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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on the need for independent reportage
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is an independent journalist, author and documentary film-maker. His work has apperared across various medium – print, radio, television and documentaries. The veteran journalist has time and again, weighed in on various issues published through India Together. He…
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The heroes among us – Our donors
While we consider all our donors our heroes for believing in what we do, there are some to whom we must extend our special appreciation. In December, one of our readers was a runner-up in the Midnight Marathon. She donated…
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On India Together’s journalism..
From a recent email to the Editor Rohit Chakrabarti: Dear India Together Team, I have really liked your magazine & appreciate your effort… I am based out of New Delhi and was thinking about going to WB (my birth place) and…
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This election season, be a champion for independent media!
READ Analysis of Lok Sabha Elections in Bangalore on Citizen Matters Analysis of Lok Sabha Elections in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad and Chennai on India Together Contribute today to know and vote for the right candidate This Election season, Citizen…
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Elections 2014 – An exclusive coverage by Citizen Matters
The Lok Sabha elections are around the corner and we are very excited. Citizen Matters will be presenting an exclusive coverage of Elections 2014, featuring the MPs who have represented Bangalore for the past five years, and the candidates who…
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Citizen Matters – Reader Survey 2014
You are our most loyal reader You are our critic You have an opinion You want to make yourself heard You are a citizen journalist You are a champion for the city You are a Bangalorean Whomsoever you may be,…
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On Citizen Matters’ journalism
A few weeks back, we reached out to a couple of our guest contributors on Citizen Matters to get them to tell us nice things about us 🙂 We asked them what they thought about the journalism on Citizen Matters…
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At work – inside our office
Mint has this series of articles on offices of well-known companies and how they help the brand. You can read the article here. They note “office design serves to motivate employees and instill a sense of belonging in them”. I wonder…
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The need for public funded, independent journalism
“At last count, there were more than 80,000 registered newspapers and about 400 regional and national news channels across India. But with this proliferation has come concerns about the quality of the journalism being produced. Developing a professional Indian Fourth…
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Oorvani Foundation – Press Release
Independent Media in India has a new champion – The Public! Bangalore, 16 Dec, 2013 – The team that brings you the Citizen Matters and India Together newsmagazines is proud to share the news of our latest initiative – Oorvani Foundation. …
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Behind the scenes: How we do what we do
From 2008, readers used to ask us what was happening on the land north of Agara lake, adjacent to Koramangala, where debris and mud was getting dumped and the ground level was getting raised. Citizens were worried that the Bellandur…
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Non-partisan journalism – how we do it
How do we ensure our journalism is non-partisan? Non-partisan to us means this: While doing reporting, we do not favour the views or candidates of any political party for the sake of it, or a political faction within a party.…
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Citizen K – Interview with The SoftCopy
Students from Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media (IIJNM) had a couple of questions for Meera K, co-founder of Citizen Matters, on its role in Bangalore’s civic life. Read on to know what she had to say. Mayukh Mukherjee, Monika…
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Citizen Matters has changed the news through its reporting…
“Citizen Matters has not just succeeded in reporting the news, but in changing the news by influencing the course of events through its reporting.” Sound byte from Arathi Manay Yajaman, an active citizen and trustee of PNLIT.
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The age of information belongs to all…
“Information in the air, is the third revolution in the history of humanity, the first being when language was invented, and the second printing. This age of information generation and sharing needs to be removed from the clutches of few,…