Azeefa Fathima (she/her) is a journalist based in south India, reporting for The News Minute. Her body of work includes in-depth, longform reports on LGBTQIA+ issues, caste, human rights, health and law. She has produced stories in print, digital and video formats, primarily covering Tamil Nadu and Kerala. She was a fellow with the Health
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
Prajwal Bhat is a journalist based in India with five years of experience covering stories on human rights and civil liberties. He writes for The News Minute, a leading digital news publication, focusing on stories about the social, political and economic experiences of India’s diverse communities with a particular focus on religious and caste minorities.
Bhavani Etikala is a young journalist interested in covering caste, human rights, and social justice. She has reported from various parts of India including Delhi and Kashmir, and has written in-depth reports about war orphans, disability and marginalized persons. With a background in social work and research, Bhavani is excited to cover caste as a
Sukanya is a lawyer-turned-journalist with experience in writing, editing, development communication, and advertising. She holds a graduation in law, a post-graduation in philosophy, and a post-graduate diploma in print journalism. Her journalistic work is deeply focused on gender and intersectionalities, and they appear in Feminism In India, True Copy Think, and The News Minute. She
The News Minute is a digital news platform covering India, with a specific focus on the five southern states of the country. Headquartered in Bengaluru, TNM has ground reporters in all the southern states covering a wide range of issues and events.
The News Minute is a digital news platform covering India, with a specific focus on the five southern states of the country. Headquartered in Bengaluru, TNM has ground reporters in all the southern states covering a wide range of issues and events.
Nolina Minj is a researcher turned reporter with over five years of experience in research, writing and editing on gender and indigenous issues in the development sector. She has an Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies and will soon receive an MPhil in Inclusive Development and Social Justice. She has previously written
Aathira Perinchery is a trained wildlife biologist turned journalist whose writing focuses on ecology, conservation and wildlife research in India. Perinchery’s previous bylines can be found in The Wire, Mongabay-India, The Print and The Hindu, among others. She is also a grantee of the Earth Journalism Network.