In the past year, over 1100 articles were published by Citizen Matters on issues ranging from health to infrastructure. We crossed a million views in… Read More »The Fundraising Fortnight at Citizen Matters
Did you know that there were Slender Loris in Bengaluru? Or that the grasslands of Hesarghatta has around 235 species of birds, some of them… Read More »Exploring Biodiversity in Bengaluru’s Urban Sprawl
Dr. Ambedkar felt bahujans will benefit from cities’ cosmopolitanism, with growing urbanisation. Is urban India really inclusive? Is there no discrimination based on caste in our offices, in our schools or in our neighbourhoods?
We ask and answer what makes cities resilient, so we can be better prepared for events and eventualities. Read, engage and support this work, as… Read More »Brief look at our Covid-19 coverage
The project ‘Revival of cities’ supported by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RNP) covers topics or major issues affecting citizens and aims to contribute to a larger body of knowledge about our cities.
The Global Investigative Journalism conference brings together some of the best journalists in the world, with discussions and workshops on the latest investigative techniques, data… Read More »On collaborative networks for local journalism
Citizen Matters has helped catalyse positive change, especially in the space of civic activism. In addition to individual instances of change, our work has been… Read More »Citizen Matters – Impact in Ludhiana
What does an online magazine, dedicated to non partisan analysis of local and city-level issues central to urban areas, do when the whole country is… Read More »Election results are just the beginning!
“Our urban crisis remains marginal to the political debate” – Peter Dreier As part of World Resource Institute’s Connect Karo 2019 conference, we hosted the… Read More »Citizen Matters’ Roundtable on The Urban Agenda
/* Please note deadline for submission has been extended to March 8th – see details below */ India’s urbanisation challenge is not just one of… Read More »Citizen Matters – Sustainable Cities Reporting Fellowship (Deadline 8/Mar)
In an earlier post, I wrote about the rise of the citizen entrepreneurs. Thought I’ll share why we do what we do. I am including… Read More »The Why of Citizen Activism
So Citizen Matters completed 10 earlier this year. In a media space marked by challenges to revenue and ethics, it means something, that we have managed… Read More »10 years of Citizen Matters
For several years now, I’ve had one theme around which I felt we could push for change – “rather than try to solve problems, we… Read More »Increasing the number of problem solving people
In 2011, Citizen Matters, JP Nagar-Jayanagar-BTM print edition was just two years old, but well recognised by the residents of the neighbourhood. We covered critical… Read More »The journey of Oota From Your Thota
Datakind Bengaluru, in collaboration with Open City, an initiative of Oorvani Foundation, hosted the second installment of their annual sprint event. The annual sprint comprises… Read More »Datajam Sprint II: Datageeks put heads and hands together