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  • Food Arrives for Hungry Children After Citizen Journalist Files Report On Indian Cell Phone Network

    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.

    April 01, 2011
    Asia
    Citizen Journalism, Mobile
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  • Knight Fellow Creates the First TV News Agency for Bangladeshi Women

    The country’s first television news agency run by women launched in Dhaka this week. Established with the assistance of Knight International Journalism Fellow Kawser Mahmud, the Television News Agency (TVNA) not only offers a valuable new outlet for independent news, but also gives hands-on training for aspiring young women journalists.

    The agency is a joint project of Knight International and the Bangladesh Center for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC).

    January 07, 2011
    Asia
    Gender, Television/Video
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  • India’s Tribal Citizens Use New Cell Phone Network to Produce Local News

    Dozens of citizen journalists in India’s chronically neglected tribal communities are producing and sharing audio news reports for the first time through an innovative cell phone system launched by a Knight International Journalism Fellow.

    Members of India’s 80-million-strong Adivasi tribal community now have easy access through their mobile phones to reports on important issues such as housing evictions, police abuse and rural education.

    March 30, 2010
    Asia
    Citizen Journalism, Mobile
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