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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was founded by [[Santosh Sarang]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tewary-2007&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Tewary|first=Amarnath|date=21 December 2007|title=The village women&amp;#039;s news programme|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7147796.stm|accessdate=16 November 2012|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kumar-2008&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Ruchir|date=7 March 2008|title=When news is just around the corner|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/Special/When-news-is-just-around-the-corner/Article3-280397.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125155437/http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/Special/When-news-is-just-around-the-corner/Article3-280397.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|accessdate=16 November 2012|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kumar-2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Sanjay|date=14 February 2011|title=Revolution in a Bihar Village|url=https://thediplomat.com/indian-decade/2011/02/14/revolution-in-a-bihar-village/|accessdate=16 November 2012|publisher=[[The Diplomat]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mr. Sarang is also chairperson of trust named “Mission Eye International Services.” The key people consisting Appan Samachar Team are Rinku Kumari, Amritanj Indiwar, Siddhant Sarang, Rajesh Kumar, Pinki and Khushboo.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/girls-from-appan-samachar-make-headlines-in-bihar-115112200064_1.html|title=Girls from &amp;#039;Appan Samachar&amp;#039; make headlines in Bihar|last=ANI|date=2015-11-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-03-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was founded by [[Santosh Sarang]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tewary-2007&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Tewary|first=Amarnath|date=21 December 2007|title=The village women&amp;#039;s news programme|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7147796.stm|accessdate=16 November 2012|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kumar-2008&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Ruchir|date=7 March 2008|title=When news is just around the corner|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/Special/When-news-is-just-around-the-corner/Article3-280397.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125155437/http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/Special/When-news-is-just-around-the-corner/Article3-280397.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|accessdate=16 November 2012|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kumar-2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Sanjay|date=14 February 2011|title=Revolution in a Bihar Village|url=https://thediplomat.com/indian-decade/2011/02/14/revolution-in-a-bihar-village/|accessdate=16 November 2012|publisher=[[The Diplomat]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mr. Sarang is also chairperson of trust named “Mission Eye International Services.” The key people consisting Appan Samachar Team are Rinku Kumari, Amritanj Indiwar, Siddhant Sarang, Rajesh Kumar, Pinki and Khushboo.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/girls-from-appan-samachar-make-headlines-in-bihar-115112200064_1.html|title=Girls from &amp;#039;Appan Samachar&amp;#039; make headlines in Bihar|last=ANI|date=2015-11-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-03-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| caption =  Firebrand Women Reporters of Appan Samachar&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Appan Samachar&lt;br /&gt;
| slogan = All Women News Network&lt;br /&gt;
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| founder = Santosh Sarang&lt;br /&gt;
| foundation = 6 December 2007 in [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| editor = Rinku Kumari&lt;br /&gt;
| key people = Siddhant Sarang, Rajesh Kumar, Pinki, Amritanj Indiwar,Renu, Khushboo&lt;br /&gt;
| languages = [[Hindi]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Appan Samachar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindi: अप्पन समाचार&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) is an all women village news network. It is fortnightly rural [[news channel]] run by a group of women, most of them marginalised [[Dalit]], [[Other Backward Class|Other Backward Classes]], [[Musahar|Mushahar]] (rat eating community) &amp;amp; muslim communities in Muzzafarpur district of Bihar.&lt;br /&gt;
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It was launched in 6 December 2007&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Singh-2008&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Rajnish|date=6 March 2008|title=A news channel run exclusively by girls in Bihar|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2008/03/06/news-channel-run-exclusively-girls-bihar-1204787220.html|accessdate=16 November 2012|publisher=[[Oneindia.in]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; at Muzaffarpur. It broadcasts to about a hundred villages in Paroo, [[Sahebganj]], [[Saraiya]], Marwan, [[Kanti]], and Mushahari.{{cn|date=November 2012}}&lt;br /&gt;
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It was founded by [[Santosh Sarang]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tewary-2007&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Tewary|first=Amarnath|date=21 December 2007|title=The village women&amp;#039;s news programme|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7147796.stm|accessdate=16 November 2012|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kumar-2008&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Ruchir|date=7 March 2008|title=When news is just around the corner|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/Special/When-news-is-just-around-the-corner/Article3-280397.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125155437/http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/Special/When-news-is-just-around-the-corner/Article3-280397.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|accessdate=16 November 2012|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kumar-2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Sanjay|date=14 February 2011|title=Revolution in a Bihar Village|url=https://thediplomat.com/indian-decade/2011/02/14/revolution-in-a-bihar-village/|accessdate=16 November 2012|publisher=[[The Diplomat]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mr. Sarang is also chairperson of trust named “Mission Eye International Services.” The key people consisting Appan Samachar Team are Rinku Kumari, Amritanj Indiwar, Siddhant Sarang, Rajesh Kumar, Pinki and Khushboo.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/girls-from-appan-samachar-make-headlines-in-bihar-115112200064_1.html|title=Girls from &amp;#039;Appan Samachar&amp;#039; make headlines in Bihar|last=ANI|date=2015-11-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-03-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The team of the news channel have no formal training so they are learning it on the job. Time to time a trust “Mission Eye International Services” are conducting village media workshops to strengthen their skills. Appan Samachar focus on various social ills like farmers problems, environmental issues, social evils, [[Women&amp;#039;s empowerment|women empowerment]], [[Child marriage in India|child marriage]], [[Gender discrimination in India|gender discrimination]], [[female foeticide]], etc. Young girls employed as a journalist in this channel generally rides bicycle to gather the news and interviews. &lt;br /&gt;
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The screening of news bulletin is free to air. Villagers watch there news on projectors or a portable tv sets in community. Their viewers are both urban and rural. The bulletin also screened in district headquarters. News capsule are produced in Hindi and local dialect of [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] and [[Bajjika]].&lt;br /&gt;
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A report on [[Self-help group (finance)|Self Help Group]] running at chandkewari village highlighted corruption in [[Regional Rural Bank|Rural bank]]. After this report manager promised to distribute KCC loans without bribe. For its innovative efforts in October 2008  Appan Samachar received prestigious “Citizen Journalists Award” from [[CNN- IBN|CNN-IBN]].  &lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Television in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{official|http://appansamachar.com}}&lt;br /&gt;
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