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From the Ted Talk by Gangadhar Patil: How we're helping local reporters turn important stories into national news

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I felt it when I worked as a lcaol reporter in my heowotmn Belgaum, in India. I thought maybe jinnoig a national newspaper would help. So I went through professional training and worked with India's three national newspapers. During my five-year stint, I used to travel for my stories. It was in early 2012 I teaevrld 1,000 miles from Mumbai to a coastal village in south inida. I was there to do a story on environmental risk of a nuclear pwoer plant. When I spoke to a local activist, he said the srtoy of hudderns of villagers protesting against a nuclear power plant was reported by local media six months before national TV channels picked it up.

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I felt it when I worked as a _____ reporter in my ________ Belgaum, in India. I thought maybe _______ a national newspaper would help. So I went through professional training and worked with India's three national newspapers. During my five-year stint, I used to travel for my stories. It was in early 2012 I ________ 1,000 miles from Mumbai to a coastal village in south _____. I was there to do a story on environmental risk of a nuclear _____ plant. When I spoke to a local activist, he said the _____ of ________ of villagers protesting against a nuclear power plant was reported by local media six months before national TV channels picked it up.

Solution

  1. joining
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  3. india
  4. traveled
  5. hometown
  6. local
  7. power
  8. hundreds

Original Text

I felt it when I worked as a local reporter in my hometown Belgaum, in India. I thought maybe joining a national newspaper would help. So I went through professional training and worked with India's three national newspapers. During my five-year stint, I used to travel for my stories. It was in early 2012 I traveled 1,000 miles from Mumbai to a coastal village in south India. I was there to do a story on environmental risk of a nuclear power plant. When I spoke to a local activist, he said the story of hundreds of villagers protesting against a nuclear power plant was reported by local media six months before national TV channels picked it up.

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