Professional Experience
January 2025 - March 2025
Freelance Reporter | Chicago, IL
Various Publications
June 2024 - December 2024
Foley Fellow | Chicago, IL
James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
I covered politics and culture for various local and national outlets. I wrote on immigration, the new administration's education policies and culture.
Managed the Foundation's social media pages and worked on updating the website. Oversaw the social media campaign commemorating the 10th anniversary James Foley's execution. Assisted the foundation on journalism safety programs.
July 2024 - August 2024
Freelance Reporter | Chicago, IL & Milwaukee, WI
Various Publications
January 2024 - May 2024
Investigative Research Extern | Chicago, IL
The Chicago Tribune
August 2022 - August 2023
City Reporter | Chennai, India
The Hindu
Covered the Republican and Democratic National Conventions for The Chicago Tribune, Wisconsin State Journal, Native News Online and The Fulcrum. Wrote about protests, community politics and content creators and young voters.
Assisted several investigative reporters with public records requests, research and report writing. Contributed to a story on corruption among Illinois’ politics and criminal backgrounds of previous DNC delegates from the state.
Covered local government in Chennai from monthly council meetings to projects on education and
health to infrastructure. Highlighted issues the city’s residents faced due to poor infrastructure through daily news, enterprise
and feature stories. Contributed pieces on city’s culture and reviewed popular web series for the website.
July 2021 - August 2021
Archival Intern | Chennai, India
The Indian Women's Project
June 2019 - July 2019
Editorial Intern | Chennai, India
The Hindu MetroPlus
Interviewed women from rural Tamil Nadu for India’s first oral archive of the stories of
marginalized women.
Wrote feature stories for The Hindu's entertainment supplement, MetroPlus.
Education
September 2023 - August 2024
M.S. Journalism | Chicago, IL
Medill School of Journalism,
Northwestern University
Specialized in Social Justice and Solutions Journalism. Trained in photo and video journalism, building websites, American public records systems and media law.
GPA: 3.96
June 2018 - May 2022
B.A. (Research) in History | Greater Noida, India
Shiv Nadar University
Minored in Sociology. Organized TEDxShivNadarUniversity conferences, contributed to university newsletter and played badminton.
GPA: 4.0