ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability: Focus on Tier II Cities
“India was not only on track to fulfilling its climate commitments but would go further,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the Climate Action Summit (CAS), an online event organised to mark five years since the signing of the Paris…
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Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies supports Citizen Matters’ reportage on cities
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.
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Citizen Matters – Sustainable Cities Reporting Fellowship (Deadline 8/Mar)
/* Please note deadline for submission has been extended to March 8th – see details below */ India’s urbanisation challenge is not just one of meeting the immediate needs and aspirations of its citizens. With the country expected to add…
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New project to strengthen citizen journalism, in collaboration with Deakin Univ, Ideosync
Co Media Lab, our joint initiative with Radio Active 90.4 MHz CR, is happy to share it will be a part of an international project on community media. The project, supported by the Australia India Council (AIC), is spearheaded by Prof Usha…
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Social Venture Partners collaborates with Oorvani Foundation for the Cities of India Fellowship
Oorvani Foundation is proud to announce its collaboration with Social Venture Partners, Bengaluru (SVP) to explore important issues that affect Bengalureans. These articles will be part of the SVP Cities of India, Bengaluru fellowship supported by Social Venture Partners, Bengaluru.…
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Open City collaborates with DataKind Bengaluru
Oorvani Foundation is one of the selected partners, and the volunteers are going to be working for the Open City initiative in analysing data sets that reflect our cities.
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Meera K takes up assignment as ICFJ Knight Fellow
Founder Trustee Meera K has been selected as ICFJ Knight Fellow India. She will be helping top newsrooms in Bengaluru improve their coverage of health, gender and development issues. The goal of the fellowship is “To reinvent coverage of these critical issues and…
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Global partnership for new project on urban resilience
Co Media Lab, Oorvani Foundation’s joint initiative with Radio Active, is excited to announce a new partnership with the Emmy Award-winning International Reporting Program (IRP) at the University of British Columbia’s School of Journalism.
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Ed goes to Kathmandu
Associate Editor Shree D N was selected for the Global Investigative Journalism Network fellowship and shares her experience attending the Uncovering Asia conference.
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Introducing Co Media Lab
Citizen Matters has partnered with Radio Active Community Radio 90.4MHz to setup a community media lab, serving as a resource centre, newsroom and a space for dialogues and discussions for community collaborations.
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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 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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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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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…