#LeadYoung - Anshul Tewari Created India’s Largest Youth Media Platform at Age 17
Anshul Tewari was dismayed that cultural taboos are producing “a culture of silence that is pushing an entire generation away from changemaking.”
#LeadYoung - Bill Drayton: "Once a young person has had a dream, built a team, and changed their world… they will be a changemaker for life"
In elementary school I could not imagine why I was being tortured by Latin or Math, and my perception of soccer was chiefly that of being a crashee. But I loved starting things, especially newspapers. Once I had saved enough to buy a mimeograph machine (the prior technology being typing hard with as...
His organization is a facilitator trying to develop a culture of rights-based and evidence-based approach in journalists and civil society organizations. Works with more than 50 grassroots organizations and 340 journalists from the mainstream media Played an active role in making the MP government...
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Changing the Face of Information in Pakistan
Ashoka fellow Shafqat Munir Ahmad ’s organization Journalists for Democracy and Human Rights (JDHR) has educated over 1200 journalist to incorporate social issues into mainstream media. The success of JDHR led Shafqat to create a new initiative this year called the Infochange News and Features...
Mehmet Atakan Foça - Teyit
Turkish journalist Atakan Foça is creating tools, spaces, and infrastructure for citizens to hold media institutions accountable to the verifiable truth.
Future Forum Cheat Sheet: Why Journalism Is Like Really Bad Parenting (And How We Can Fix It)
The face of journalism is changing. The wave of new media has brought with it more chances for us to get involved in our world, whether that’s by signing an online petition, backing a Kickstarter campaign or sharing a news story with our social media circles. For journalists, there’s a new goal: don...
Storytellers in Residence - An elected community hosted by Ashoka and partners
People take time out and recruit themselves to accomplish extraordinary things. Around the world, 3,000 leading social entrepreneurs ("Ashoka Fellows") have taken this leap into the unknown, driven by a new idea that they know can solve a social problem at scale. Now, writers, journalists,...
Empathy Heroes: 5 People Who Used Empathy to Change the World
Ever heard of “empathy marketing”? It’s the latest business buzzword. The idea is that if companies can look through their clients’ eyes and understand their desires, they will be better able to tailor their offerings and gain a competitive advantage. To me, this is stepping into someone else’s...
