Nikita Saxena

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Nikita Saxena

Visiting Faculty, Media Studies, Ashoka University

YIF (Class of 2014); BMM, St Xavier's College
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikita-saxena-2a059432/ nikita.saxena@ashoka.edu.in

Nikita Saxena is an independent journalist with experience in reporting and editing across print, digital, and television media. During her decade-long career, she has worked on several long-form investigations and profiles at the intersection of politics, crime, gender and the media. She was the Web Editor and then a Staff Writer at The Caravan, where she continues to be a Contributing Writer.

Apart from her reporting projects, she currently works as an independent editor on varied projects including reported stories and essays for diverse news organisations; text edits for international photo-journalism festivals; and non-fiction manuscripts.

In 2015, she was awarded the Red Ink award for Excellence in journalism for an investigation into the advertising practices of global tobacco brands in India. In 2019, she was awarded a special mention for an investigative series into the mysterious death of Judge Loya at the Asian College of Journalism’s Award for Investigative Journalism.

Story Links:

  1. Key witness in Sohrabuddin case, Azam Khan, moved from Udaipur to Ajmer jail:

https://caravanmagazine.in/crime/key-witness-in-sohrabuddin-case-azam-khan-moved-from-udaipur-to-ajmer-jail

 

  1. How Facebook delayed action on inauthentic accounts benefitting BJP MP Vinod Sonkar

https://caravanmagazine.in/media/facebook-whistle-blower-sophie-zhang-reveals-vinod-sonkar-inauthentic-network

  1. Making News: How Anjana Om Kashyap, a star of Hindi news television, sells the new normal

https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/anjana-om-kashyap-star-hindi-news-television

  1. Death of Judge Loya: Post-mortem examination was manipulated under directions of doctor related to Maharashtra cabinet minister

https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/loya-post-mortem-manipulated-vyawahare-maharashtra-cabinet-minister-mungantiwar

  1. Supreme Charge:“I have been victimised for resisting and refusing the unwanted sexual advances of the CJI” Ranjan Gogoi: Former Supreme Court employee

https://caravanmagazine.in/law/former-supreme-court-employee-accuses-cji-ranjan-gogoi-sexual-harassment

  1. Hostile Climate: RK Pachauri’s reign at TERI

https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/hostile-climate-rk-pachauri-reign-teri

External Links:

  1. “Supreme Injustice – What does clean chit for CJI against sexual harassment plaint mean for women in India?” Podcast Interview with Suno India

https://www.sunoindia.in/the-suno-india-show/supreme-injustice-what-does-clean-chit-for-cji-aga

  1. Interview with The Wire on The Caravan’s investigation into Judge Loya Death:

https://thewire.in/law/watch-caravan-reporters-discuss-details-of-judge-loya-investigation

  1. Panel Discussion on the #MeToo Movement: https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/15/episode-90-the-metoo-movement/

In 2015, she was awarded the Red Ink award for Excellence in journalism for an investigation into the advertising practices of global tobacco brands in India. In 2017, she was shortlisted as a finalist for Bournemouth University’s Journalism of Change Award, for a long-form investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against Dr RK Pachauri, the former chair of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In 2019, she was awarded a special mention for an investigative series into the mysterious death of Judge Loya at the Asian College of Journalism’s Award for Investigative Journalism.

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