Urvashi Sarkar

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India14 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Specializes in investigative journalism and corporate influence.
Award-winning journalist with international reporting experience.
Visiting faculty teaching investigative journalism and media advocacy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Journalism and Media professional with a focus on investigative reporting.

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Skills

Core Skills

JournalismEditingEducation

Other Skills

Creative WritingEditorialFeature ArticlesInternational RelationsNews WritingNewspapersOnline JournalismPoliticsPublishingStorytellingWritingaudience studiesclimate changecommissioning contentconducting interviews

About

I am a journalist on the move but moored in India. My specialisations are long form and investigative reporting. I report on corporate influence, lobbying, nuclear power and rural India. I'm a visiting faculty for journalism and teach investigative journalism, media advocacy and audience studies. I have reported from India, Bangladesh, Palestine and the United States. My work has been published in BBC, Al Jazeera, Caravan Magazine, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Hindu, People's Archive of Rural India, Middle East Eye, France 24, Fifty-Two and several other publications. My work has won numerous awards. I've also been the recipient of several international journalism fellowships. I've also been on the jury of the prestigious ICRC-PII awards for humanitarian reporting. My skills include reporting, investigations, feature writing, copy editing, interviews and research.

Experience

Breakthrough trust

Commissioning Editor

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

Ideating and conceptualising for Engendering Education, a quarterly magazine published by Breakthrough Trust on gender and education. I also write, edit, commission content and conduct interviews for the magazine

writingeditingcommissioning contentconducting interviewsjournalism

Deviprasad goenka management college of media studies

Visiting Faculty

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Teach MA courses on Media Advocacy and Audience Studies. I also teach an undergraduate course on investigative journalism

teachingmedia advocacyaudience studiesjournalismeducation

The indian express

Assistant Editor

Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 · 2 mos · Delhi, India

Bulletin of the atomic scientists

Editorial Fellow

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022 · 11 mos

Writing about nuclear risk and disruptive technologies is South Asia

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Suno india

Podcast Host- Beyond Nation and State

Aug 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Discussing various aspects of international affairs and South Asia with experts in monthly episodes.

United nations reham al farra memorial journalism programme

Fellow

Aug 2018 – Sep 2018 · 1 mo · New York, United States

Covered the 73rd UN General Assembly and reported on the politics of India at the United Nations

writingreporting on nuclear riskjournalism

Freelance

2 roles

Independent Journalist

Apr 2016 – Sep 2023 · 7 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai/Delhi

Journalist interested in international affairs, climate change and nuclear policy. Publications in BBC, Al Jazeera, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Caravan Magazine, People's Archive of Rural India, The New Arab, Himal South Asia and many more

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