Updates
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Last but one call: Donate today and help our 5 runners reach their target!
The TCS World 10K is coming up on May 15th, and we have five runners who are raising funds to support the journalism published on Citizen Matters.
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Raghu is running to help solve the waste management crisis? Will you chip in?
Since 2011, Citizen Matters has had a dedicated section on waste and waste management. Raghu Kashyap is raising funds to keep this going by running at the TCS World 10K.
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Shilpi is running to save Bengaluru’s lakes. Will you support her?
Shilpi Sahu, a resident of Sarjapur Road and a seasoned runner is running the TCS 10K on May 15th; not only running to get across the finish line, but also to raise funds to support Citizen Matters’ coverage on lakes.
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Thej is running for Open Data. Won’t you support him?
Our friend Thejesh GN from DataMeet is running the TCS World 10K Bengaluru on May 15th. Support his campaign to raise funds for #OpenData, so we can publish data stories to bring more transparency in Bangalore’s urban governance.
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Summer Workshop: Journalism for Young Citizens
Encourage your teen or a young friend to sign up for our Journalism Workshop for young citizens to gain insights into how the city works and how to use journalism to engage and solve problems.
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Empowering citizens
Here is reason #2 to support Citizen Matters’ work. No other local newsmedia empowers citizens to highlight issues and find solutions, the way we do. There are over 700 Citizen Journalists we have worked with! We are organising a special…
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Citizen Matters brings you the best of Solutions Journalism
Summer is here and that means, school breaks and vacations. What we won’t take a break from is continuing to give you the best of local solutions journalism in India. Over the next few weeks of our summer fundraiser, we…
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Citizen Matters is one of three finalists in first-ever #innovationforgood awards
Citizen Matters was one of three finalists in the first ever #innovationforgood award, instituted by the Centre for Work, Technology and Social Change in collaboration with SASNET at Lund University, Sweden. “The honorary award goes to the Citizen Matters Community Media…
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Quick update and an appeal from Oorvani Foundation
Season’s greetings to you! It is time for the half yearly fundraiser from Oorvani Foundation.
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BBMP Elections 2015 – Special Coverage on Citizen Matters
While Bengaluru gears up for the upcoming BBMP polls, the team at Citizen Matters has been busy. We believe that an independent coverage of the elections is essential to ensure that citizens get an unbiased outlook on those standing for…
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Amitabha Basu calls for democratic-minded individuals to support India Together
Amitabha Basu is a retired National Physical Laboratory scientist. He is also an India Together reader. What he had to say about India Together recently encourages and inspires us to work even harder to bring you more meaningful and authentic…
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Citizen Matters: A local news outlet for Bengaluru
Excellent start to the new year! Citizen Matters is featured on Live Mint and is described as ‘A local news outlet for Bengaluru‘. Here are some excerpts from the feature: – Citizen Matters uses a mix of journalist-generated content (they…
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Citizen Matters wins Manthan award in the E-news and Journalism category
At a function held in Delhi on December 4th, Citizen Matters was declared a joint winner of the Manthan Award (South Asia and Asia Pacific) in the e-News and Journalism category. This is the magazine’s sixth award in six years. Citizen Matters‘ editor and co-founder Meera…
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Data journalism workshop in Bangalore
The Hoot, in collaboration with Data Meet and Oorvani Foundation, is organising a two day workshop in Bangalore on tools and resources for data journalism on November 28th and 29th. Data journalism workshop for working journalists The goal of this workshop is to…
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Delinking revenue and news coverage: The way to go for journalism?
I was at T John College on Saturday, speaking to students of media and journalism from different institutions, who were attending a seminar at the college. A lot of the young men and women in these colleges are quite hopeful…