Tehelka Magazine Profiles Knight International Journalism Fellow's Alternative News Platform

By: Margaret Looney | 09/25/2010

Indian weekly Tehelka features Knight Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary's mobile news service, CGNet Swara, which offers a platform for tribal Indians to report on local issues. The article explains the project's mission and its successes - a liquor store near a school was closed because of citizens' reports after the government was trying to relocate the school instead.

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