Who we are

Collective Newsroom is a new, independent company founded by four of the BBC's most senior and now former employees in India. It was launched on 10 April 2024 as a content producer for news providers in India and globally, with the BBC as its first client.

We deliver the best of Indian journalism in six Indian languages in addition to English with more than 250 journalists based in Delhi and several other Indian cities. Collective Newsroom is the BBC's sole provider of content for its six Indian-language websites, social media platforms, and YouTube channel BBC News India.

We produce and publish stories, videos, podcasts and graphics for BBC News Gujarati, BBC News Hindi, BBC News Marathi, BBC News Punjabi, BBC News Tamil and BBC News Telugu as well as BBC India's YouTube channel in English. India continues to be the BBC's largest international market with over 80 million people consuming the BBC's content across the country every week.

Vision

To be home to India’s most credible, creative, and courageous journalism.

Mission

We lead with facts bringing diverse voices through innovative and impactful journalism in public interest.

In pursuit of facts

We are committed to reporting the truth with storytelling that is fair and impartial.

Pan-India presence

Our exclusive partnership with BBC News means we are able to bring the best of international, national and regional journalism to our audiences in India.

We have a strong network of well-trained journalists with over 250 based in Delhi, around 30 in regional offices and more than 100 stringers and contributors producing journalism for audiences in India and the Indian diaspora around the world.

Apart from our head office in Delhi, we have teams in major Indian cities, including Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad.

We also produce three daily, five-day-a-week TV programmes in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu that are broadcast to millions of viewers on our partner stations in the country. These are live and also recorded in state-of-the-art studios in our Delhi bureau.

BBC News Hindi produces a daily news bulletin on partner channel News24 covering global news events for Indian audiences.