Citizen Matters is an independent news media outlet with a focus on cities and citizens by reporting on critical issues, ideas and solutions to India’s urban issues. Citizen Matters is published by Oorvani Foundation, a Bangalore-registered trust setup in 2013 to develop and promote journalism on governance, citizenship and society in India at the city, state and national levels. Citizen Matters was founded in Bengaluru in 2008 by Meera K and Subramaniam Vincent. The idea for Citizen Matters emerged after the duo felt that while there existed many local newspapers and online news media outlets, there was no English local news outlet dedicated to reportage of civic issues from Bengaluru. This prompted them to start the website focussed on news from Bengaluru from the citizens' perspective. In 2009, a few months after the launch of Citizen Matters - the website, a fortnightly magazine was launched. It was one of the first websites that ventured into print owing to the demands from their readers. Back then, it was Bengaluru’s first online community e-newsmagazine. The print edition of Citizen Matters ran from 2009 to 2012. More information...
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