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Adeel Saeed is a Pakistan based media professional and storyteller with focus on feature stories on devastating impacts of climate change and threats to public health. He is a member of cohort of eco-journalists formed by Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS), a German organization, and has contributed several research based stories for its dossier on impacts of climate change. In year 2023 h e was selected for MSF-DNDI (Medicines San Frontier and Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) fellowship for contribution of story on Neglected Tropical Disease. Adeel has been working with Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) for the last more than 25 years.

Basant Pratap Singh is an investigative journalist based in Far-Western Nepal, with 17 years’ experience in the field. He has built a reputation for himself as a reporter covering pressing issues related to the environment, climate change, human rights, gender, and social affairs, as well as good governance in remote and rural parts of Western Nepal. Basant’s journalistic work has been rewarded and recognized by leading organizations such as WWF Nepal and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal Forum Environment Journalist (NEFEJ) and many more. Through his outstanding journalism, he has managed to bring critical issues affecting marginalized communities in Western Nepal to the forefront, creating awareness and triggering discussions on necessary interventions.

Jeff Joseph Paul is an investigative and multimedia journalist adept at environment and climate change reportage. Jeff’s reporting has focused on investigations with lived experiences arising from developmental and resource conflicts at its core. These have included on-ground investigations and longform reportage on indigenous rights, environmental issues, climate change, and energy transition among others. He is a recipient of reporting grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting as well as Earth Journalism Network’s grant for video production on renewable energy in India. He is also the recipient of EJN’s One Health story grant. Jeff works as an Independent writer with published work in Himal Southasian, Scroll.in, The Hindu Frontline, Down To Earth, The Quint, The Hoot, The Wire , IndiaSpend and The Lede.

Masum Billah is an award-winning journalist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He boasts an impressive portfolio with contributions to esteemed publications such as The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, South China Morning Post, The Diplomat, VICE, and JustStyle. A Himalayan University Consortium fellow, Masum Billah has covered climate change, environmental issues, conservation, and crises throughout his career. From the devastating Sylhet flood in 2022, and the recent flash floods in southeastern Bangladesh to Cyclone Remal and the invasive salinity crisis in coastal areas, climate journalism has been a central pillar of Masum’s work.

Midhat is a Delhi-based multimedia journalist with more than five years of experience. In the past few years she has worked for several reputed national and international news organisations on stories lying at the intersection of society, gender, health and politics. She started her career with The Indian Express in 2019 and then moved to Outlook magazine. Before joining Deutsche Welle in 2022, she worked in the capacity of a researcher studying implications of social media and big data for the journalism industry in India. At Deutsche Welle, she has worked on multiple stories concerning environment and climate change and is consciously looking for more opportunities to increase her reportage on the human impact of climate change.

Pamodi is a journalist from Colombo, exploring stories which affect people living in Sri Lanka. Her work aims to focus on labour rights, human rights, and environmental justice. She has investigated exploitative forms of tourism and thrill sports affecting the whale population in Sri Lanka’s southern seas. She highlighted a proposed water irrigation project’s potential harm to the Sinharaja Rainforest – a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka. She also reported on the burning of the MV X-Press Pearl off of the Western Coast of Sri Lanka – regarded as one of the largest marine environmental disasters to occur. Pamodi has published for The New York Times, Centre for Investigative Reporting (CIR), The Sunday Morning, Himal Southasian, Roar Media, The Signal, ReadMe, The Daily Morning among others.

Rana Muhammad Bilal Khan is an experienced journalist with over eight years of expertise, currently contributing to Dawn News in Pakistan. His work encompasses environmental issues, human rights, and legal issues or judicial coverage. With a keen interest in environmental reporting, Bilal focuses on raising awareness about pressing environmental challenges, climate change, and the impact of human activities on natural ecosystems. He is committed to using investigative journalism to uncover overlooked environmental issues, aiming to inform the public and influence policy decisions that promote sustainability and environmental justice in South Asia.

Rashad Ahamad is an investigative journalist with over 14 years of reporting experience covering climate change, environment, disaster management and health among others. His reporting spans intersections of health, migration, labor, and climate change. He explores narratives of corruption in climate finance and how climate change affects the lives and livelihoods of people. He has previously written for several prominent international outlets, including The Washington Post, NPR, France 24, Al Jazeera, ZDF, and Deutsche Welle. Rashad is the President of the Marine Journalists Network, and a permanent member of the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity.

Rukshana Rizwie is an international journalist and former correspondent for CNN, with bylines in publications such as BBC, Al Jazeera, France 24, and The Washington Post. Her reporting spans defense, crime, humanitarian issues and climate change with a special focus on forced migration and human trafficking. Known for her innovative storytelling, Rukshana has used immersive formats like visual novels to bring global injustices to light. Now, she’s expanding her expertise by studying computational journalism, aiming to merge technology and investigative reporting to uncover deeper insights and create impactful narratives that drive change and awareness in the digital age.

Tanvi Deshpande is an Indian journalist covering climate change. As an assistant editor with IndiaSpend, she writes on climate policy, climate finance, energy, pollution, forest rights and biodiversity, all at the intersection of human rights, people’s well-being and dignity. Tanvi has over 11 years’ experience in journalism, and has previously worked for The Hindu, Mumbai Mirror, Mid Day, The Free Press Journal and The Times of India before moving to digital media. Tanvi was selected as one of the 12 journalists from across the world to be a part of TRF’s Changemakers’ Program and speak at the Trust Conference in London. She was the only Indian journalist to be a part of EJN’s special project on greenwashing in Asia Pacific.that won the SOPA award in 2024. Tanvi received the National Red Ink award for Journalism in the Environment category in December 2023.