Hello,
We’re starting the year the same way we always do, by reporting stories that powerful people in the country would rather go unreported.
All our work exists because readers like you fund it.
Your consistent support has enabled us to do slow, challenging investigations – the kind that require field reporting, time, data, documents, editorial rigour, and the freedom to ask uncomfortable questions. In the coming months, we aim to do more investigations that dig into governance failures, corporate influence, environmental violations, and systems that quietly fail citizens. We don’t do clickbait here, no ads and no sponsors. Just plain journalism accountable to you, our readers.
Reader funding also powers the TRC Investigative Reporting Fellowship, backing reporters across India to pursue deep, independent investigations that might not otherwise find a home. Applications for the third edition of the fellowship are currently open until January 10th.
As we step into the year ahead, we’re asking you to back this work again. Donations help fund fellowships like this, investigations, and the reporters and editors behind them, and protect the independence that makes this journalism possible.
If you believe in journalism that questions power, not cozies up to it – support it. Donate now!
Regards,
Mayank Aggarwal
Editor
The Reporters' Collective