Multimedia story grantees: Reporting from the ground

10/01/2022 18 min Temporada 1 Episodio 7

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Episode Synopsis

In September 2020, IIT Guwahati with support from the Third Pole, invited journalists based in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, and India to support in-depth stories on the ecology and the socio-economic conditions of the transboundary Brahmaputra River basin, with a focus on vulnerable communities and regional cooperation, aimed at helping policymakers and the communities to make better decisions. A year later, during this conversation three of the grantees will be sharing their experiences from the past year, the lessons they have learnt in the process, and the insights they have drawn for future studies.
Guests:
Ashima Sharma, Journalist from India
Minket Lepcha, Journalist from India
Tahsina Sadeque, Journalist from Bangladesh
Music:
Brahmaputra Amantran Abhiyan by Simona Sarma
Coordinating team:
Natasha Hazarika, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
Arundhati Deka, Research Associate, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
Diksha Verma, Student, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
Aryan Rathod, Student, Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India