How it works
Story idea
You have a story idea, send it to us. Your story idea could be on social issues; data driven; of human interest; profiles, even hard news. Story ideas will be given context and shape by our editors before pitching it to various publishers.
Approval
If a story idea finds approval, the reporter will be told the story style and deadline. Right now we want stories written in English. Going ahead, we will accept stories in the Vernacular, as well. If you are one of the 101Reporters, you may also be commissioned stories.
Submission
The story submitted by the reporter is edited, and if required, reworked. Don’t split hair on writing style, or correct English. Leave that to our editors. Final story will be sent for your approval before it is sent to the publisher. All the stories go with reporters’ byline.
Payment
Once the story is cleared by the publisher, payment will be made within 30 days. We pay Rs. 3-5 per word, depending on the editing work needed, with a word limit of 900 per article. Even if a story is not published, 101Reporters will compensate, unless you have missed the deadline. We know the effort that goes into writing a story.
About us
Our unique news platform sources original stories from grassroots reporters across the country, then edits and markets them to the national and international media. We bring reporters and publishers on a common platform for wider publication of socially-impacting stories. In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in newsroom operations. Media houses are increasingly engaging reporters on work basis, not full-time. We intend to soften the blow. We believe important stories fail to find space in national media not because publishers are not interested but because they don’t have reporters to report them. And, there are scores of grassroots journalists looking for a platform. We are providing them one. Over the next one year we plan to have at least one reporter covering each of 664 districts of India.
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How the Koregaon incident changed my memory of the village
By Shatakshi Gawade Bhima-Koregaon, Maharashtra: By the time I reached Bhima-Koregaon on January 2, the riot was more than a day old and new year resolutions were forgotten. Members of the Dalit community who had come to the village on New Year’s day to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon were attacked,[…]
101Reporters looks back on 2017
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Punjab farmers’ grim legacy: Despite govt compensation for suicides, inherited debt continues to claim lives
In Mansa, hundreds of families have minors who have inherited the debt of their deceased fathers. Though the state government’s compensation policy promises Rs three lakh to the families of farmers who commit suicide, Veerpal is yet to receive any financial assistance.
Indian biotech boom triggers surge in research startups
As a trained stem cell researcher Siddharth Dubey, 27, had an assured scientific career ahead of him. But Dubey, from India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, was quick to realize that the rapid growth of India’s biotechnology industry was creating business opportunities for scientists
Aurangabad, India’s mini Yemen: Safety, affordable college education, region’s Islamic history make city popular
Eight-year-old Judy Abdulghani Ali was tough as nails as she bargained with the autorickshaw driver. “Hum 50 nahi 30 rupees denge. Baki log utna hi lete hai, chalna hai to chalo (We’ll give you 30, not 50 rupees, it’s the standard rate, come if you want),” she said
Ryan school murder: Conductor Ashok Kumar describes police brutality that compelled him to confess
After police had locked him up on charges of murdering a Class 2 student of Ryan International School in Gurugram, bus conductor Ashok Kumar never thought he would walk free. Now out on bail, Ashok narrated how the police brutalised him to make him confess to a murder he claimed he had nothing to do[…]