, the independent news outlet The Kashmir Walla's website, facebook and X account were blocked without serving notice.

[60] In November 2024, the Jammu and Kashmir government issued legal threats to The Chenab Times following its report on the detention of an environmental activist under the Public Safety Act.

[61] The government's move was met with criticism from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and DIGIPUB News India Foundation, both of which called on the administration to uphold press freedom.

The suspension, described as "unjust" by the platform's founder Anzer Ayoob, occurred after only three posts, with X citing the account as "inauthentic" but providing no detailed explanation.

On 13 January 2025, Chenab Times Foundation filed a formal grievance with X India, emphasizing the account's role in preserving regional languages and urging its reinstatement.

[67] The Jammu and Kashmir government finally restored 4G mobile Internet services in entire J&K after one and a half year in February, 2021.

[68] Kamran Yousuf, a freelance Kashmiri photojournalist, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on 5 September 2017 and was released on bail on 14 March 2018.

[71] In an earlier case, Dawn reported that on 19 August 2011, Showkat Shafi, a freelance photojournalist was "beaten by government forces" and then taken to the nearest police station.

[72] On 27 August 2018, Asif Sultan, assistant editor and reporter with the magazine Kashmir Narrator, was detained during a nocturnal raid from his home in Batamaloo.

[82] On January 5, 2022, authorities detained sajad Ahmad Dar alias Sajad Gul,[83] a trainee reporter at The Kashmir Walla, from his home in the northern Bandipora district, in relation to a video he posted on X (formerly twitter), which was removed, shows women protesting the killing of a local militant commander.

However, in January, Emron Musavi, an army spokesperson, told CPJ that Gul was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police.

[92] On 26 May 2020 Umer Rashid, a Journalist from District Shopian and his colleague was beaten by police near Newa area of South Kashmir's Pulwama when they were returning from their Srinagar Office [93] the move was widely condemned by journalists and civil society members [94] Writers produce books "documenting everything (in Jammu and Kashmir) from folklore to political happenings, to the sufferings of people".