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How we're helping local reporters turn important stories into national news

1,653,310 views | Gangadhar Patil • TED2019

Local reporters are on the front lines of important stories, but their work often goes unnoticed by national and international news outlets. TED Fellow and journalist Gangadhar Patil is working to change that. In this quick talk, he shows how he's connecting grassroots reporters in India with major news outlets worldwide -- and helping elevate and expose stories that might never get covered otherwise.

Local reporters are on the front lines of important stories, but their work often goes unnoticed by national and international news outlets. TED Fellow and journalist Gangadhar Patil is working to change that. In this quick talk, he shows how he's connecting grassroots reporters in India with major news outlets worldwide -- and helping elevate and expose stories that might never get covered otherwise.

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About the speaker

Gangadhar Patil

Journalism entrepreneur

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Gangadhar Patil runs 101Reporters, a growing network of 1400 odd rural reporters in India that sources original stories from these local reporters for national and international media.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.