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Secunderabad writer
sesha giri
to gmsastryhyd@gmail.com
date Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:53 PM
this is sesha giri from secunderabad, iam a writer and publisher in tsir, elugu. iwant to start a monthly magazine in telugu. how and where to register it. pls give me details.
to gmsastryhyd@gmail.com
date Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:53 PM
this is sesha giri from secunderabad, iam a writer and publisher in tsir, elugu. iwant to start a monthly magazine in telugu. how and where to register it. pls give me details.
Market Mapping
Hello
Mr GM Shastry
It was pleasure reading your blogs on http://localnewspapers.blogspot.com
We are Mumbai based startup company and planning to launch our news paper
you can know more abt us at www.facebook.com/bpocult
thnx for your informative blogs
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Mr GM Shastry
It was pleasure reading your blogs on http://localnewspapers.blogspot.com
We are Mumbai based startup company and planning to launch our news paper
you can know more abt us at www.facebook.com/bpocult
thnx for your informative blogs
Regards
Himanshu A
9833249581
Market Mapping
Mumbai
Monday, December 27, 2010
Ramesh Rajasthan
dear shri sastry
1. I live in udaipur rajasthan and of 46 years age.
2. my monthly social newspaper has registered RNI no.
3. I already look at the blog and then writing you email.
4. my cell no is 09251656844.
5. I have also one own registered society about education and drugless therapies, since 1999 and it is not operative. (inactive and sick since 1999.)
6. I also have title for monthly spiritual newspaper.
7. I am very very short financially and I live alone with no support of anyone.
ramesh
1. I live in udaipur rajasthan and of 46 years age.
2. my monthly social newspaper has registered RNI no.
3. I already look at the blog and then writing you email.
4. my cell no is 09251656844.
5. I have also one own registered society about education and drugless therapies, since 1999 and it is not operative. (inactive and sick since 1999.)
6. I also have title for monthly spiritual newspaper.
7. I am very very short financially and I live alone with no support of anyone.
ramesh
Sunday, August 29, 2010
deepak krishnappa's opinion on local newspapers
LinkedIn Groups
Group: The National e-Governance Plan
Discussion: It is true that GoI aims to have to good, responsive and responsibile governance.
I agree with your wondeful idea of information disemination. See the potential of GoI spending. We should impress upon the government to engage your idea of local news digests for ensuring the intangible benefits interms of inclusive growth.
The government of India has planned an investment of up to Rs 40,000 crore over a period of 4 years to roll out all the planned 1,100 e-governance services by 2014.
"We estimate an investment between Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 crore over period of 4 years for rolling out all the planned e-governance services. This investment will cover the cost of all kinds of hardware and software that will be required for capacity building," said R Chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, The Government of India.
Let us all try to bring the growth and development closer to rural India and the needy poor at thorugh this discussion arm.
Posted by Deepak Krishnappa
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Navodayam- rural journalism's example
A New Dawn in Rural Journalism- Navodayam”
Voice of the poor is always unheard and their issues are rarely represented. For the marginalized communities it is very important to make their voice heard. Navodayam, a community magazine managed by SHG women of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, seems to offer a right way of not only presenting the issues of poor and vulnerable communities but also an important path to empower the rural women.
In Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, grassroots journalism is gaining momentum. Navodayam (which means `new dawn` in Telugu) which was launched on August 15, 2001, in Chittoor district as a government initiative under District Poverty Initiatives Program to create awareness on development issues has now turned into a publication which is completely owned and managed by rural women themselves.
After implementing the DPIP project for some months in Chittoor district, during one of the DPMU review meetings, it was felt that the essence of the project activities should be taken to the communities on a regular basis to serve as a source of inspiration for the others to follow. It is at this stage that ‘Navodayam’ took birth, a newsletter started with the purpose of putting into action ‘Information for Empowerment’. The four major aims Navodayam has laid out for itself are – (a) to amplify the voice of the rural poor, (b) to put rural women in charge of news coverage, (c) to place information within the reach of the rural poor, and (d) to adapt journalism as a tool for empowerment of women. Though the project is totally sponsored by the government, the women involved with the newsletter have been able to retain their independence and there is no editorial interference from the government. What makes Navodayam distinct from other magazines is it is the first of its kind news letter that is completely managed by the poor, not much educated women.
Launched as a quarterly newsletter in Telugu with just eight pages, it has grown to a 24-page monthly on popular demand. Rural women, mostly Dalits, handle all the reporting, writing, editing, layout, artwork, photography and even circulation. More than 60 reporters have worked for the magazine so far and it currently has 10 staff reporters and 20 contributors. The magazine prints 20,000 copies and has a readership of more than 200,000 - much more than the state wide readership figures of some of the leading AP dailies. A system of annual subscription was then promoted and the Community Coordinators and Sanghamitras (village level activists of Indira Kranthi patham program) were instrumental in motivating the SHGs to pay the subscription. The reporters also facilitated annual subscription to the news magazine by the Line Departments and NGOs. The reporters approached all the line departments in the district and managed to secure advertisements for publication in the newsletter. The rates were earlier worked out by the team. The amount thus collected, contributed to the corpus.
