Recognition

Awards

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  mBillionth Award, 2010.
  
  
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  India eGov 2.0 Award, 2010.
  First Place, Social Media Usage (Jury Award)

International Media (English)

• Taking Back The Tech: Interview with the co-founder of Mojolab.
  TechnoHolik, April 29, 2012.
• Phone journalism gives a voice to India's rural poor.
  CNN, February 22, 2012.
• Audio-Blogging From India.s Maoist Heartland.
  The Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2011.
• Urgent Call.
  Columbia Journalism Review, September/October, 2011.
• Listen to my voice!.
  BBC News, November 27, 2010.
• Bringing News to India's Poorest People.
  The Atlantic, June 29, 2010.
• India's neglected tribes gain voice in mobile news service.
  Reuters, May 11, 2010.
• Mobile Phone-Based News System Gives Voice to Tribals.
  IPS News, May 5, 2010.
• Giving a voice to India's villagers.
  BBC News, April 25, 2010.

Indian Media (English)

• Connecting citizens.
  DNA India, March 10, 2013.
• Now, CGNet makes daring foray into MP.
  Hindustan Times, December 5, 2012.
• India's Mobile Phone News Agency.
  Asia Calling, Sep 1, 2012.
• Banking on the phone.
  Tehelka, Aug 27, 2012.
• Reaching out to tribal people.
  The Hindu, Jun 26, 2012.
• Good morning from Chattisgarh!
  Prayas, Jun 15, 2012.
• Mobile becomes voice of Adivasis.
  Patrika Newspaper, Feb 19, 2012.
• CGNet Swara: The Rise of the Citizen-Journalist.
  Mahindra Rise, Nov 29, 2011.
• Orissa tribals use communication technology to herald change in region.
  AndhraNews.net, Oct 13, 2011.
• Orissa: Workshop on democratization of media at Koraput.
  Orissadiary.com, Sep 29, 2011.
• Giving villagers a voice to spur change.
  Mint, Sep 21, 2011.
• Mobiles deliver news in Chhattisgarh.
  CXO Today, Aug 30, 2011.
• In their voice.
  Frontline, Volume 28, Issue 16 (Jul 30 - Aug 12, 2011).
• Select Adivasi News.
  HardNews, July 25, 2011.
• Broadcasting Dantewada.
  Himal Magazine, June, 2011.
• Land Nor Freedom.
  Counter Currents, August 28, 2010.
• Voices in the wilderness.
  The Hindu, July 4, 2010.
• Media of the masses.
  Business Standard, June 20, 2010.
• By the tribal, for the tribal.
  The Telegraph, May 30, 2010.
• Ear to the mobile.
  The Hindu Business Line, May 28, 2010.
• Phone media brings news to India's Maoist heartland.
  Hindustan Times, May 14, 2010.
• Chhattisgarh tribals turn into reporters on cellphones.
  Rediff News, May 14, 2010.
• India's neglected tribes gain voice in mobile news service.
  Reuters, May 11, 2010.
• Chhatisgarhi Mobile Radio.
  Open, May 8, 2010.
• A coming-out party.
  Hindustan Times, May 5, 2010.
• Mobile media venture gives voice to Gond tribals.
  Indo-Asian News Service, April 18, 2010.
• Radio via phone helps link tribals.
  Mail Today, April 6, 2010.
• News in dialects may soon be just a call away.
  The Hindu, February 16, 2010.
• Dial D for Dantewada.
  Hard News Media, February 1, 2010.

Indian or International Media (Non-English)

• Article on CGNet Swara (Telugu)
  Eenadu, March 18, 2013.
• Article on CGNet Swara (Hindi)
  NaiDuniya, December 5, 2012.
• Interview with Shubhranshu Choudhary. (Marathi)
  Anubhav, October, 2012.
• CGNet Swara. (Kannada)
  Scanned version: page 1, page 2.
  Udayavani, July, 2012.
• CGNet Swara. (Malayalam)
  July, 2012.
• CGNET Swara: La voz de los invisibles. (Spanish)
  Periodismociudadano, July, 2012.
• CGNet Swara. (Malayalam)
  Madhyamam, June, 2012.
• CGnet Swara convierte el movil en la heramienta mas democratica de la India. (Spanish)
  Periodismociudadano, March, 2012.
• CGNet Swara. (Marathi)
  Also available as a scanned version.
  eSakal, November, 2011.

Television and Video

• Interview with Shubhranshu Choudhary.
  NRI Samay (Los Angeles Radio Station), April, 2013.
• Program on CGNet Swara.
  Tribal FM Radio - Vizag, April, 2013.
• Tipping Point - Stalin, Amita Tute & Shubhranshu Choudhary.
  Tehelka's THiNK 2012 session on "People's Bandwidth: Deepening Democracy Through Technology", November, 2012.
• Technology to usher in development in Maoist-hit areas.
  Local TV Stations, November, 2011.
• CGNet Swara.
  Two Circles TV, July 5, 2010.
• India's Tribal Citizens Use New Cell Phone Technology to Produce Local News.
  International Center for Journalists, March 25, 2010.
• A radio station not just for tribals, but of tribals.
  NDTV, February 2010.

Websites

• Let's call it.... journalism?
  Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, February 27, 2013.
• Of Chhattisgarh and MIT. Of Journalism and Change : CGNet Swara
  Sanki.in, September 17, 2012.
• The "Missed Call" Revolution News and Justice for All
  Public Global Health Network, November 17, 2011.
• Global Voices Podcast: Bridging the Language Gaps
  Global Voices, November 1, 2011.
• Empowering tribals, the mobile way
  Just Femme, April 4, 2011.
• Mothers and daughters give voice to tribals
  The Hoot, February 26, 2011.
• Kuanjam I'm saying!
  Network6, Ocotber 6, 2010.
• Citizen Journalism Only a Phone Call Away.
  AudienceScapes, September 3, 2010.
• The people's voice.
  InfoChange News & Features, August 2010.
• CGNet Swara.
  MobileActive, July 8, 2010.
• CGNet Swara: Voice of the unheard.
  Two Circles, July 7, 2010.
• Community radio rides on mobile in Chattisgarh.
  RadioAndMusic.com, May 24, 2010.
• Mobile News on your bid.
  Naya India, May 20, 2010.
• Vox Populi Chhattisgarh - What an Idea, Sirji!.
  The Hoot, May 15, 2010.

Blogs

• We're Singing Holi Songs.
  Weblog, April, 2013.
• How a hack with MIT's technology is solving India's biggest internal security threat.
  NextBigWhat, September, 2012.
• Giving voice to India's silent communities.
  Rodrigo Davies, June 21, 2012.
• CGNet Swara: Enabling Tribals of Chhattisgarh To Tell Their Stories.
  Rising Voices, April 22, 2012.
• CGNet Swara: A Voice Portal for Citizen News Journalism in India.
  Brute Labs, December 6, 2010.
• Circumventing India's radio news ban.
  Committee to Protect Journalists, May 23, 2010.
• Empowered by Information: CGnet Swara in Chhattisgarh.
  NDN, April 26, 2010.
• India's Tribal Citizens Use New Cell Phone Network to Produce Local News.
  International Center for Journalists, February 2010.