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'''Kavita Devi''', alternatively '''Kavita Bundelkhandi''',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhandare|first=Namita|date=2020-10-16|title=A model for rooted, inclusive journalism|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/a-model-for-rooted-inclusive-journalism-opinion/story-LSl5mt8qp46V1IzkNr0rNN.html|access-date=2020-11-25|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Pande|first=Pooja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2i7gDwAAQBAJ&q=Kavita|title=Momspeak: The Funny, Bittersweet Story of Motherhood in India|date=2020|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=978-0-14-349778-3|language=en}}</ref> is an Indian journalist and news presenter.<ref name=":0" /> She is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the grassroots feminist news network ''[[Khabar Lahariya]].''<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=12 February 2020|title=Kavita Devi on the jobs that will define India's future|url=https://qz.com/india/1800250/kavita-devi-on-the-jobs-that-will-define-indias-future/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Quartz India|language=en}}</ref> Devi was notably the first [[Dalit]] ("untouchable") to become a member of the Editor's Guild of India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Murti|first=Aditi|date=2020-10-31|title=Tell Me More: Talking Media Ethics and Representation With Kavita Devi|url=https://theswaddle.com/tell-me-more-talking-media-ethics-and-representation-with-kavita-devi-editor-of-khabar-lahariya/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=The Swaddle|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Kavita Devi was born in the remote village of Kunjan Purwa,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Dhamini|first=Ratnam|date=2019-11-09|title='People wouldn't think of me as a journalist': Kavita Devi, editor-in-chief, Khabar Lahariya|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/people-wouldn-t-think-of-me-as-a-journalist-kavita-devi-editor-in-chief-khabar-lahariya/story-cVys3dYHIz290ExSU4irDP.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref> near [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh]], to a family of Dalit farmers.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Hazra|first=Nivedita|date=2019-11-10|title=In Conversation With Kavita Devi: The Editor-In-Chief Of Khabar Lahariya|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/11/11/kavita-devi-editor-in-chief-khabar-lahariya/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=FII English|language=en-US}}</ref> The eldest among six children,<ref name=":1" /> she was married off at the age of 12 and received no formal education.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Kotamraju|first=Priyanka|date=27 June 2017|title=A reporter's notebook|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/A-reporter%E2%80%99s-notebook/article20863668.ece|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[Business Line]]|language=en}}</ref> In her testimony, Devi states that a [[non-government organisation]] (NGO) had opened a center in her village where she studied extensively for six months,<ref name=":1" /> and after substantial resistance from other villagers including her family.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 September 2011|title=Khabar Lahariya, A Women Rural Newspaper in Uttar Pradesh, India|url=https://www.ritimo.org/Khabar-Lahariya-A-Women-Rural-Newspaper-in-Uttar-Pradesh-India|website=Ritimo|language=en}}</ref> She is noted to have been the first woman from her village to have received an education as a result.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Neha|date=2019-09-23|title=Women in News panel discusses impact of 'Me Too' in Indian newsrooms|url=https://wan-ifra.org/2019/09/women-in-news-panel-discusses-impact-of-me-too-in-indian-newsrooms/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[WAN-IFRA]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In later years, she has gone on to complete her graduation and earned a [[Master of Arts]] in journalism.<ref name=":5" />

Devi states that she started working with a small newsletter ''Mahila Dakiya,'' which was run by the center in her village and marked the beginning of her journalistic career.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /> Eventually in 2002,<ref name=":3" /> she co-founded ''[[Khabar Lahariya]]'' along with seven other women, with the support an NGO called Nirantar,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Katakam|first=Anupam|date=25 April 2008|title=Making news|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30195583.ece|access-date=2020-11-26|website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|language=en}}</ref> and funding from the [[Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts|Dorabji Tata Trust]], the National Foundation of India and the Dalit Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gahilote|first=Prarthana|date=2 April 2004|title=Khabar Lahariya: When six women started a wave|url=http://asu.thehoot.org/community-media/khabar-lahariya-when-six-women-started-a-wave-1090|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Hoot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chakraborty|first=Sanghamitra|date=1 November 2004|title=Mother India|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/mother-india/225556|access-date=2020-11-26|website=[[Outlook India]]}}</ref> In 2004, the journalists at the paper collectively became the recipient of the [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons]].<ref name=":6" /> By 2014, the paper had six editions and journalist staff of around 40 women.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ratnam|first=Dhamini|date=2019-11-09|title=Small-town newsrooms fail to provide equal space to women|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/small-town-newsrooms-fail-to-provide-equal-space-to-women/story-4JpsqjMUx3dCTebdMXcyBP.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref> It was described by ''[[Business Standard]]'', as having become the backbone of the people in the impoverished rural regions of [[Bundelkhand]] and Awadh, in the states of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-03-02|title=Khabar Lahariya: Making rural media a force for change (Media Feature)|work=Business Standard India|agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]]|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/khabar-lahariya-making-rural-media-a-force-for-change-media-feature-114030200350_1.html|access-date=2020-11-26}}</ref>

Over time, Devi has served in a number of positions in the organisation such as the editor of the Banda edition,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pande|first=Manisha|date=2012-11-10|title=Writing from the roots|work=[[Business Standard]]|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/writing-from-the-roots-112111000067_1.html|access-date=2020-11-26}}</ref> the head of digital operations,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-15|title=The First Woman With Her Own Talk Show in Bundelkhand Shares What Freedom Means to Women|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/111786/women-freedom/|website=[[The Better India]]|language=en-US}}</ref> and initially as a solo field journalist.<ref name=":2" /> She also runs a weekly news commentary show called ''The Kavita Show'' on the network and has been the editor-in-chief since 2019.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-14|title=A video featuring a 'witch' goes viral with seeming complicity from the police and press in UP's Banda|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/a-video-featuring-a-witch-goes-viral-with-seeming-complicity-from-the-police-and-press-in-ups-banda-4964211.html|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> In the same year, she appeared as a speaker at a [[TED (conference)|TED conference]] which resulted in widespread attention on her story,<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 November 2019|title=कविता गुनगुना रहीं बुंदेलखंडी हक की 'लहरिया'|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/banda-kavita-is-humming-the-bundelkhandi-haq-lahariya-19730083.html|website=[[Dainik Jagran]]|language=hi}}</ref> and was described by the host and actor [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as an inspiration.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 November 2019|title="Kavita Devi is an inspiration for all of us" says Shah Rukh Khan on TED Talks India Nayi Baat|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/kavita-devi-inspiration-all-of-us-says-shah-rukh-khan-ted-talks-india-nayi-baat-191108|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Telly Chakkar|language=en}}</ref>

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