CGNet Swara
International Center for Journalists
CGNet Swara is a voice-based portal that allows anyone to report and listen to stories of local interest over a phone.
CGNet Swara is a voice portal that enables ordinary citizens to report and discuss issues of local interest in Central Gondwana region in India. To use it, they call a phone number using any mobile (or fixed line) phone. Callers are prompted to press “1” to record a new message, and “2” to listen to messages that have already been recorded.
Once a message has been recorded from the field, professional, trained journalists, who access the system using a Web-based interface, review and verify the report. Approved reports are then made available for playback over the phone. The reports also can be accessed on the CGNet Swara website. CGNet Swara was launched as part of the Knight International Journalism Fellowships, a program of the International Center for Journalists.
CGNet Swara is working in the Central Gondwana region in India. It is a product that can be deployed anywhere.
CGNet Swara is the distributor/implementer for the solution. They stated they are willing to offer guidance to other organizations that are seeking to establish similar services around the world.
This is an open-source product.
Conventional radio broadcasting stations, Pocket FM, Rootio Radio.
Communities with poor press, communication, and information services.
