We thought you would appreciate meeting some of the people behind CGNet operation. All of these guys are part of the moderation team; their jobs are to listen to all of the recordings and edit them down to a publishable quality and standard.
Some of them also translate the reports from Gondi and Hindi into English so CGNet can push their voices and issues out across the world. Often, these reports are used as sources by newspapers for stories on rural affairs.
The moderators come from a variety of backgrounds: some are traditional journalists, some have come from university, some are drawn from the very villages, areas and communities that CGNet reaches out to.
Ratnesh Mishra
'CGNet,' he says,'is not journalism about industrialists and finance and rich people but journalism for regular men and women'.
In his spare time he enjoys singing and playing cricket and volleyball (though not all at the same time) and he intends one day to pursue a PhD about journalism.
Shatali Shedmake
Shatali is from Chandripur, Maharashtra. After hearing about CGNet through her parents she came to work here five months ago as a moderator. She transcribes reports in Hindi and prepares them for publishing. CGNet, more than any other organization, is a way of supporting and publicizing adivasi issues:
In the future, she wants to keep with social work. She also enjoys photography and dancing (and, presumably, taking photographs of dancers).
Dinesh Watti
Dinesh is from Pathai in Chhinndwara District, MP. He heard about CGNet through facebook and - after seeing how much its work was dealt with his own adivasi community - decided to join up. His job here involves translating Gondi reports into Hindi, posting Gondi songs and recording the headlines from every day's news in Gondi (there are no newspapers regularly published in Gondi).
Dinesh intends to stick with CGNet for as long as he can; he enjoys working for his people. Outside of work, he loves cricket and watching South Indian action movies.
Ramesh Kasa
Ramesh is 23. He came to work for CGNet after completing an internship here during his time at the University of Hyderabad. It's his job to look after the website adivasiswara.org and he also does moderating, translation, and helps out with logistics for a lot of the projects that CGNet involves itself with.
He wants to stick with social work and media organizations for the long run and his ambition, he told me, was to become 'a social entrepreneur'. He also likes listening to live music, speaks three languages and makes a wicked cup of chai (so watch out, ladies).
Some of them also translate the reports from Gondi and Hindi into English so CGNet can push their voices and issues out across the world. Often, these reports are used as sources by newspapers for stories on rural affairs.
The moderators come from a variety of backgrounds: some are traditional journalists, some have come from university, some are drawn from the very villages, areas and communities that CGNet reaches out to.
Ratnesh Mishra
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| 'I wanted to work on the ground level' |
Ratnesh is the Head of Moderation. He used to be the editor of the editorial page at the Lokmat Samachai newspaper and, after research for a story about CGNet brought him to the office and he saw the work the organization did, resigned his post and came to work here.
In his spare time he enjoys singing and playing cricket and volleyball (though not all at the same time) and he intends one day to pursue a PhD about journalism.
Shatali Shedmake
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| 'Because I love social work' |
Shatali is from Chandripur, Maharashtra. After hearing about CGNet through her parents she came to work here five months ago as a moderator. She transcribes reports in Hindi and prepares them for publishing. CGNet, more than any other organization, is a way of supporting and publicizing adivasi issues:
'I wanted to work for them. It's my people, it's my community.'
In the future, she wants to keep with social work. She also enjoys photography and dancing (and, presumably, taking photographs of dancers).
Dinesh Watti
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| 'I like social activism' |
Dinesh is from Pathai in Chhinndwara District, MP. He heard about CGNet through facebook and - after seeing how much its work was dealt with his own adivasi community - decided to join up. His job here involves translating Gondi reports into Hindi, posting Gondi songs and recording the headlines from every day's news in Gondi (there are no newspapers regularly published in Gondi).
Dinesh intends to stick with CGNet for as long as he can; he enjoys working for his people. Outside of work, he loves cricket and watching South Indian action movies.
Ramesh Kasa
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| 'This is an experiment that nobody has ever done before. I want to be part of that.' |
Ramesh is 23. He came to work for CGNet after completing an internship here during his time at the University of Hyderabad. It's his job to look after the website adivasiswara.org and he also does moderating, translation, and helps out with logistics for a lot of the projects that CGNet involves itself with.
He wants to stick with social work and media organizations for the long run and his ambition, he told me, was to become 'a social entrepreneur'. He also likes listening to live music, speaks three languages and makes a wicked cup of chai (so watch out, ladies).
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