Newsclick

Newsclick is a member-supported English language progressive, online video news network. Newsclick is a viewer funded news channel that produces news videos, partnering with YouTube and is based in New Delhi, India. Newsclick was launched in 2009 by Prabir Purkayastha, an engineer and a science activist in the power, telecom and software sectors. He is one of the founding members of the Delhi Science Forum and serves on Newsclick's editorial board. He has published on a number of science and technology policy issues.^[1]

Newsclick relies on supporters' donations, and does not accept funding from advertising, government or corporations.^[2]

Content

Newsclick frequently interviews economists, politicians, scientists, technologists and policy experts about various issues, especially contemporary news. The website also publishes opinion articles on several subjects. The channel is also producing independent documentaries ^[3]

See also

• Independent media
• Watchdog journalism
• Corporate media
• Alternative media
• Citizen journalism

References

External links

• Official website
• Newsclick on YouTube.com
• Militant Islam is an Instrument of Saudi-Pakistan-US Policy (January 2015). "Prabir Purkayastha tells Paul Jay that the fulcrum of U.S. military policies in the region is at one end Saudi Arabia and Israel, and the other is Pakistan --- ISIS is a product of the failed policies of this alliance." The Real News
• Medieval Monarchies and Islamo-Fascism (February 2015). "Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha tells Paul Jay that if the Gulf State medieval monarchies are not removed, there won't be a long-term solution to the crisis in the region." The Real News