Amid disinformation, economic turmoil and state control of the free press, how do we shift power to independent newsrooms? How can the journalism community tear down structural barriers and support vi...
Preethi Nallu
Preethi Nallu is co-founder and executive director at Report for the World, part of the Groundtruth Project. She was a founding editor at News Deeply.
Born in Iran, raised in India, Preethi's career spans 14 countries across the global north and south. She has researched, reported and campaigned about humanitarian and media development issues. Her films and reports won multiple Webby awards, Migration Media awards, and the Human Rights Press Prize. Preethi has worked for mainstream media outlets such as Al Jazeera English and Foreign Policy, global think tanks such as Chatham House, and led multimedia campaigns for the UN, and global NGOs such as the Norwegian Refugee Council and International Media Support.
Events IJF 2025
How India's independent media are collaborating to cover the parliamentary elections…and beyond
Over a million polling stations and 5 weeks of voting across 28 states, covering 1.4 billion people. With a highly active voting population, election coverage in India is considered the world's most c...
Journalists who are representative of the communities they cover can access the highest-quality sources, discern compelling issues for local audiences, and rebuild trust with disaffected readers. But ...
Building communities around critical beats: the role of local journalists across the globe
This interactive presentation showcases the work of public interest journalism across the globe around critical beat reporting such as the environment, climate change, labor markets, gender issues, co...
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