| 词条 | CitizenMatters |
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}}{{Infobox organization | name = Citizen Matters | logo = CitizenMatters logo.png | type = [Not for Profit, Trust] | founded_date = 2008 | founder = Meera K, Subramaniam Vincent | location = Bengaluru | origins = | area_served = India | focus = Urban Journalism | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = < 3 | num_members = | owner = | homepage = citizenmatters.in | dissolved = | footnotes = }} Citizen Matters is a digital news media based in Bangalore. Citizen Matters focuses on reporting critical urban issues, ideas and solutions[1][2]. HistoryCitizen Matters started in Bengaluru in 2008, based on a hybrid model of professional and citizen journalism [3][4] exploring issues like transport, water, waste, local governance, education etc. From 2013, it has been supported by the non profit Oorvani Foundation.[5] It presently covers urban topics across Indian cities with dedicated editions for Bengaluru and Chennai. AwardsDecember 2015: Citizen Matters was one of three finalists in the first ever #innovationforgood award [6], instituted by the Centre for Work, Technology and Social Change in collaboration with SASNET at Lund University, Sweden, and received the honorary prize at the Media and Innovation Days Conference on December 9th, at New Delhi. December 2014: Citizen Matters was declared the joint winner of the Manthan Award (South Asia and Asia Pacific), instituted by the Digital Empowerment Foundation, in the e-News & Journalism category. August 2014: Citizen Matters received the Manthan Award South West India, instituted by the Digital Empowerment Foundation, in the e-News & Journalism category, for creating an online resource of news and independent coverage.[7] March 2014: Citizen Matters won the Namma Bengaluru Award for 2013 in the Media Organisation category. ImpactCitizen Matters has helped catalyse positive change in Bengaluru, especially in the space of civic activism, especially lakes, waste management, governance, highlighting violations etc. They have also done significant reporting on many under-reported topics like urban poverty, education, gender issues etc. Citizen Matters coverage of every election in Bangalore involves providing voter guides, interviews and information on candidates, and review of the incumbent representative, as well as analysis of the state of the constituency. Some of this work has been in collaboration with citizens, and groups like BPAC and Daksh. They have published over hundreds of guides and FAQ articles, using journalism to uncover information that helps Bangaloreans in getting things done the right way, helping them sort issues they face every day. References1. ^Citizen Matters: A local news outlet for Bengaluru 2. ^Bangalore – City in beta 3. ^Citizen Matters: A successful model for a citizen journalism news site 4. ^CITIZEN JOURNALISM FINDS A NEW PLATFORM: THE WEB 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://oorvani.org.in|title=Oorvani Foundation|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 6. ^South Asia #InnovationForGood 2015 Award 7. ^Digital innovators honoured at Manthan 1 : Newspapers published in India |
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