About Us
About Us – Newstic
Most mornings start the same way. Phones light up. TV tickers crawl. A friend forwards a clip that looks real until you look twice. There’s plenty of information and not enough meaning. That gap is why this newsroom was built.
We’re a small, stubborn team that likes slow questions in a fast world: What happened? Who did it affect? What changes tomorrow because of this? We cover breaking developments when they matter, but we don’t mistake noise for news. Our job is to make the day readable.
What We Try to Do — Every Day
Picture a morning meeting:
- Someone is tracking a late-night notification from Delhi.
- Another is on the phone with a farmer in Gurdaspur describing water up to the cot.
- A colleague in Bengaluru is watching markets twitch on an RBI hint.
By mid-day, there’s a foreign ministry briefing, a road closure, a court order, a rumour that needs killing, and a cricket score everyone already knows but still wants explained.
We knit those threads together. A policy announced in Parliament isn’t a line in the Gazette; it’s a household budget changing in Jaipur next month. A war far away can become the reason your petrol bill rises. A monsoon failure shows up first in mandi prices and then in your plate. That’s the story we chase.
You’ll find the full sweep here — India and national affairs, politics, business and economy, world news, science and education, technology, health and lifestyle, entertainment, and sports — but always with context.
How We Report
Facts first
If we can’t verify something, we don’t publish it. We call, cross-check, and message the people who know. Anonymous sources are used only with clear editorial oversight.
Clarity over jargon
Markets move, policies change, courts speak in dense paragraphs. We translate without dumbing down. If a Sensex fall or new tax affects you, we’ll explain how, in plain language.
On-the-ground voices
Desk research matters, but nothing beats shoe leather. When a story demands it, we listen to traders in Surat, nurses on a night shift, panchayats in Bundelkhand, or coaches on dusty fields.
Corrections
If we’re wrong, we fix it and note the change. No hedging, and also Captions carry names and dates. Images are credited or used with permission. AI visuals are labelled and avoided for sensitive reporting.
What Sets Us Apart
- There is plenty of breaking news. There is less explained news. We try to be the latter.
- We don’t do paid news. Advertising, when it appears, is kept outside the newsroom. Sponsored features are marked clearly.
- Independence isn’t a slogan here; it’s a workflow.
- Range matters. Cricket gets front-page love, but so does a para-athlete on a night bus, a women’s team playing in near-empty stands, or an indie film that moves people.
- Tech stories aren’t just gadget lists; they’re about AI in classrooms, data protection, cybersecurity, and the way digital life reshapes work.
Our Standards (The Boring but Important Bits)
- Verification: Two independent confirmations wherever possible. Documents over quotes; quotes over hearsay.
- Attribution: Other outlets are credited when they break news we build upon.
- Balance: We seek responses from all sides, or note when a reply was declined.
- Privacy: No personal numbers, no faces of minors, no details that put someone at risk.
- Data: Charts carry sources; methodology is explained.
AI Use: Never for reporting or writing published copy. Only for internal research assistance, and always reviewed by humans.
What You’ll Read, and How
- Briefs: Tight, to the point, everything you need in a minute.
- Ground Reports: Messy details from the field.
- Explainers: For when the world won’t slow down long enough to make sense.
- Opinions: Clearly labelled, edited for argument not noise.
We’re not hostile to headlines like “top stories” or “latest news today” because readers search for them. But we write for people, not boxes on a results page. If a term helps you find the right story fast — breaking news, India news, world news, business news, sports news — we’ll use it, then give you context that respects your time.
Who’s in the Room
- Reporters who’ve spent monsoons on the road and winters outside courtrooms.
- Editors who still pick up the phone before they pick a headline.
- Copy desks that fight for a neat sentence.
- Developers who care about speed because sometimes slow isn’t thoughtful — it’s just slow.
- A photo team that believes faces give context, not decoration.
We’re based in India but we read the world. On any given day you might find us speaking with a start-up founder in Bengaluru, a sugar trader in Kolhapur, a climate scientist in Hyderabad, a football coach in Goa, or a student in Patna preparing for an exam that keeps shifting its date.
Your Role in All of This
Readers keep us honest. If you spot an error, write. If we missed a voice, tell us who to call. If a story affected you, say how. We answer mail. We publish clarifications. We adjust coverage when your feedback tells us we should.
We also send a newsletter that isn’t just a list of links. It’s a note from the desk — what we’re watching, what we learned, and what surprised us. Subscribe if you like news with a human voice.
The Promise We Make
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We won’t always be first. We will try very hard to be right. We won’t write for algorithms. We will write for people who want to understand their day: the family tracking prices, the student preparing for an exam, the small business watching policy, the fan who knows a game is never just a game.
If that sounds like you, welcome.
News that matters, when it matters.
Have feedback, tips, or a story idea?
📧 Email us: contact@newstic.in