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Ahead of India’s general election, fact-checking initiatives are mushrooming online.
Media organisations in India are using fact-checking to hose down online rumors that have fatal consequences in real life. But are they so willing to take on duplicitous politicians?
First developed by women to report on rural villages in India, Khabar Lahariya is now a national phenomenon.
This is how community stories from tiny villages make it to the mainstream press.
India’s #MeToo movement is shaking up newsrooms and putting male journalists on notice.
Conversations on gender inequality, consent in office spaces, and the sexual harassment of women reporters in the field are long overdue.
India’s fight against fake news has a problem: More needs to be done on regional languages.
Reporters have been scrambling to debunk myths and hoaxes. But they can't just do that in English and Hindi.
For the past decade, Bengaluru’s crowdfunded Citizen Matters has been getting its readers to report on civic issues. This is how it works.
"Mainstream media did not cover these issues in detail. We wanted to give people access to this kind of information."
How 101 Reporters takes the hassle out of pitching and commissioning stories across India.
The online platform connects freelance reporters with media organizations — and ensures freelancers who deliver on time get paid.
Women journalists should not have to wear fake wedding rings in the field.
Indian journalist Ruchi Kumar chooses to wear a ring on her wedding finger. But she is eager for the day that she no longer needs it.
Cheap data, more platforms and a surge of videos: Why 2018 could be a watershed year for online content in India.
The race for eyeballs in one of Asia’s biggest media markets is pitting content creators, platforms and newsrooms against each other like never before.
A startup is publishing India’s first braille lifestyle magazine. Here’s how they break even.
White Print has brought about a revolution in braille writing — and braille advertising.
The Ken managed to get people to pay for its one-article-a-day news service in India. Can it survive a second year?
It tested the market for longform news. Now it just needs to keep going.
Harassment, abuse and death: Why India is one of the most dangerous places to report the news.
This is what it's like to do the job in India.
India’s most famous newspaperman Shekhar Gupta pivots to digital with The Print.
"You can call it the Bentley of political journalism or the Bloomberg of political journalism in India."