Saumya Kalia
India
BehanBox
Saumya Kalia is an associate editor at BehanBox, where she reports on labour, care, and communities. She has previously worked with The Hindu and The Swaddle, and as a reporting fellow covered issues of health rights and civic liberties. Her work has been recognised by the James Beard Foundation and Laadli Media Awards, among others. Saumya is drawn to experimenting with new forms and futures of storytelling.
Bashar Deeb
Syria
Lighthouse Reports
Bashar is an investigative journalist with a specialisation in digital investigations. He has participated in different teams that have produced groundbreaking reports on various issues such as the violation of human rights of asylum seekers at EU’s borders, Europe’s secretive phosphates trade with Syria, and tracking EU arms in conflict zones. In the past he has collaborated with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Forensic Architecture, BBC and Channel 4.
Tessa Pang
Australia
Lighthouse Reports
Your reporting is nothing without impact. This is how you stand up for a community through journalism
Tessa is the Impact Editor at Lighthouse Reports, an investigative team leading global collaborations for deeply reported, public interest investigations. As the impact editor, Tessa shapes investigative strategies to ensure findings reach the right audiences and are strategically positioned to create meaningful change. Tessa predominantly focuses on issues of power imbalance within the world's food systems, but also works across the conflict, war winners, and borders newsrooms.