New voices, new platforms.
Meer Foundation's emerging initiatives amplify rural Chhattisgarh's voice through community radio, photo and film, press outreach, and field-reporting. Four platforms, one mission: let rural India speak in its own language.
Rural Chhattisgarh, in its own voice
Not every village has a newspaper. Not every farmer reads the news. But every village has a radio, every child can draw, and every field team has a story worth telling. Our emerging platforms exist because the communities we work with have always spoken — we are simply handing them a microphone.
Why emerging media?
When literacy is low, internet is patchy, and television is rare, community-owned media becomes the most reliable way to share information, awareness, and stories from the ground.
Community-owned
Every platform is led by community reporters — village youth, women's SHG members, and school children trained by our team. We don't broadcast at them; we broadcast with them.
Four platforms
Community radio (Meer FM 90.4), media gallery, news & press desk, and field-notes blog — each tailored to a different audience, each faithful to the same villages.
From print to podcast. The emerging-media stack extends Meer Foundation's five-pillar practice into the airwaves, the gallery, the press, and the feed — building a continuous loop between field reality and public attention. Every platform we operate is anchored in SDG 9 (Industry & Innovation) and SDG 4 (Quality Education).
Four platforms, one rural voice
Each platform serves a distinct purpose — broadcast media for those without screens, a visual archive for journalists and partners, a press desk for official coverage, and a blog for first-person field reporting. Together they form a complete emerging-media stack.
Why rural media matters
Community media is not nostalgia — it is infrastructure. When a village has its own radio, its own children's magazine, and its own reporters, information stops being something done to the village and becomes something the village does for itself.
From 6 PM evening shows to morning children's programming, the radio reaches villages where television signals don't and newspapers arrive a day late.
Meer FM 90.4 builds local broadcast infrastructure owned and operated by rural reporters.
Guriya Magazine and Field Notes extend learning beyond the classroom, in Chhattisgarhi and Hindi.
Press desk and media gallery enable journalists, researchers, and partners to draw on first-person field reporting.
Test your media IQ
Five questions on Meer Foundation's emerging-media platforms — radio, gallery, press, and blog. Score 60% or higher to earn a certificate of awareness.
Emerging media · 5-question quiz
5 questions · passing score 60%
Resource library
Awareness PDFs from across our programmes, plus direct links to each emerging-media platform. All PDFs are CC-BY 4.0 — print, broadcast, and distribute freely with attribution.
Resource library
6 of 6Stream Meer FM 90.4 live or catch up on past episodes as podcasts — anytime, on any device.
Filter photographs and films by programme — Bolti Nadi, Farmours, Prayaas, Yoga Kutumb, Heritage, Tiranga.
Add the Field Notes RSS feed to your newsreader for weekly field reports delivered automatically.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
Meer FM 90.4 is Meer Foundation's community radio station broadcasting from Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. It reaches 80+ villages with six weekly shows covering rivers, farming, women, health, children, and heritage — in Chhattisgarhi and Hindi.