South Asian journalists
South Asian journalists in the region and the diaspora whose work I like across a range of beats. An incomplete list :)
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@hanaatameez.bsky.social
@suhauna.bsky.social
reporter @ LA Times covering labor and workplace issues. send tips: suhauna.hussain@latimes.com https://www.latimes.com/la-bio-suhauna-hussain-staff.html
@prachigu.bsky.social
Author, THEY CALLED US EXCEPTIONAL, an Amazon Best Book of 2023 "Non-intelligent reporter, " according to Trump. Bylines at Jezebel, Harper's Bazaar, The Atlantic, Elle, Marie Claire, etc
@anitawrites.bsky.social
Solidarity Journalism Initiative lead, assistant professor at UT Austin School of Journalism and Media. Views are my own.
@surbhigupta.bsky.social
South Asia Editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Past includes Columbia Journalism, Indian Express and ACJ. Delhi girl. Also an SRK and Virat Kohli fan.
@radbrowndads.bsky.social
food reporter @ chicago tribune 🗣️ co-host: hbo's dune: prophecy official podcast w greta johnsen (every sunday!) 🥭 james beard award winning writer 🎤 see something say something pod
@tanvi.bsky.social
writer +/ journo covering migration, cities, justice etc. words in The Nation, Politico Mag, The Baffler, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. teaching @ CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. tanvim.05 on signal. Tanvim27 on insta.
@fiza.bsky.social
fza like SZA. indie reporter, writer & editor. audience mgmt @285southatl.bsky.social. heartwork @refaatlibrary.bsky.social / refaatlibrary.com.
@kalyanisaxena.bsky.social
journalist and fervent bookworm 💖📚I make radio by day and cover romance & fantasy by candlelight work in NPR, WBUR, and the Washington Post
@nadiachaudhury.bsky.social
Eater Northeast editor & Eater NY; former Eater Austin editor & BizBash photo editor; writer & photographer; guinea pigs/cats/bunnies; NY>ATX>NY
@ahmermkhan.bsky.social
Award-winning & 2x Emmy-nominated Independent Multimedia Journalist | Work: Vice News, The Guardian, The New York Times, CS Monitor, RFI, TIME, LATimes, & more.
@meghnadbose.bsky.social
Investigative journalist📍New York City 🗽 Reporter and Delacorte Fellow, Columbia Journalism Review To send story leads/tips, mail mb5153@columbia.edu
@sodendritic.bsky.social
science reporter @dallasnews.com // miriam[dot]fauzia[at]dallasnews[dot]com
@nehagohil.bsky.social
Senior Journalist @bbc | Prev @guardian | Highly Commended NCTJ’s News Journalism Award | @The_JDF
@nisakhan.bsky.social
girl reporter at kqed in san francisco • http://nisa-khan.com • signal is nkhan.15
@sadiyaansari.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ editor (Africa and Asia) at Context/Thomson Reuters Foundation Bestselling author of IN EXILE Co-founder, Canadian Journalists of Colour Rep: Samantha Haywood, Transatlantic Literary Agency
@rishad.bsky.social
Co-founder of Splice. Lives in #lisboa Product + brand designer, trainer, mentor, speaker, writer, editor, builder, media startup lover. How can I help you build your media product?
@sabrinatoppa.bsky.social
Journalist and editor. Work in The Guardian, TIME, NBC News, The Atlantic, Washington Post and other outlets. Open to new editing opportunities: sabrinatoppa@gmail.com
@vrsrini.bsky.social
Deputy National Editor, The Hindu newspaper, India. In charge of opinion, data and explanatory journalism.
@ismat.bsky.social
Managing editor at Analyst News. Previously at Quartz, Al Jazeera, Money, MarketWatch, Columbia, Umich. Go Blue.
