The Mooknayak
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| Founded | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Meena Kotwal |
| Country of origin | India |
| Official website | www |
The Mooknayak is an online news website founded in 2021 with a focus on social justice for the Dalit minority and marginalised people.[1][2][3] The Mooknayak means "the leader of the voiceless" and the online news outlet founded by Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal is named for the Mooknayak newspaper founded by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar in 1920.[4][5][6]
The stories published in The Mooknayak cover issues concerning Dalits and other marginalized groups in India.[5][7][8] Kotwal has described it as "a Dalit-centred newsroom."[6]
Kotwal founded the online news version of The Mooknayak in 2021,[1] and by 2023, the organization employed 15 journalists, including 9 full-time.[6] News articles are written in English and Hindi, and journalists create videos for the related Youtube channel.[9] By March 2023, the related Youtube channel for the online newspaper had 50,000 subscribers.[1]
The Mooknayak online news outlet is crowdfunded and has received a grant of about $12,000 from the Google News Initiative and about $6,000 from a YouTube training program.[5][6]
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- ^ Team, N. L. "UN rights experts write to govt about inaction over threats to Mooknayak founder". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Kotwal, Meena (27 May 2022). "Keeping Ambedkar's Legacy Alive, One Story At A Time". Outlook. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Singh, Karan Deep (March 6, 2023). "With Stories of Her Oppressed Community, a Journalist Takes Aim at the Walls of Caste". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d Sharma, Saurabh (February 13, 2023). "'Leading the voiceless' - how low-caste Indian journalists are crowdfunding their own newsrooms". Al Jazeera Journalism Review. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Lal, Neeta (22 September 2021). "In India, calls for a caste census grow as more seek to benefit from affirmative action policies". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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- ^ Bhat, Adil (29 June 2023). "India: Dalit journalists give a voice to the marginalized – DW – 06/29/2023". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 6 February 2024.