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Asiaville
Asiaville was launched in January as a multimedia-focused, multilingual news site aimed at the youth, with focus on innovations in coverage and presentation. Asiaville aims to reimagine journalism and disrupt news stereotypes.
The News Minute
The News Minute (TNM) reports and analyses news and events in the five southern states of India. With deep access in the South, TNM emphasis on deep ground-reportage, incisive analysis and sharp opinions.
The News Minute
The News Minute (TNM) reports and analyses news and events in the five southern states of India. With deep access in the South, TNM emphasis on deep ground-reportage, incisive analysis and sharp opinions.
The News Minute
The News Minute (TNM) reports and analyses news and events in the five southern states of India. With deep access in the South, TNM emphasis on deep ground-reportage, incisive analysis and sharp opinions.
The News Minute
YouTurn, a dedicated nonpartisan fact-checking website in Tamil and English. It fact-checks and debunks fake news and misinformation shared on social media and mainstream media on subjects spanning politics, health and medicine.
Main Media
Main Media is a hyper-local publication in Hindi covering the Seemanchal region, the four districts of Bihar – Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia, and Katihar, launched in February 2018 by Tanzil Asif. It is known for its Deep-reported hyper-local reporting on systemic issues in Seemanchal, one of India’s most backward regions which is largely media dark.
The Reporters’ Collective
The Reporters’ Collective (TRC) is an award-winning collective of reporters who collaborate to do rigorous evidence-based reportage on India’s political economy and governance, a model built upon the collective strength of journalists, domain experts and platforms. TRC deep-reports on specialised topics through a collaborative effort which taps into the talents of highly skilled journalists, designers, researchers, data scientists and experts.Thank you.
MediaNama
MediaNama is an independent news site driven by the mission to ensure that the Internet and the digital ecosystem in India remains open, fair, competitive and global. It seeks to understand, explain and anticipate the consequences of technology policy in India through reporting, consultation papers and events.
Main Bhi Bharat
Main Bhi Bharat was launched in 2020 as a portal to cover and report exclusively on tribal issues and the issues of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), it focuses on covering the stories and issues of the tribal population, to provide a voice to tribal India and take their stories and issues to the non-tribals, policy and lawmakers to create conditions for corrective interventions by the state. It also goes beyond the coverage of governance and policy issues to celebrate and mark tribal lifestyle, cooking and culture.
Democratic Charka
Democratic Charkha is a video-first entity with substantial ground reporting on issues of the marginalised and the vulnerable. It focuses on delivery of public services, governance, livelihoods and systemic issues in Bihar.
The Ken
The Ken is a new, digital, subscription-driven publication headquartered out of Bangalore, India. Founded by a team of experienced journalists and entrepreneurs, The Ken’s goal is to deliver fresh and original business insight through well-narrated stories to professionals, entrepreneurs, investors and leaders every morning.
The stories combine analytical thinking, deep reporting and persuasive storytelling to provide discerning subscribers and nimble readers a peek into how innovation and disruption will impact the future of business.
Pragati
Pragati is an online magazine that provides commentary about current affairs and public policy. It believes that national interest is best served by safeguarding individual liberties. Some of the themes they care about are economic freedom, realism in international relations, an open society, a culture of tolerance and an emphasis on good governance.
The Better India
The Better India uses media & technology to help people do good by sharing positive stories. By doing so, the organization has helped build & inspired an awesome community of people who are always sharing ideas with each other, helping each other with resources – and collectively doing good. The Better India writes about stories of unsung heroes, changemakers, innovations, education, children, women empowerment, travel, history, arts & culture, social development
SC Observer
The Supreme Court Observer aims to build a non-partisan open-access database of the Supreme Court’s role and contributions. It will also go into the Court’s jurisdiction, procedures and history and analyse landmark cases. Additionally, it will discuss key legal and administrative developments, ranging from curated ‘must reads’ to historical overviews of legal doctrine.
