Semafor

Singapore

Gina Chua is Executive Editor at Semafor, a new global news startup, and previously Executive Editor at Reuters. She transitioned in late 2020 while at Reuters.

Gram Vaani

India

Sayonee Chatterjee has been a development practitioner for more than 15 years working with grassroots communities, especially women in rural India, across a range of issues, including micro-finance, maternal and child health. At Gram Vaani, she handles engagement strategies, partnership, and content.

queerbeat

India

Ankur Paliwal is an independent queer journalist, founder, and managing editor of queerbeat.org, a new media startup focused on accurately covering LGBTQIA+ communities in India. He was a fellow at the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program at The City University of New York.

Exile Hub

Norway

December Khaing is Communications & Advocacy Manager at Exile Hub. She has seven years in the international NGO sector with organisations such as ActionAid, WorldVision/VisionFund, and Partners Norway.

YouTuber

South Korea

Alpago Şinasi is a Turkish-born journalist, YouTuber, and stand-up comedian based in South Korea. His videos, mainly in Korean, have almost 5 million views on YouTube.

Creator

Philippines

Your Tita Baby is a hilarious drag content creator from the Philippines with a following across Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. She works with journalists against disinformation.

Open Society Foundations

United Kingdom

Mary Fitzgerald is the Open Society Foundations’ director of Expression. Prior to joining the Open Society, Fitzgerald was editor-in-chief and CEO of the global news outlet openDemocracy.

The Gender Beat

India

Ankita Anand is a cross-border journalist, co-founder of The Gender Beat, and an editor with Unbias the News.

Luminate

Egypt

Alexandra Buccianti is Principal at Luminate’s Global Programmes team, focusing on information ecosystems. She has over 12 years of experience in designing and implementing media support and development projects. She previously worked at BBC Media Action and Search for Common Ground.

Newsworthy

India

Anubha Bhonsle is the founder of Newsworthy, a media startup creating social impact for businesses, the planet and people through strategy, design and storytelling. An author, journalist, and filmmaker, Anubha has a body of work intersecting rights, gender and politics.

The Gender Beat

Singapore

Tan Hui Yee is a co-founder of The Gender Beat, a collective of journalists supporting gender-conscious journalism around the world. She's also a bureau chief of The Straits Times, helming its coverage of Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Probe

Philippines

Jen Aquino oversees production at Probe, which works with content creators in fact-checking campaigns. Jen was formerly a senior producer at CNN Philippines, where she ran daily newscasts.

Josh Talks

India

Varun Khera leads the partnerships division at Josh Talks, an impact media platform. He works with partners such as Meta, Amazon, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to drive change.

Hong Kong Free Press

United Kingdom

Tom Grundy is the editor-in-chief and founder of Hong Kong Free Press. He has contributed to the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jazeera and others.

Sanity by Tanmoy

India

Tanmoy Goswami is a mental health storyteller and the creator of Sanity by Tanmoy. He’s a LinkedIn Top Voice in social impact and a Reuters Institute Fellow.

North Base Media

Serbia

Saša Vučinić is a Serbian journalist, the co-founder of North Base Media VC, and co-founder and former CEO and Managing Director of the Media Development Loan Fund.

Democratic Voice of Burma

Thailand

Mon Mon Myat is an independent writer and journalist from Myanmar with over 20 years of experience. She is the bureau chief at the Democratic Voice of Burma in Chiang Mai.

Hong Kong Free Press

United Kingdom

Mercedes Hutton is HKFP's executive editor. She has written for the Guardian and the BBC and previously worked at the South China Morning Post.

StoryFlow

Canada

David Caswell is the founder of StoryFlow, an innovation consultancy focused on AI workflows in news production. He was formerly an Executive Product Manager at BBC News Labs, focused on AI-based new product initiatives.

TNL Mediagene

Taiwan

Joey Chung is the Co-Founder and CEO of TNL Mediagene, a rapidly growing digital advertising, data analytics, and media platform in Asia.