Sanshey Biswas

Indie journo-preneur & co-founder at @inoldnews (

[Manon Verchot @manonverchot]

Since 2022, @sanshey & I have been uploading footage to Pixabay and @pexels. We believe that free footage is the key to empowering journalists and creators to tell more inclusive stories. We ourselves have benefitted from the extensive free online libraries throughout our career

[In Old News @inoldnews]

Footage from the No Kings protest in San Francisco now available for free, with attribution!

To download the unedited footage, head to: openjournalism [dot] network

[Sanshey Biswas @sanshey]

@verge And Craigslist didn't kill classified ads.

[Sanshey Biswas @sanshey]

@digitalocean @awscloud Hey, just heard back that this has been fixed. Thank you for the quick resolution. The ticket was ref:!00Df2018t5m.!500QP0rfxK9:ref

[In Old News @inoldnews]

Co-founders of ION @sansheybiswas and @manonverchot wrapped a 3 day training on Ethical use of AI in Journalism in Noida, on March 9, 2025.
Around 25 journalists tested out over 10 AI tools and had deep and insightful discussions. Thank you @USAGMgov and @VOANews for this.

[Manon Verchot @manonverchot]

EJCP at @NewmarkJPlus gave me the confidence to chase new opportunities, helped @sanshey and I clarify our mission and develop our business model. And I got to make connections with a great cohort of other entrepreneurial journalists.

I have such fond memories of our sessions.

[Sanshey Biswas @sanshey]

A refreshing piece for my eyes tired of seeing "AI" & "Journalism" in the same headline. There are multiple forces trying to pull the rug from under our feet.

[In Old News @inoldnews]

77% of US news influencers have no news backgrounds. In this piece, @Shu_cheetah explores what the news industry could learn from this!
Does it mean ringing in the new year with a dispelling of the illusion of unbiased news?
https://t.co/NjVUVn1wMI

[Manon Verchot @manonverchot]

The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) for generating images & written content often overshadows the technology's incredible ability to reduce mundane tasks.

@sanshey and I explore AI's applications in conservation in our latest documentary: https://t.co/AssLa2139n

[Jeff Joseph @jeffjosephpaul]

Poison in your Prasadam?

When it comes to pesticide residue, India has seen many alarming headlines over the years.

Read my investigation into how a dysfunctional regulatory system and an ill-monitored pesticide retail market undermines consumer safety.

https://t.co/lY57cJ0bJP

[Sanshey Biswas @sanshey]

What a great first video by @Shu_cheetah to announce her joining our team!

https://t.co/jJdguHg0MT

[International Women's Media Foundation @IWMF]

RESOURCE ALERT: U.S.-based journalists or news outlets can email the recently-launched Election Urgent Care safety helpline for support with digital, physical, psychosocial, and legal concerns—from dealing with doxing, threats, and arrests to preparing for risky assignments.

[In Old News @inoldnews]

We brought you Indian elections footage earlier this year. Now we have free-to-use (with credit) US election footage for you! save the link: https://t.co/4nlTR1ZCpG

[In Old News @inoldnews]

Get ready to cover the US elections with our free footage library. Head to https://t.co/XtfCp1NdYP in your browser.

We’ll be uploading footage to our album from now through to the election results after November 5th.

[In Old News @inoldnews]

For the last couple of months, we’ve been sitting on some good news. InOldNews has been awarded a Magic Grant from the @BrownInstitute at @columbiajourn
This grant will allow us to scale our free footage library to support more journalists all over the world. (1/3)

[In Old News @inoldnews]

🎥US-based journalists & journalism students! We're building a library of free footage relating to the elections. Make some extra money recording clips while field reporting

This project was made possible thanks to @BrownInstitute at @columbiajourn

Apply https://t.co/G9cthT5bSM

[The Open Notebook @Open_Notebook]

This @inoldnews project has built a library of more than 700 video clips from 13 countries underrepresented in media coverage, free for journalists to use in covering climate change. They've documented everything from mangrove restoration to flooding, from Saint Lucia to Myanmar.

[In Old News @inoldnews]

Video reporting grant deadline approaching in 2 days. Seeking #pitches from journalists on renewable energy stories from India. More details on themes and submission requirements here:

https://t.co/DTDKR3HZRL

[In Old News @inoldnews]

This would not have been possible without amazing support from amazing institutions like @earthjournalism @Internews @BrownInstitute @columbiajourn & @Sida

[In Old News @inoldnews]

It's official! Our footage library has crossed 1,000 clips by 20+ journalists from 20+ countries! All of them are free to use, with attribution. And we're just getting started. Our latest additions focus on climate change footage: https://t.co/cN4Jz9EZaw

[In Old News @inoldnews]

New opportunity for documentary filmmakers from @earthjournalism
EJN will provide grants of up to INR 2.75 lakhs (~3k USD) for reporting projects focused on renewable energy stories in India. https://t.co/DTDKR3HZRL