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Article: 'Rural newspapers crucial for development, checking corruption'
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 10, 2009
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New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Rural newspapers are tough to run, but they can help in chalking out development plans and can expose corruption at the grassroot level, mediapersons and experts said at a panel discussion here Monday.
"It's not easy running a newspaper in a rural place, and especially if you are a woman, the problems are plenty," Kavita, co-editor of rural newspaper Khabar Lahariya, said at a seminar on 'Rural Media, Rural voices: can Grassroots Journalism Survive in India?'.
'It's a very challenging job. People threaten us and some even challenge to buy our newspaper. But it is a way through which awareness and development can come. People can fight for their rights,' she added.
'The ...