Youths in the Capital find their own voice, create niche in media
Sweta Dutta
Posted online: Friday, July 11, 2008 at 0045 hrs IST
New Delhi, July 10
Disappointed with inadequate representation of their opinions in the media, a number of young entrepreneurs in the Capital have taken the initiative of opening their own newspapers and news portals. And they mean business — already getting a following among the youths inside the campus and out.
Viewspaper, a news portal just 11 months old, is busy following up issues that concern the youth — RTIs on reservation of seats in colleges to plight of students in institutes derecognised by the government.
A brainchild of Shiv Bhaskar Dravid, an ex-student of Shri Ram College of Commerce, this portal had recorded 2 lakh hits last month.
“A majority of the Indian population is young, but all news channels and magazines are airing the opinions of the older generation. The opinions of the youth are not essentially in sync with them. So I felt there was a need to create a voice for ourselves,” asserts Shiv, who is now a full time entrepreneur shuttling between his modest office in Noida and clients in Delhi.
With correspondents in most metros and even abroad, Viewspaper has content ranging from Euro to the Amarnath land row.
“We do not always cover events as most daily newspapers do that. We have reviews and opinions by our correspondents. They are all young students or professionals and we have a large number of our readers write in as citizen journalists,” Shiv says.
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