@kaamilahmed.bsky.social
Reporter at the Guardian, on the Global Development team. Author of “I Feel No Peace” - the stories of Rohingya refugees facing persecution, abuse and exploitation
@saeedahmed.bsky.social
VP of News for Digital Platforms, AP | Ex-BBC, NPR, CNN | Loves:🏃🏾♂️🎸📸 | 🇧🇩🇺🇸| Here to help underrepresented journos: http://calendly.com/ahmed_saeed
@meher.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Journalist. Author of chap "Busted Models" (No Dear / Small Anchor). Words here, there, elsewhere. Updates: https://meherm.substack.com/ @/meherness on Twitter.
@nausheen.bsky.social
Muslim, writer, data+docs journalist, professor | words in The Nation, The Appeal, The HuffPost, Chicago Tribune | send tips: DM or nhusain@syr.edu | urdu mein bhi nausheenhusain.github.io
@amritpalksl.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter | RT≠endorsements | Got a Tip? Want to commission me? Get in touch. https://www.amritpalkaursandhulongoria.com
@hafsaquraishi.bsky.social
now: @hereandnow | then: @WBUR, m.a. @newmarkjschool ‘20, @electionland, @kmuw, national desk @npr, @wusf | if you don’t know my name yet, don’t worry; you will
@bedatri.bsky.social
Arts and Entertainment Editor at @Inquirer.com | Film programmer at DOC NYC, SFFILM | NYC/PHL via CCU/DEL | bchoudhury@inquirer.com
@ramshajahangir.bsky.social
Associate Editor @techpolicypress.bsky.social Senior Fellow @thegni.bsky.social ramshajahangir.com
@vritti.bsky.social
editing college, wnba & recruiting 🏀 @ espn. 🏏, 🏎️, 🌶️, 🍂, 🇮🇳. Bay Area, CA-born, 2-continent kid, ABCD. Mostly shouting "WHAT DID I JUST SEE" at sporting events. rhymes with 'pithy'. she/her.
@fyrashid.bsky.social
@mythilisk.bsky.social
Journalist. Bylines everywhere. Community media, public interest tech, politics, climate, South Asian diaspora. Collage Artist. NYC. Subscribe to my newsletter: exportquality.substack.com
@farooqumar.bsky.social
Investigative journalist at Bloomberg. Recovering Foreign Correspondent. Formerly with ProPublica, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, LA Times. umar-farooq.com
@kavithad.bsky.social
Journalist. Free agent. Emmy/Murrow/Webby/Gracie winner. Current: Sportly. Priors: Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, The Athletic, ESPN, Bloomberg.
@aysha.bsky.social
editor @nextcity.org and analystnews.org covering the path to flourishing cities and a just world 🏙️🌎 urbanism without equity is gentrification. housing is a human right. genocide is bad. nonprofit journalism is the future. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 nextcity.org/pitch
@rubinafillion.nytimes.com
Working on A.I. Initiatives @nytimes; formerly @WSJ, @theintercept, @columbiajournalism; avid consumer of coffee and novels
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social
Reporter, Los Angeles Times. I cover the University of California and more in higher and K-12 education. Former national and foreign correspondent. Big fan of reporting on religion. Based in Los Angeles.
@nayeema.bsky.social
Journalist/Filmmaker/Podcaster. Exec Producer of the NYMag/Vox Media pod On with Kara Swisher. BlueSky-Curious.
@neeldhanesha.com
Staff writer @niemanlab.org, previously telling climate/science stories in text and audio at Heatmap/Vox/Audubon/Radiolab.
@maryamshah.bsky.social
digital editor, breaking news baddie, your lil sister’s best friend, bookish fiend - in that order
@nvpatel.bsky.social
staff editor for health and science, @nytimes.com Opinion desk | he / him
@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com
Senior Diplomatic Correspondent at HuffPost // Writing a book on Gaza and the Biden administration for W. W. Norton (on leave until April 2025) // he/him Say hi: akbar.58 on Signal or akbar.ahmed@huffpost.com
@jazzmyth.bsky.social
covering gender, tech & data for @19thnews.org, 2025 reporting fellow @techpolicypress.bsky.social, occasionally newslettering @ data+feelings • queer, mixed race, disabled • reads a lot • she/her subscribe: 19thnews.org/newsletters jazzmyth.substack.com
@aishamalik.bsky.social
Senior Consumer News Writer at TechCrunch | Pitches: aisha@techcrunch.com
@ad1ti.bsky.social
silly, sentimental woman working in journalism & an involuntary test subject for cruel technologies. 🌱she/her 📍texan in chicago 🔗 hungi.es opinions are my own and do not reflect my employer.
