Topic directory
Media
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing media.
- Aleph
Open-source investigative data search and cross-referencing engine for tracking corruption, corporate registries, and leaked records
Tool TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Aleph - ALT EFF
Climate action and awareness through the emotive power of cinema.
Organisation ClimateEnvironment India, Maharashtra
Go straight to ALT EFF - Archival and Research Project (ARPO)
Preserving and promoting Kerala's local culture and heritage through digital archiving, multimedia storytelling, research, and community engagement
Organisation Culture & heritageMedia India, Kerala
Go straight to Archival and Research Project (ARPO) - Carbon Brief
UK-based climate science and policy news site — data-driven explainers, fact-checks, and analysis that set the standard for climate journalism worldwide
Publication ClimateEnergy Global
Go straight to Carbon Brief - Chatwoot
Open-source omnichannel customer support and helpdesk platform integrating WhatsApp, email, live chat, and SMS in a unified inbox
Tool TechnologyMedia Global, India
Go straight to Chatwoot - D3.js & Observable Plot
The foundational open-source JavaScript libraries for data visualisation — D3 for bespoke interactive graphics, Observable Plot for quick exploratory charts
Tool TechnologyMedia Global
Go straight to D3.js & Observable Plot - Datasette
Open-source tool for exploring structured data and publishing it as a searchable website with a documented JSON API
Tool TechnologyTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Datasette - Datawrapper
Create charts, maps, and tables for the web — the tool behind most data journalism graphics, with a generous free tier for newsrooms and nonprofits
Tool MediaTechnology Global, India
Go straight to Datawrapper - Digital Library of India
Massive digitised collection of Indian books in multiple languages — part of the Million Book Project, hosted on Internet Archive with millions of free volumes
Archive Culture & heritageEducation India
Go straight to Digital Library of India - DSpace
Open-source digital repository platform — the standard for institutional archives, used by 3,000+ universities and research organisations worldwide
Tool EducationTechnology Global, India
Go straight to DSpace - Flint Chart
Microsoft's open-source visualisation language for the AI era — lets AI agents reliably create expressive, good-looking charts from simple human-editable specs
Tool TechnologyMedia Global
Go straight to Flint Chart - Flourish
Create animated, interactive data visualisations and stories — bar races, network graphs, 3D maps, with a generous free tier for journalism and nonprofits
Tool MediaTechnology Global, India
Go straight to Flourish - Ghost
Open-source publishing and newsletter platform for independent journalists, policy publications, and research collectives
Tool MediaTechnology Global, India
Go straight to Ghost - Goya Media
Award-winning food publication celebrating regional cuisines and home cooks — building an open-source archive of India's heirloom recipes
Publication Culture & heritageMedia India
Go straight to Goya Media - Gramvaani
Participatory media and voice-tech platforms for communities excluded from mainstream information systems.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Gramvaani - IMF Blog
IMFBlog publishes timely IMF staff analysis on growth, fiscal pressures, financial stability and policy debates
Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to IMF Blog - IndiaSpend
Data-driven reporting on Indian public policy, from health spending to air quality, with the sources laid out
Publication GovernanceMedia India
Go straight to IndiaSpend - Indic Digital Archive Foundation
Digital archival and preservation of Indic language cultural artefacts — books, publications, and documents — available for free and open access
Organisation Culture & heritageMedia India, Kerala
Go straight to Indic Digital Archive Foundation - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Independent international network of investigative reporters famous for collaborative cross-border data investigations into offshore financial leaks
Organisation TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - Internet Archive
The web's memory — archived pages, books, government records and broadcasts, plus the Wayback Machine
Archive MediaTechnology Global
Go straight to Internet Archive - Internet Freedom Foundation
India's foremost digital rights organisation — defending free speech, privacy, net neutrality, and surveillance reform through litigation and public advocacy
Organisation RightsTechnology India
Go straight to Internet Freedom Foundation - The Local Food Project (Locavore)
Food-systems storytelling, local producer networks, and community-led action for regional food cultures.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to The Local Food Project (Locavore) - Maxun
Open-source no-code web extraction platform for turning websites into structured datasets, scheduled workflows and APIs
Tool TechnologyTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Maxun - Mongabay India
Independent nonprofit reporting on India's forests, wildlife, oceans, climate, conservation and environmental governance
Publication EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to Mongabay India - Narrative Hub / The Climate Narrative Hub
Climate storytelling and narrative-change hub connecting communicators, creators, funders, and civil society.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Narrative Hub / The Climate Narrative Hub - NVIDIA Parakeet
Fast, locally runnable speech-to-text models for transcribing interviews, meetings and recordings with punctuation and timestamps
Tool TechnologyMedia Global, India
Go straight to NVIDIA Parakeet - Oorvani Foundation
Connecting people with civic information for better cities through media, data, and learning.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Oorvani Foundation - OpenSpeaks Tools
Offline-oriented tools for subtitling, organising media and documenting oral knowledge in Indigenous and low-resourced languages
Tool Culture & heritageTechnology India, Global
Go straight to OpenSpeaks Tools - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Global network of investigative journalists uncovering transnational crime, state corruption, and financial secrecy networks
Organisation TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project - People's Archive of Rural India
A living archive of rural Indian life — reporting, photographs, oral histories and video, in more than a dozen languages
Archive AgricultureCaste India
Go straight to People's Archive of Rural India - Quarto
Open-source publishing system for reproducible reports, policy briefs, presentations, dashboards, websites and books
Tool TechnologyEducation Global, India
Go straight to Quarto - Sanchaya
Builds open Kannada language technology, literary research tools, and freely accessible digital collections of books and periodicals
Organisation Culture & heritageTechnology India, Karnataka
Go straight to Sanchaya - Slowform Media
Independent climate and environment journalism.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Slowform Media - svara-TTS
Open-source multilingual text-to-speech model for Indian languages, enabling natural voice synthesis across regional languages and dialects
Tool TechnologyCulture & heritage India, Global
Go straight to svara-TTS - Taguette
Free qualitative research software for highlighting and coding documents, collaborating on analysis and exporting findings
Tool TechnologyEducation Global, India
Go straight to Taguette - TREND by Youth Ki Awaaz
Research unit polling, discourse analysis, and a public archive of questions tracking young India's opinions and cultural shifts
Organisation Culture & heritageMedia India
Go straight to TREND by Youth Ki Awaaz - Whatomate
Open-source, self-hosted WhatsApp communication platform with visual node-based IVR, call recording, and automated messaging workflows
Tool TechnologyMedia Global, India
Go straight to Whatomate - World Bank Group Blogs
Official World Bank Group blog network covering poverty, climate, infrastructure, finance and development practice updates
Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to World Bank Group Blogs - Zulip
Open-source, topic-based threaded team chat platform designed to organize conversations and prevent information loss in distributed teams
Tool TechnologyMedia Global, India
Go straight to Zulip