Investigative
Reporting
Fellowship
The Reporters’ Collective (TRC) is delighted to announce Suchak Patel as the winner of the inaugural TRC Investigative Reporting Fellowship. Suchak, a TRC Fellow for the next three months, will be working with the TRC team to produce top-grade investigative work in English. His work will be published by The Collective and made available for co-publication by regional newsrooms.
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SUCHAK PATEL
Suchak works as an independent journalist and is a transportation engineer by training. He is currently part of the 2024 cohort of the Just Transition Research Fellowship at IIT Kanpur. He has previously worked as a researcher at NDTV. He was the recipient of the Centre for Financial Accountability Smitu Kothari Fellowship in 2022. His work has been featured on platforms such as Down to Earth, NDTV, Newslaundry, and Carbon Copy. Suchak is interested in investigating infrastructure policies and government schemes, primarily on health, education and climate.
In the coming days, Suchak will work on a project that falls within our themes of Political Economy, and Governance and Accountability.
In this inaugural round, we received 70 eligible applications. Some of them stood out much more than others. While we can’t host all of the shortlisted stories, we have decided to accept one more investigative pitch that intersects caste, politics and our theme of Public Health and Policies. Our Special Grantee Alok Rajput will be taking on this investigative project.
ALOK RAJPUT
Alok is a freelance journalist based in Delhi. He studied sociology at the Center for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University. A trained sociologist, Alok completed his graduation in pharmacy. He often contributes for media portals such as Live Law, The Quint, The Wire. He is interested to report on issues related to government health policies, community health and caste politics of north Indian Hindi-speaking plains.
The Fellowship
Announced last month, our inaugural fellowship was open to candidate(s) with at least two years of reporting experience to tackle an ambitious investigative project they propose. This fellowship is funded by citizens who champion our work.
Selecting just one out of the 70 applications was rather tough. We assessed each application on different parameters, including originality and exclusivity, our mandate, availability of evidence, and feasibility of the story pitched.
We had invited proposals by journalists from across the country to share their story ideas aligning with the following themes:
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