Article 14
Article14 provides intensive research and reportage, data and varied perspectives and addresses threats to and failures of justice and deficiencies in the legal system. It tracks successes that can be built upon and discerns trends and patterns that require to be brought to the widest public attention.
The Suno India
Suno India, launched in July 2018, is a podcast-only platform, that is dedicated to audio-journalism on issues of public importance. The founders bring a combination of skills in journalism, advocacy and technology. The content is aimed at informing as well as challenging listeners without being preachy.
The India Forum
The India Forum (TIF), run by the Vichar Trust, is a digital ‘journal- magazine’ that aims to deepen the conversations on contemporary issues. Helmed by Rammanohar Reddy, eminent editor, it offers serious analysis, commentary and reflections on contemporary issues in a manner that is accessible to a wider audience. The portal offers a range of in-depth and well-researched articles on topics spanning education, climate change, caste, defence, politics and gender, among a host of other issues.
Azhimukham
Azhimukham, a Malayalam news portal, meets you at the intersection of news and views and everything you should care for. Feel them as they are: Without fear, favour or slant.
Live Law
Live Law is a comprehensive legal news portal and is set to redefine the standards of legal journalism in India. The portal endeavours to bring in more transparency in legal reporting without lowering the supremacy of law. Live Law is accountable to ‘Rule of Law’ and committed to provide our readers with accurate, bold, unbiased news, views, opinions, and features.
Dool News
DoolNews is a Malayalam digital news and story outlet that covers politics and societal issues in detail. It is independent, upright and free of any political or other leanings. DoolNews is headquartered in Kozhikode, Kerala.
TrueCopy Think
TrueCopy Think is a multimedia portal in Malayalam for in-depth discourse that focuses on the marginalised and the subaltern, from polity to society, and science to literature. The publication is known for its deep-researched, long narrative and analytical journalism, which it believes are essential for understanding complex socio-political issues.
Sadhana Weekly
Saptahik Sadhana is a Socialist Marathi weekly publication established by Pandurang Sadashiv Sane (Sane Guruji), a leader of Rashtra Seva Dal on August 15, 1948. The magazine has served as a voice for Socialist thought in India and played a key role in the mass awakening during the 21-month-long Emergency Rule in India in June 1975. The magazine has been led by prominent editors in the past such as P H Patwardhan, N G Gore, Narendra Dabholkar, and is now led by Vinod Shirsath since August 2013.
Alt News
Alt News is committed to fact-checking in a fair, transparent and non-partisan manner. Alt News continuously monitors social media and mainstream media for incorrect and/or dubious information. Given the volume of fake claims that are circulating on any given day, Alt News makes a selection of which ones to debunk – based on source of claim, virality and nature of the claim. Once a suspicious claim has been selected for a fact check, Alt News engages in systematic research to verify it.
The Wire
Apart from providing authoritative analysis and commentary, THe Wire aims to build itself as a platform driven by good old-fashioned reporting on issues of national and international importance and interest. Being on the web, also means The Wire will use new media technologies to change the way stories are told – with data and interactive charts, audio & video, as an integral part of the narrative.
The Print
ThePrint is a news, analysis, opinion and knowledge venture, launched in August 2017 by editor Shekhar Gupta. It is sharply focused on politics and policy, government and governance. Its leadership team includes India’s most experienced and respected journalists with proven track records in the finest news organisations.
The Caravan
The Caravan is India’s first long-form narrative journalism magazine and web portal. It was relaunched in 2010 as a journal of politics and culture dedicated to meticulous reporting and the art of narrative. Since then, The Caravan has established itself as one of the country’s most respected and intellectually agile magazines, and set new benchmarks for Indian journalism.
Satyagrah
Satyagrah, a Hindi news website, is part of Scroll.in. Satyagrah was founded by Sanjay Dubey, who was the founder-editor of Tehelka’s Hindi magazine. Satyagrah endeavors to reach Hindi-speaking India with its deep ground-reporting, multimedia formats like audio bulletins, and videos and special focus on matters of health, development, foreign affairs, gender, law, and history. Satyagrah has been honoured with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in 2017.
