{"id":278196,"date":"2026-02-17T00:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=278196"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:38:51","slug":"dd-news-launches-citizen-journalism-in-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/dd-news-launches-citizen-journalism-in-arunachal\/","title":{"rendered":"DD News launches citizen journalism in Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 16 Feb:<\/strong> DD News Arunachal Pradesh has launched a citizen journalism initiative to provide a platform for people across the state to share authentic stories from their villages, highlighting grassroots development, positive change and community-driven initiatives, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The &#8216;Mera gaon, meri kahani&#8217; (My village, my story) programme of the public service broadcaster aims to encourage public participation and bring forward real-life narratives from remote areas, covering themes such as education, health, culture, environment, local entrepreneurship and social initiatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The initiative invites citizens to contribute original content in the form of short write-ups, photographs and videos, focusing on positive developments and impactful efforts taking place at the village level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Submissions are to include details such as the contributor&#8217;s name, village or town, district and contact information, ensuring credibility and accountability, the officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The format encourages concise storytelling, with text entries ranging between 150-300 words and short video clips of 30 seconds to 10 minutes, capturing authentic voices from the grassroots. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 16 Feb: DD News Arunachal Pradesh has launched a citizen journalism initiative to provide a platform for people across the state to share authentic stories from their villages, highlighting grassroots development, positive change and community-driven initiatives, officials said on Monday. The &#8216;Mera gaon, meri kahani&#8217; (My village, my story) programme of the public service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-278196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278206,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278196\/revisions\/278206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}