Local Journalism Project Case Study: The News Minute (India)   The backstory: Founded in 2014 by Dhanya Rajendran, Vignesh Vellore, and veteran journalist Chitra Subramaniam, The News Minute (TNM) prides itself on being a female-driven team, bringing a feminist perspective to coverage on everything from child rights to politics and pop culture.  Audience: The News […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Suno (India)   The backstory: Suno India is a podcasting media company that aims to get Indians from a range of language backgrounds to “listen up”. Launched in 2018, their journalistic mission is to use the audio medium to illuminate underreported issues while maintaining their reputation as credible, well-researched, and […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Scrolla (South Africa)   The backstory: Scrolla was founded in 2019 by Mungo Soggot, an entrepreneur and former investigative journalist, along with a team of other seasoned South African journalists including Phillip van Niekerk, Everson Luhanga, Zukile Majova, and Toby Shapshak. Soggot noticed that many South African publications catered to […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Red/Acción (Argentina)   The backstory: After a fundraising drive that collected $1.5 million in just two months, former La Nación Editor-in-Chief Chani Guyot launched Red/Acción in April 2018. He and his team detected a void in Argentina’s local media landscape. Audiences seemed to be suffering from media fatigue or avoiding […]