By Ashutosh Singh Founder & Editor, Uttar Pradesh Newz –
I’m still very new to this. Some months ago, while doing freelance SEO, writing and managing Google Ads for individuals, I decided to start something of my own in news. I bought the domain UttarPradeshNewz.com and published my first small story about a local event in Lalitpur. Hardly anyone read it, but that was the beginning.
Today the portal is still tiny – a few hundred visitors a month, no office, no salary, no big team – but every single day I’m learning how real journalism works, one story at a time.
Why I jumped into news even though I had zero experience
During my college days and early freelancing years (you can read that full journey here: https://studygem.in/ashutosh-singh/), I noticed three things about Uttar Pradesh coverage:
a. Most big channels only care about Lucknow and Noida politics
b. District-level stories – jobs, education, crimes, farmers, small towns almost never make it to the headlines
c. Very few sites give fast, simple, bilingual (Hindi + English) updates that normal people actually need
I belong to Ambedkar Nagar in Eastern UP, but after living in Noida for years, I now understand both Eastern and Western Uttar Pradesh equally well – their dialects, issues, and daily struggles. That’s why I started UttarPradeshNewz.com: to cover the entire state fairly, from Akbarpur to Agra, even if I’m beginning very small.
The honest reality of running a news site when you’re just starting
- Some days we get only 20–30 visitors
- I am still the only full-time person – I write, edit, upload, share on social media, everything
- I have 3-4 part-time contributors (mostly college students from different districts) who send stories
- Revenue is almost zero from the news site right now. My freelance work (SEO, Google Ads, guest posts etc.) still pays the bills so I can keep the news side clean and independent.
What I’m learning every single week as a beginner
- Original reporting is hard but magical When our stringer sends a photo or video from a village protest or a government job fair, and we publish it within an hour – people actually notice and share.
- Trust takes years, but one mistake can break it in seconds That’s why I double-check every fact myself before hitting publish.
- People love clean and simple news No shouting headlines, no masala, no paid news. Just what happened, when, where, and why it matters to common people in UP.
- Hyper-local + bilingual works A job alert in Hindi for Bundelkhand youth or a small crime update from Chitrakoot gets more shares than big national stories.
My small request to you
If you are reading this on IndiaCSR.blog, please give one small independent voice a chance:
- Visit the portal once: https://uttarpradeshnewz.com
- Follow us on Instagram & X
- If you’re from any corner of Uttar Pradesh and have a real story (education, jobs, politics, human interest, corruption etc.), just WhatsApp me: +91 9911312651
- Even one share or one follow helps a new platform survive and grow.
I’m still learning, still making mistakes, still refreshing the analytics ten times a day hoping today will be better than yesterday.
But every time someone messages “Bhai, aapne hamare gaon ki khabar daali, thank you”, it feels like the best payment in the world.
Thank you IndiaCSR.blog for giving a beginner like me this space.
– Ashutosh Singh
Just a 24- trying to do honest, useful journalism for Uttar Pradesh.
Website: https://uttarpradeshnewz.com
Personal: https://studygem.in/ashutosh-singh/