A core committee had been formed from among the reporters to look into the technical aspects of publishing the newsletter, including financial management. The committee now manages the total budget of the newsletter. In order to make the magazine more sustainable the Zilla Samakhya (District level federation of SHGs) was called in for its services. As a result, a Navodayam Planning Committee was formed with 9 members. While 6 of them were the reporters, the remaining three were representatives of the Zilla Samakhya (ZS). The president of the ZS also acts as the editor of the Navodayam. Further, strengthening the professionalism of reporters is an important approach for the sustainability of the newsletter. The strategy, therefore, included networking with the regional newspapers which served as training ground. Further, the reporters were also given an opportunity to contribute to these newspapers, items specific to these rural communities. The tie-up grew stronger over time and the linkages are well established. The circulation boys of these newspapers also deliver the newsletters to the VOs every month, and at no cost.
Since the electronic media takes its own time to reach the village population, Navodayam has trained seven women in a 10 months period on video journalism and these women have made over 100 documentary films, providing video clips for major television networks. They made a video film on child marriage – rampant in some pockets – and showed this to the villagers. Women of self-help groups who have taken their children out of school to join in the bandwagon of child labour have been persuaded by the Navodayam women to bring the children back from their labour camps and put them back to school. The impact of the magazine is real and visible. Mainly circulated among the women, each reader of this monthly ensures that her husband and the rest of the family read it too. The reporters of Navodayam swing into action whenever they get news about any social evil and actually carry out some good work while reporting it.
Navodayam Community Magazine (Telugu) won the UNFPA Laadli Media Special Jury Award for the year 2009. Many initiatives using other media like radios and films etc., have sprung up with the inspiration from successful community magazines like Navodayam. Navodayam continues to be the voice of the poor.
Voice of the poor is always unheard and their issues are rarely represented. For the marginalized communities it is very important to make their voice heard. Navodayam, a community magazine managed by SHG women of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, seems to offer a right way of not only presenting the issues of poor and vulnerable communities but also an important path to empower the rural women.
In Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, grassroots journalism is gaining momentum. Navodayam (which means `new dawn` in Telugu) which was launched on August 15, 2001, in Chittoor district as a government initiative under District Poverty Initiatives Program to create awareness on development issues has now turned into a publication which is completely owned and managed by rural women themselves.
After implementing the DPIP project for some months in Chittoor district, during one of the DPMU review meetings, it was felt that the essence of the project activities should be taken to the communities on a regular basis to serve as a source of inspiration for the others to follow. It is at this stage that ‘Navodayam’ took birth, a newsletter started with the purpose of putting into action ‘Information for Empowerment’. The four major aims Navodayam has laid out for itself are – (a) to amplify the voice of the rural poor, (b) to put rural women in charge of news coverage, (c) to place information within the reach of the rural poor, and (d) to adapt journalism as a tool for empowerment of women. Though the project is totally sponsored by the government, the women involved with the newsletter have been able to retain their independence and there is no editorial interference from the government. What makes Navodayam distinct from other magazines is it is the first of its kind news letter that is completely managed by the poor, not much educated women.
Launched as a quarterly newsletter in Telugu with just eight pages, it has grown to a 24-page monthly on popular demand. Rural women, mostly Dalits, handle all the reporting, writing, editing, layout, artwork, photography and even circulation. More than 60 reporters have worked for the magazine so far and it currently has 10 staff reporters and 20 contributors. The magazine prints 20,000 copies and has a readership of more than 200,000 - much more than the state wide readership figures of some of the leading AP dailies. A system of annual subscription was then promoted and the Community Coordinators and Sanghamitras (village level activists of Indira Kranthi patham program) were instrumental in motivating the SHGs to pay the subscription. The reporters also facilitated annual subscription to the news magazine by the Line Departments and NGOs. The reporters approached all the line departments in the district and managed to secure advertisements for publication in the newsletter. The rates were earlier worked out by the team. The amount thus collected, contributed to the corpus.
A core committee had been formed from among the reporters to look into the technical aspects of publishing the newsletter, including financial management. The committee now manages the total budget of the newsletter. In order to make the magazine more sustainable the Zilla Samakhya (District level federation of SHGs) was called in for its services. As a result, a Navodayam Planning Committee was formed with 9 members. While 6 of them were the reporters, the remaining three were representatives of the Zilla Samakhya (ZS). The president of the ZS also acts as the editor of the Navodayam. Further, strengthening the professionalism of reporters is an important approach for the sustainability of the newsletter. The strategy, therefore, included networking with the regional newspapers which served as training ground. Further, the reporters were also given an opportunity to contribute to these newspapers, items specific to these rural communities. The tie-up grew stronger over time and the linkages are well established. The circulation boys of these newspapers also deliver the newsletters to the VOs every month, and at no cost.
Since the electronic media takes its own time to reach the village population, Navodayam has trained seven women in a 10 months period on video journalism and these women have made over 100 documentary films, providing video clips for major television networks. They made a video film on child marriage – rampant in some pockets – and showed this to the villagers. Women of self-help groups who have taken their children out of school to join in the bandwagon of child labour have been persuaded by the Navodayam women to bring the children back from their labour camps and put them back to school. The impact of the magazine is real and visible. Mainly circulated among the women, each reader of this monthly ensures that her husband and the rest of the family read it too. The reporters of Navodayam swing into action whenever they get news about any social evil and actually carry out some good work while reporting it.
Navodayam Community Magazine (Telugu) won the UNFPA Laadli Media Special Jury Award for the year 2009. Many initiatives using other media like radios and films etc., have sprung up with the inspiration from successful community magazines like Navodayam. Navodayam continues to be the voice of the poor.
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