Monday 5 March 2012

[creative-radio] Re: Phone journalism gives a voice to India's rural poor

 

See CNN's coverage/version of this story here
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/22/tech/mobile/india-mobile-citizen-journalism

--- In creative-radio@yahoogroups.com, George Lessard <mediamentor@...> wrote:
>
> [excerpt]
>
> Choudhary, a former BBC journalist, saw a link between the rural poor's
> exclusion and the violence wracking the region. "It is natural when your
> concerns are not heard you find another avenue -- that avenue has happened
> to be a violent ideology called Maoism."
>
> Mobile is the the most democratic tool in India today
> Shubhranshu Choudhary, journalist and founder of CGNet Swara
>
> And so with support from the International Center for Journalists, with
> whom he is a Knight International Journalism Fellow, Choudhary began an
> experiment in citizen journalism.
>
> "We understood it would have to be cheap and that voice would be key --
> because people are not comfortable with reading and writing," he said. The
> initial phase of the experiment, which revolved around the internet and
> community radio stations, "failed completely," he admitted. But then he
> took a different tack, focusing on mobile phones, which have a 74%
> penetration rate in India.
>
> "Mobile is the most democratic tool in India today," said Choudhary.
> Although the mobile penetration rate in rural areas was about half the
> national level (36%), phones were still a common sight even in the most
> remote villages. "When we started working in 2004-5 in the villages, we did
> not see mobile phones. But there has been a sea-change. Mobile phone use
> has exploded."
>
> Read more: Indian phone features 29 Quran translations
>
> The result, CGNet Swara (roughly, the "voice of Chhattisgarh") is a voice
> portal that allows anyone with a mobile phone to record or listen to news
> and items of interest. The operation is simple: on dialing the service's
> number, users press "1" to record a report, or "2" to listen to one. Once a
> report is recorded, it is verified and edited by a team of moderators
> before being made accessible on the service.
>
> The service "did better than we ever expected," said Choudhary. He added
> that in the two years since it began, Swara has had 9,000 users, logged
> more than 30,000 phone calls and published 750 news stories, including a
> number which have had a big impact. [...]
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: S.Choudhary <smitashuATgmailDOTcom>
> Date: 26 February 2012 15:21
> Subject: Phone journalism gives a voice to India's rural poor
>
>
>
> Dear George,
>
> Thought you may like to read a story on CGnet Swara as part of CNN coverage
> of Mobile World Congress.
>
> http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/22/tech/mobile/india-mobile-citizen-journalism/index.html
>
> regards
> Shu
> --
> Shubhranshu Choudhary
> Knight International Journalism fellow
> E-mail: shuATcgnetDOTin
> Mob (IN): +91 9811066749
>
> Content of the people, by the people, for the people
> http://cgnetswara.org
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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awarded by the German child-aid organization "Deutsches
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The Project, "Radijojo's Berliner Media Summercamp" has been nominated for
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the German Children's Fund, (Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk). The Prize, worth
10,000€ will be awarded at the 40th anniversary of The German Children's
Fund Gala celebrationon on March 11th, 2012 in the Berliner Friedrichstadt
Palast. Four projects have been selected by the jury from more than 100
projects benefiting children and youth that were submitted for the
nomination for this year's prize. The projects nominated for the award are
originally from Ahrensburg, Wangen in the Allgäu region, Weimar and from
Berlin. Radijojo's Media Summercamp project will be introduced by T.V.
host, Ingo Dubinski in a short clip that was filmed in Berlin's Wedding
District.

The Radijojo Media Summercamp is a project that documents cross-cultural
encounters among children via video-conferences with their peers on 5
continents. In these exchanges, the children discuss a multitude of
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climate change to inter-religious dialogue. The children that participated
in these exchanges became acquainted with foreign countries and cultures in
addition to having discussed the issues that most affect their respective
communities in a the realization that these global challenges can only be
faced in a concerted effort.

The "Goldene Göre Prize" of the German Children's Fund, (Deutsches
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participants in Germany. The Prize is awarded to exemplary projects that
engage children and youth in shaping their environment. The jury that
selects the nominated projects for the award are members of the German
advisory committee of the Children's Fund.

The Medienhaus reader's award from the familie & co. magazine will be also
be awarded at the ceremony. The awards ceremony will be hosted by T.V.
personality, Cherno Jobatey and will take place in the Berliner
Friedrichstadt Palast.


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We did it again, we took part in the UNESCO-Welt-Radio-Day!


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