Ten groups had been shortlisted for the ultimate spherical of the competition.
The Hindu Group hosted “The Newspaper of the Future”, a pupil competitors at IIT Saarang 2026, inviting contributors to reimagine how newspapers can interact younger readers in a quickly evolving media panorama.
The competition targeted on designing a future-ready newspaper expertise for the 18–24 age group, whereas retaining the core rules of journalism corresponding to credibility, public curiosity, and accountable reporting.
College students had been inspired to suggest print, digital or hybrid ideas that used expertise meaningfully to reinforce storytelling and reader engagement.
A complete of 100 college students throughout 30 groups participated within the preliminary spherical. Primarily based on concept submissions and visible mock-ups, 10 groups had been shortlisted for the ultimate spherical.
The groups offered their ideas reside at IIT Saarang 2026 earlier than a jury comprising Sridhar Arnala, Chief Gross sales and Distribution Officer, The Hindu Group, and Nagaraj N., Vice President – Knowledge and Analytics and Designated AI Officer, The Hindu Group.
“We designed a Gen Z–targeted newspaper that prioritizes visible storytelling over long-form studying,” stated Vir Jain of the profitable staff Reporters, together with Shambhuraj Salunkhe and Rajvardhan Waghmare. “Our idea options comic-style visible narratives to clarify information stream, a ‘follow-a-case’ format for in-depth story monitoring, and an AI reporter that reads and summarizes information with out compromising journalistic values.”
The Hindu is the media companion for IIT Saarang 2026.
Revealed – January 13, 2026 04:40 am IST