Mitali is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). She is gold medalist of Radio of Television Journalism Post Graduate Diploma Course of IIMC
Indian journalist Mitali Mukherjee has been appointed Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Mukherjee, who has been Acting Director since Rasmus Nielsen stepped down last October, was selected in an open process that concluded in late March.
Her appointment was announced by Alan Rusbridger, Chair of the Institute’s Steering Committee, and Professor David Doyle, Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, where the Reuters Institute is based. Mukherjee will take up her new post immediately.
Mukherjee has led our Journalist Programmes since September 2022 and represented the Institute in conferences and events around the world. Under her leadership, the Institute has added new sponsors to our flagship Fellowship Programme and secured funding for the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, an initiative that supports hundreds of journalists across beats and platforms to improve the quality, understanding and impact of climate coverage around the world.
Mukherjee is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism. She was a Chevening fellow for the South Asia Journalism Fellowship 2020, a Raisina Asian Forum for Global Governance Young Fellow 2019 and a 2017 fellow of the Australia India Youth Dialogue. In 2020, she was nominated for the prestigious Red Ink Awards in India for two of her business stories.
Over the course of her journalistic career, Mitali has been Consulting Business Editor at The Wire and Mint. Prior to that she was Markets Editor at CNBC TV 18 and Prime Time Anchor at TV Today and Doordarshan. She has been a Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) where she led Gender Initiatives for the organisation. Mitali has also co-founded two start-ups that focused on civil society and financial literacy.
Responding to the appointment, Mitali Mukherjee said: “I am honoured to take on the role of Director at the Reuters Institute and to be leading an exceptional team of colleagues. Our core mission is to explore the future of journalism worldwide through debate, engagement, and research, and I am looking forward to working with the Department of Politics and International Relations, the Thomson Reuters Foundation and industry partners to build on our achievements and mission. In a time of unpredictability and shift across the world, we are, and will remain, international in our reach and impact.”
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