A state cleanliness mission told through national branded features
A government programme is judged on whether people hear about the work, and a photo call alone does not travel. The mission’s ground events were covered as they happened, then the material was placed as branded features on national mastheads, on India Today as an Impact Feature and on ThePrint under its sponsored programme, framing the work as an urban waste management story with the technology angle rather than as an announcement.
Placing the same story on two national mastheads reaches the audience that follows policy rather than only the local audience that saw the event. Building the feature around the technology rather than the ceremony gave the placement an argument, which is what makes branded content read like journalism.
Execution photography from the campaign, captured site by site as each placement went live.