Down to Earth
Down to Earth is an Indian science and environment fortnightly magazine and website, established by the Society for Environmental Communications in May 1992. The magazine informs people about environmental threats facing India and the world. The website’s sphere of influence is not limited to India, readers across the world rely on Down to Earth for a view from South Asia on the critical issues of human existence. It’s headquartered in Naya Raipur.
Janjwar
Janwar is a Hindi-news portal that started out as a blog an has now been turned into a full-fledged website by founder-editor Ajay Prakash in 2012. Janjwar covers issues and events in the states of UP, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Haryana and Delhi. It particularly focuses on people’s movements.
The Bastion
The Bastion, started by three young students, and incubated at the Ashoka University near Delhi, strives to leverage research and academia to put out data and evidence-based stories. They focus on stories on education and the environment.
Mojo Story
Mojo Story is a video-first news and views platform founded by Barkha Dutt, one of the foremost names in journalism in India. Mojo Story offers high-quality, deep reporting on news and events and has recently been commended and awarded for its trailblazing coverage of the Covid pandemic in India.
Citizen
Founded in December2013 by senior journalist Seema Mustafa, TheCitizen is an online publication that covers issues of the citizens at the margins of society, people’s movements, foreign & strategic affairs, gender rights, ecology and mental health, through a network of independent journalists and columnists.
Kashmir Observer
Kashmir Observer, in its 23rd year of publishing, is also one of Kashmir Valley’s first online ventures. It has remained steadfastly independent and balanced in its editorial and journalism in spite of enormous odds in a conflict zone. It is now poised to make renewed efforts in the online medium with ground-reported stories on critical and, hitherto, uncovered issues by going beyond the conflict.
Gaon Connection
Gaon Connection is India’s biggest rural media platform, a two-way street that takes information to knowledge-starved rural communities and brings information about everything from problems to role models from media-dark areas to urban India. Gaon Connection has several key verticals which includes digital, video content, print and audio content. It is headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The Foundation provided financial assistance to Gaon Connection between September 2016 to August 2017.
Khabar Lahariya
Khabar Lahariya is India’s only a women-led digital, Hindi news portal that covers rural stories. Started in 2002 as an eight-page newspaper in Bundeli dialect, Khabar Lahariya has transitioned into a digital portal in 2008 and reports stories from close to 13 districts of Bundelkhand region.
Gaon Ke log
Gaon Ke Log is one of the first independent digital entities focusing on the Purvanchal region, Uttar Pradesh, offering long-form and hyper-local reporting. As the name suggests, the entity reports on marginalised societies, people’s movements and concerns, and delivery of social justice – specifically deprivation, discrimination, social justice and people’s movement. Started as a bi-monthly magazine in 2016, Gaon Ke Log transitioned into digital in 2021.
The Mooknayak
The Mooknayak amplifies the voices of the exploited, deprived minorities, farmers and labour. They see issues and events through a Bahujan lens. Launched in January 2021, Mooknayak is a publication that seeks to present a strong alternative to the narrative in mainstream media, which they think does not take the views of the marginalised castes, minorities, and the socially backward. Its strength is its inclusive network of reporters and contributors from the communities they report on. They have one of the most diversified newsrooms in India.
CGNet Swara
CGnet Swara is an Indian voice-based online portal that allows people in the forests of Central Tribal India to report local news by making a phone call. A portal freely accessible via mobile phone, CGNet allows anyone to report stories in these regions and listen to them by giving a miss call. Reported stories are moderated by journalists and become available for playback online as well as over the phone.
