Digitally Right

Bangladesh

Miraj Chowdhury is the founder of Digitally Right in Bangladesh, focusing on the intersection of media, technology, and society. With nearly 18 years of experience in journalism, research, and media development, he has worked as a regional editor at the Global Investigative Journalism Network and served as an adjunct faculty teaching journalistic research. Miraj is a 2020 GNI-Internews Digital Rights Fellow and sits on the boards of MRDI, Sustainable Journalism Partnership, and What To Fix.

JournalismAI

South Africa

Tshepo Tshabalala is the Manager and Team Lead at JournalismAI, a research and training project run by Polis — the international journalism think-tank at the London School of Economics and Political Science — in collaboration with the Google News Initiative. Prior to joining Polis, Tshepo worked at the Wits Centre for Journalism where he led the Journalism and Media Lab (Jamlab Africa) and has also worked in various capacities for newsrooms such as BusinessDay Wanted Online, BusinessLive, Forbes Africa magazine, and Thomson Reuters. He is a Chevening Scholar and holds an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and an MA in Journalism.

Scroll

India

Sannuta Raghu heads Scroll.in's AI Lab for News and Journalism. The lab is building Factivo, a versioning tool to repurpose news articles according to the information needs of users. Since 2016, she has built, lead, and scaled Scroll's digital video newsroom, creating news+ products for platforms with between 6 million and 200 million users. She is an ICFJ Knight Fellow and an incoming Reuters Institute Journalism Fellow.

DVB

Myanmar

With 10 years of experience in the field, Sithu, currently at DVB, focuses on creating high-impact digital marketing strategies and optimising social media performance for brands.

Media Viability Accelerator

United Kingdom

As Partnerships Manager for the Media Viability Accelerator, Zoë leads outreach to and engagement with media support organisations, funders, and media outlets. Zoë has over 10 years’ experience working in the independent media sector. She started out in magazine publishing, and media business development before joining Open Society Foundations’ Program on Independent Journalism, and then the Soros Economic Development Fund, where she worked on impact investments to independent media. Zoë speaks Portuguese, holds a BA in Philosophy from King’s College London, and an MA in Journalism from Columbia University Journalism School.

The Continent

South Africa

Refiloe is The Continent's production editor and undisputed quizmistress, Badass-in-Chief, and Hoop Correspondent, and has been with the publication since its inception in 2020.

The Standard

Thailand

Dew is a content producer of The Standard knd, the leading Thai bilingual channel with a wide presence on multiple social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

The Standard

Thailand

Jom has a background in publishing and a passion for editorial. He drives The Standard’s digital strategy as Digital Platform Manager, and focuses on optimising content and maximising its reach across all channels.

climateXchange

Romania

Dr Carmen Nicoara is an established social researcher and impact evaluation specialist, currently leading research and impact strategies at climateXchange (cXc), Syli’s global initiative designed to advance high-impact climate journalism around the world. At cXc, she helps newsrooms define, deconstruct, and measure the impact of their climate storytelling. With over a decade of experience in education, employment, and community development, Carmen has managed high-profile projects, including the evaluation of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics Community Programme and creating evaluation frameworks for cross-border cultural heritage preservation in Syria.

Global Forum for Media Development

Denmark

Anne Marie Hammer is Director of Membership Services at the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), the largest international network of journalism support, media freedom, and media development organisations. An expert in media development and journalism support funding, Anne Marie is responsible for the GFMD MediaDev Fundraising Guide and Resource Centre, a sector-specific resource for small and medium-sized media development organisations, and Bottom Line, a monthly newsletter dedicated to media development funding.

Media consultant

United Kingdom

Michael Randall has over 23 years of experience in designing and implementing media development projects across the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. His projects have focused on areas such as TV co-production (drama and documentaries), community radio, social media, journalism training, media regulation, media law reform, and public service broadcasting. He has an an exceptional track record in business development, having raised more than €120 million from donors such as the European Commission, USAID, and others.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Thailand

Pattaramon Tocharoen a.k.a. Bo, a Bangkok street sweeper, is a proud local with a thriving TikTok presence of over 300,000 followers.

Pulitzer Center

Thailand

Vijitra Duangdee is the Southeast Asia Program Manager at the Pulitzer Center, where she brings Pulitzer-supported stories to life through creative campaigns. From art exhibitions to performative dinners and influencer partnerships, she finds engaging ways to share important narratives to new audiences.

The Green Line

Canada

Anita Li is the founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of The Green Line, an award-winning news outlet in Toronto that delivers community-driven solutions journalism. She also serves as Journalism Innovator-in-Residence at Toronto Metropolitan University. With over two decades of industry experience across North America, she is recognised for her expertise in community-driven journalism, news entrepreneurship, and media innovation.

Gazzetta

Austria

As the founder of Gazzetta, a newly-set up Tallinn and New York-based venture, Patrick Boehler supports media and technology companies at the forefront of internet freedom. This role builds on extensive background in newsroom leadership, editorial strategy, audience research, product development, and digital security for global media organizations navigating challenging environments. Prior to this, he led Radio Free Europe's digital transformation, overseeing product, audience, and marketing teams. He also established an Innovation Lab focused on censorship circumvention and remote reporting technologies, alongside the RFE/RL Academy, a journalism training hub.