The DIGIPUB News India Foundation was announced on Tuesday, 27 October, with the intent “to help ensure the creation of a healthy and robust news ecosystem for the digital age.”
According to Foundation’s press release, the founding members are:
- Alt News
- Article 14
- Boomlive
- Cobrapost
- HW News
- Newsclick
- Newslaundry
- Scroll
- The News Minute
- The Quint
- The Wire
The press release further said:
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The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran is the Chairperson of the Foundation. Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha is the Vice Chairperson, and the General Secretaries are The Quint’s Ritu Kapur and Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri.
Membership to the DIGIPUB News India Foundation is open to independent/freelance journalists who work in the digital news ecosystem.
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