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.

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.

The Gender Beat

India

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

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.

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.

Journalist

Myanmar

Jack Aung, an award-winning multimedia journalist who went from reporting and editing at Mon News Agency to producing and reporting for BBC News, Aljazeera, and Asia Calling. He's also a pioneering mobile journalism trainer in Myanmar.

Hong Kong Free Press

Hong Kong

Hillary Leung is an HKFP reporter and editor. She reported on Asia – including on Hong Kong’s 2019 protests – for TIME Magazine and covered local news at Coconuts Hong Kong.

DVB English

Canada

Adam Bemma is a media consultant, trainer and managing editor of DVB English.