Indian journalist Gangadhar Patil says major news outlets are interested in local stories, but don't always have the budget to support local journalism. (Maryse Zeidler/CBC)So he quit and founded 101Reporters, a news agency that connects about 1,200 local reporters based in cities and villages across India with major publishers. He's now a senior TED fellow, which is a bit like being an elder statesman at TED. Growing painsFor Patil, growing pains of his organization in India have come from ensuring his growing collection of local journalists have enough training. Iskender started the website to train young journalists after he became disillusioned with journalism school and dropped out of university.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2019 02:37 UTC