East Mojo
Headquartered in Guwahati, the East Mojo is run by a team of journalists posted in the Assamese capital lead by Karma Paljor as well as reporters based out of each of the Northeastern states. East Mojo aims to educate and spread awareness among the people of the Northeast who are very vulnerable and blindly believe fake news and email scams promising gifts and money. ‘Mojo’ will be the network of citizen-reporters from across the region who will be trained in mobile journalism or ‘MoJo’, an emerging form of new media storytelling. This set of reporters will be the medium of change. At East Mojo, the team knows and believes that this remote but functionally significant region of the country has a lot to offer, and we’re not just talking about its green valleys and undulating hills. As a mouthpiece of this region, East Mojo intends to give the ‘nation’ what it hasn’t been represented with till today — ‘the eastern opinion’.
Sikkim Chronicle
Founded by three young journalists, Sikkim Chronicle (SC) is a digital news platform that harnesses technology and power of MoJo to highlight issues, events and personalities in Sikkim. With more than 15 years of journalism behind them, SC has been one of the pioneers of MoJo in the state and has already garnered significant traction in its reach in the social media in both English and Nepali. Sikkim Chronicle’s accent is on video as the preferred tool for telling a story.
Imphal Free Press
Imphal Free Press is an English-news daily published in Manipur since May 1996 and is now in its digital avatar. It now uses new-age platforms, including video, infographics and the social media, to disseminate news and perspectives about Manipur and the North East of India.
IndiaSpend
IndiaSpend is the country’s first data journalism initiative. They utilise open data to analyse a range of issues with the broader objective of fostering better governance, transparency and accountability in the Indian government. IndiaSpend is rapidly growing to become an `agency of record’ when it comes to data and facts on the Indian economy, particularly in areas like education and healthcare as well as data on the states of India.
Economic and Political Weekly
The Economic and Political Weekly, published from Mumbai.First published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 as the Economic and Political Weekly, EPW, as the journal is popularly known, occupies a special place in the intellectual history of independent India. For more than five decades EPW has remained a unique forum that week after week has brought together academics, researchers, policy makers, independent thinkers, members of non-governmental organisations and political activists for debates straddling economics, politics, sociology, culture, the environment and numerous other discipline
Max Maharashtra
Max Maharashtra founded by journalist Ravindra Ambekar and is based out of Mumbai. Max Maharashtra is a Marathi news and views portal focussed on issues on Maharashtra with a special focus on video journalism and RTI stories.
India Development Review
India Development Review, launched in March 2017, covers the development sector in India with a focus on deep-reporting from the media-dark regions. IDR. which has an all-woman leadership team, focusses on the verticals of agriculture, environment, education, health, human rights, livelihood, water & sanitation. It also plays a role in capacity-building in the development sector.
Live History India
Live History India (LHI) is a digital platform that seeks to celebrate Indian history and heritage, basing its content on facts, research and scholarship. It seeks to combat the falsification and ideology-driven interpretation of history and heritage.
HW News
HW News, helmed by Sujit Nair, is a video-led, sharp, opinionated take on current news, issues and events in English, Hindi and Marathi. It provides a perspective to, and analysis of, important news breaks. It has grown into a niche channel with a cult following and clocked significant traction on the social media paltforms.
TheProbe
Founded by journalist Prema Sridevi, TheProbe is an independent and video-led digital news media platform that focuses on rigorous research and investigative journalism to create an impact and bring solutions to public issues. It delves into issues and events that have a critical impact on society but do not get the media space that they deserve.
Janchowk
Founded by Mahendranath Mishra, a senior journalist, Janchowk reports on the issues of deprivation and discrimination against citizens. It focuses on the issues in the five states of Uttar Pradesh (especially Poorvanchal), Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand.
The-File
The File is a digital-news site in Kannada, launched in March 2020 by G Mahantesh. It specialises in deep investigated stories to report on corruption, issues of governance and the conduct of public bodies
Keraleeyam
Keraleeyam Masika started its journey 24 years ago with indepth, and ground reported stories, on the intersection of ecology, social justice and people’s movements. It started as a Civil Society Collective and published the magazine from 1998 till March 2020, and transitioned to digital.