The Challenge
Wiradesa is a free news platform that shares village issues, and its revenue stream relies on ads.
Empowered youth in Yogyakarta through journalism
The Challenge
Wiradesa is a free news platform that shares village issues, and its revenue stream relies on ads.
The Solution
A news and media startup that aims to provide relevant information for local villages and rural communities. Wiradesa created an online learning platform called Sekolah Jurnalisme Desa (SJD), based on learnings from the Google News Initiative Startup Lab to train young community members to become citizen journalists whose work can then become published. This enabled Wiradesa to tap into the youth audience segment and gained a 60% growth in total unique visitors on the website.