Venkatesh H R

Co-Founder

New Delhi, Delhi, India24 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building communities and collaborations.
Extensive experience in media literacy and fact-checking.
Proven track record in fundraising and product development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media and Journalism expert with a focus on digital literacy and community engagement.

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Rapid PrototypingGame DesignGameplayVibe CodingUser Experience (UX)User ResearchBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentDigital MarketingJournalismStorytellingBroadcast JournalismNews WritingNew MediaEditing

About

I'm an editor, anchor and reporter from India but in the last few years I've mostly run projects, built products and fundraised in the adjacent fields of fact-checking, media literacy, AI literacy and critical thinking. I'm also an entrepreneur, consultant and organiser. In the last couple of years, I've also been a game designer. If I have any 'superpowers', they are combinatorial. I build communities, collaborations, consensus and partnerships, and I like to write about what I'm thinking.

Experience

International center for journalists (icfj)

Lead - Publishing Products (Editor, IJNet)

Feb 2026 – Present · 2 mos

Boom factcheck

Director, Training and Research

Sep 2019 – Feb 2026 · 6 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Stanford university

JSK Fellow

Sep 2018 – Jul 2019 · 10 mos · Palo Alto, CA

International center for journalists (icfj)

ICFJ-Knight Fellow

Feb 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Netadata

Founder and Editor

Feb 2016 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Delhi Area

NetaData, a passion project, is also the repository of all my work on addressing fake news and polarisation in India.

Tow-knight center for entrepreneurial journalism

Tow-Knight Fellow

Jan 2016 – Jun 2016 · 5 mos · New York City

Incubated NetaData. Learnt about entrepreneurship in digital journalism.

The quint

Editor

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Greater Delhi Area

A mobile-first, general news startup growing at record pace. Based out of New Delhi.

Change.org

Director of Communications

Feb 2014 – Dec 2014 · 10 mos · New Delhi

Told stories of what makes Change.org the 'specialest' company on earth. Focussed on helping lakhs of Indians take the first step towards making the change they want to see. Steered petition creators from start to finish. Reached out to decision makers in various branches of government.

Cnn-ibn

Senior Anchor

Nov 2005 – Feb 2014 · 8 yrs 3 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Anchored daily general news bulletins. Till 2009, moderated discussion shows, anchored news bulletins, reported on national & southern Indian politics. Since 2010, was a newsroom manager & copy editor on the news desk.

India today

Anchor-Producer

Jan 2003 – Nov 2005 · 2 yrs 10 mos · New Delhi

India Today English TV news channel, earlier called Headlines Today. I began as Anchor/Producer of sports shows, as cricket correspondent travelled with Indian cricket team in 2004 & 2005; Moved to reporting on politics & crime in early 2005 when I also began anchoring general news shows.

Cnbc tv18

Business Correspondent

May 2001 – Jan 2003 · 1 yr 8 mos · Mumbai

Covered the infrastructure beat (shipping, highways), 'old economy' beats of steel, cement, textiles industries, tracked the Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group, ocassionally worked the Information Technology beat