Appan Samachar (Hindi: अप्पन समाचार) is an all women village news network. It is fortnightly rural news channel run by a group of women, most of them marginalised Dalit, Other Backward Classes, Mushahar (rat eating community) & muslim communities in Muzzafarpur district of Bihar.
 Firebrand Women Reporters of Appan Samachar | |
| Founder(s) | Santosh Sarang |
|---|---|
| Editor | Rinku Kumari |
| Founded | 6 December 2007 in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India |
| Website | appansamachar |
It was launched in 6 December 2007[1] at Muzaffarpur. It broadcasts to about a hundred villages in Paroo, Sahebganj, Saraiya, Marwan, Kanti, and Mushahari[2].[citation needed]
It was founded by Santosh Sarang.[3][4][5] Mr. Sarang is also chairperson of trust named “Mission Eye International Services.” The key people consisting Appan Samachar Team are Rinku Kumari, Amritanj Indiwar, Siddhant Sarang, Rajesh Kumar, Pinki and Khushboo.[6]
The team of the news channel have no formal training so they are learning it on the job.[7] Time to time a trust “Mission Eye International Services” are conducting village media workshops to strengthen their skills. Appan Samachar focus on various social ills like farmers problems, environmental issues, social evils, women empowerment, child marriage, gender discrimination, female foeticide, etc. Young girls employed as a journalist in this channel generally rides bicycle to gather the news and interviews.
The screening of news bulletin is free to air. Villagers watch there news on projectors or a portable tv sets in community. Their viewers are both urban and rural. The bulletin also screened in district headquarters. News capsule are produced in Hindi and local dialect of Bhojpuri and Bajjika.
A report on Self Help Group running at chandkewari village highlighted corruption in Rural bank. After this report manager promised to distribute KCC loans without bribe. For its innovative efforts in October 2008 Appan Samachar received prestigious “Citizen Journalists Award” from CNN-IBN.
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- ^ "Women Reporters From India's Rural Heartland are not just Breaking News but also Stereotypes". thebetterIndia.com. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Tewary, Amarnath (21 December 2007). "The village women's news programme". BBC News. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ Kumar, Ruchir (7 March 2008). "When news is just around the corner". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ Kumar, Sanjay (14 February 2011). "Revolution in a Bihar Village". The Diplomat. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ ANI (22 November 2015). "Girls from 'Appan Samachar' make headlines in Bihar". Business Standard India. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "On air, a new success story by rural girls". hindustan times. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2021.