@askhalid.bsky.social
Tech and business journalist. Bylines at The Verge, Engadget, Quartz, and more.
@azmatzahra.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter, The New York Times | Birch Professor at Columbia Journalism School & Director of the Li Center for Global Journalism
@shakeelhashim.com
Writing about AI policy at Transformer. Supporting AI journalism with grants at Tarbell. Prev: AI safety and EA comms; journalist at The Economist, Protocol, Finimize. London. https://transformernews.ai
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social
Ontario reporter for The Narwhal. Vice-president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Springsteen, space, sports, sweets
@siric.bsky.social
currently: @citybureau.bsky.social // prev. @motherjones.com @gristnews.bsky.social // i write about environmental justice (mostly) // sirichilukuri.com
@zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
Political columnist and editor @MSNBC Daily. Say hello: zeeshan.aleem@nbcuni.com Sign up for my free politics newsletter: http://zeeshanaleem.substack.com/subscribe
@saahildesai.bsky.social
Senior Editor at The Atlantic. Please listen closely as our menu options have changed.
@ninalakhani.bsky.social
Senior climate justice reporter @GuardianUS Before: México, Centroamérica & London Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads & an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet Ex-mental health nurse. More fun than I sound
@meerabee.bsky.social
Audience engagement editor, NPR. Love a well told story. Novice birder. Hiker, runner, occasional knitter. I’ll always go to the Scottish Highlands. 🪬
@mazmhussain.bsky.social
Writing @dropsitenews. Interested in books, tech, history, global affairs, and language. فارسی/اردو/TR/EN
@pranavdixit.bsky.social
Meta Correspondent at Business Insider. Previously: India Tech Correspondent at BuzzFeed News. 2022 Nieman Fellow. Accidental expat. Send me tips securely on Signal: pranavdixit.04. Your identify is safe with me.
@prashantrao.bsky.social
Semafor Senior Editor, responsible for international and climate coverage. Sign up: http://semafor.com/newsletters Ex-The Atlantic and The New York Times in London, AFP in Baghdad
@shireenahmed.bsky.social
Sports journalist. University Instructor. Car dancer. Mama x 4. Happy Wife. Coffee drinker. Cat lover. Anti-oppression in sport. Bend it Like Beckham Scholar.
@sapna.bsky.social
NYT (@nytimes.com) covering TikTok and emerging media. love consumer-y business news. former retail and advertising reporter. pun fan, Tar Heel, CT native, toddler mom - contact me at sapna@nytimes.com or Signal me directly @Sapna.87
@manisha.bsky.social
investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead, The Guardian. Emmys judge. friend to all cats / www.manishaganguly.com
@imrankhan.bsky.social
Former Senior Writer at GamesBeat. Former Producer/Head of PR at MyDearest. Used to write about games at Game Informer, Kinda Funny, and Fanbyte. Contact: imran@prosekhans.com. He/him.
@tariqpanja.bsky.social
⚽️💰🚓 Co-author Football's Secret Trade| NYT Global Sports Correspondent| ✉️tariq.panja@nytimes.com |tariq.panja@protonmail.com|
@reckless.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
@hanaatameez.bsky.social
Staff Writer @niemanlab.org covering the future of news. 🇵🇰 New Yorker ⚽ fan 🗣️ EN/ES/ حیدرآبادی اردو 💌hanaa@niemanlab.org 💼 hanaatameez.com