Google announce the first batch of ten digital news start-ups that will form the cohort of its GNI Startups Lab. Which is chosen out of over 70 applicants from across India, the ten news start-ups span a diverse array of journalism, including investigative, broadcast, political, data and local news organisations that give a voice to underrepresent communities.
The diverse cohort features newsrooms from around the country, producing news in languages including English, Hindi, Malayalam and Urdu, as per Google.
Kate Beddoe, Director, News Partnerships, APAC Said :
“A few months ago, we announced the Google News Initiative Startups Lab — a 16-week catalyst program that aims to help the next generation independent Indian news start-ups achieve financial and operational sustainability. Created in collaboration between the Google News Initiative (GNI), global innovation lab Echos, and DIGIPUB News India Foundation, the GNI Startups Lab supports high-quality reporting for local and previously underserved communities,”.
Google News Initiative was announce in 2018 which help the news publishers accelerate their revenues through key digital transformation initiatives through the GNI Digital Growth Program.
The Google News Initiative is a free program aim at helping small and mid-sized news publishers around the world develop the capabilities required to ccelerate the growth of their businesses online.
Google News Initiative program is inform by the lessons learn from GNI projects and programs, and was built in collaboration with industry experts.
The ten digital news start-ups which has chosen by Google under the initiative include Behan Box, which focuses on gender, policy reportage; Bisbo, which converts daily news stories into video formats.
East Mojo, a mobile-first multimedia platform from the North East part of India, ED Times, which is a youth-focus publication.
Headline Network, a Mumbai-base digital first news discovery platform, Main Media, which is a vernacular language media group focus on reportage from remote areas, Suno India, a multilingual audio content platform, The Bridge, a sports media platform, The Cue, a multimedia platform which covers stories beyond mainstream media, and The Probe, an independent, ad-free digital news platform.
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