When government food deliveries provided for malnourished children in rural India suddenly stopped around the first of the year, Savita Rath and other indigenous workers who care for the children did the best they could to provide meals.

But with food supplies dwindling, Savita also picked up a cell phone and filed a report through CGNet Swara, a mobile news network created by Knight International Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary.

Himanshu Kumar runs a non-governmental organization in Chhattisgarh district, where Knight International Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary has created a mobile phone news network called CGnet Swara. When Kumar heard from colleagues who described a brutal police attack on several villages, he filed a report using his cell phone. He alleged the police had killed two people and raped five women.

Down To Earth profiles Knight Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary's project, CGNet Swara, a mobile news network that crowdsources tips from tribal populations of India.

Media Development Loan Fund features Knight Fellow Ross Settles' account of his project with Malaysiakini, Malaysian independent news site. Settles explains the project's goals are "to support Malaysiakini's traditional reporting goals of balance and independence, leverage its strengths and build a new revenue line."

Editor & Publisher magazine profiles Knight Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary's project, CGNet Swara, a mobile news network that enables tribal populations to send in news relevant to their population. The piece calls the network the "first source of news in the state."