I hailed from the tribal area, formerly known as F/R Peshawar and now as sub-division Peshawar. My early education began in this region, and then I continued my academic journey in Peshawar city. I hold a postgraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication (M.A) from the University of Peshawar. With over a decade of experience
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Msindisi Fengu
Msindisi Fengu is a multi-winning investigative journalist with two qualifications: a degree in International Relations from the University of South Africa and a National Diploma in Journalism from Walter Sisulu University (WSU). Fengu worked as an unpaid intern in the communications unit at WSU before branching off to journalism when he joined a community newspaper
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Leandro Amaya
Leandro Amaya was born in Cancas, Peru, in 1993. He has worked as an independent journalists specialized in climate, environmental and social conflict features. His long-form stories have been recognized with awards in Peru and abroad. In 2020 he received the Young Journalist Award from the Thomson Foundation the Foreign Press Association London (FPA). In
Layla Yammine
Layla Yammine is a journalist and researcher based in Beirut, Lebanon. She is a staff journalist at The Public Source, where she reports on the public sector, political affairs, and social justice-related issues. She holds a degree in media studies from the Lebanese University.
Muhammad Iftikhar Khan
Muhammad Iftikhar Khan is a Peshawar-based, award-winning, multimedia journalist. He holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from University of Peshawar and has worked with many news organizations since 2010. Khan is actively engaged in the reporting and editing of text and visual stories from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has covered various news beats including climate change,
Lilia Balam
Lilia Balam is an investigative journalist and photojournalist. She has collaborated with media outlets such as Die Zeit, Gatopardo, Coolt, Volcánicas, Distintas Latitudes, Sin Embargo, Pie de Página and Memorias de Nómada, covering human rights, gender, health and environmental issues. She belongs to the fifth generation of the Latin American Network of Young Journalists (#RedLATAM),
Eman El-Sherbiny
Eman is a digital investigator and reporter tracking and documenting human rights violations and military aggression using digital forensics. In the past, she worked for the Centre for Information Resilience on the Eyes on Russia project and before that has led open source investigations at Sudanese Archive. She has done news and longform reporting for
Vaishnavi Rathore
Vaishnavi is a climate and land reporter with Scroll.in. Prior to that, between 2019 and 2022 she worked as an environment lead with The Bastion, a development journalism portal based in India. Here, she took lead on environment analysis and ground reports around land, rivers, forests, and climate in rural and urban India. Vaishnavi is