Watch: WaPo New Delhi bureau chief Gerry Shih breaks down the details/implications of our story on Indian assassination plots in North America. thewire.in/world/video-ka…

There is more to say, but for now let me tell you how proud I am of our Columbia Journalism students, whom I've watched report non-stop for days, sleep on floors, support one another & give their all to bearing witness under dire conditions: pulitzer.org/news/statement… The Pulitzer Prizes

“They were capturing history.”Columbia student journalists are covering their own campus protests. ⁦Columbia Journalism⁩ apnews.com/article/israel…

an utterly unstoppable read from Caitlin Gibson. 'What happens — what does it mean, what do you do — when, one day, your child tells you they remember being someone else?' washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024…

While Biden feted Modi at a state dinner, India’s R&AW was finalizing instructions to a hired hit team to kill one of Modi’s most vocal critics in the US. Greg Miller, Gerry Shih + Ellen Nakashima on the growing, lethal ambitions of India's intel agency.
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Scoop: Confidential US paper on Gaza says 'famine inevitable, Changes Could Reduce but Not Stop Widespread Civilian Deaths, devex.com/news/exclusive…

Congratulations to Gerry Shih, Joseph Menn, Pranshu Verma, Anant Gupta & Karishma Mehrotra of The Washington Post for receiving the OPC’s Citation for Excellence in the Hal Boyle Award category for “Rising India, Toxic Tech” #OPCAwards85
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Congrats to the entire team, including Gerry Shih, Anant Gupta, Joseph Menn, Pranshu Verma, for an Overseas Press Club runner-up citation for our series on Rising India, Toxic Tech.

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India's crackdown on journalists critical of the Modi administration continues. Appalling that Avani Dias was forced to leave India for doing her job.

.Will Bunch on the exceptional work being done by Columbia University student journalists to bring us a first person account of everything happening on campus in a way no outsider can. inquirer.com/columnists/att…

My Columbia Journalism students are out reporting non-stop: working sources they've built over months, navigating the campus unlike any outsider, and adding much-needed context, humanity and depth to coverage.

If you're an editor looking to commission them, get in touch.

NEW: The “Indian Deepfaker” is famous for using AI to create Bollywood videos. As voters head to the polls in the world’s largest democracy, politicians are clamoring for his services and asking for “unethical” fakes.

Pranshu Verma and I report: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

new: Over 100 politicians on the ballot in India asked an AI consultant to make unethical deepfakes of their opponents. He declined, but said others will oblige.

How AI threatens to upend global elections + the lack of laws to stop it. w/Cat Zakrzewski washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Nearly 300 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital

'There were signs of field executions. We do not know if they were buried alive or executed. Most of the bodies are decomposed.'

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Last week, I had to leave India abruptly. The Modi Government told me my visa extension would be denied, saying my reporting 'crossed a line'. After Australian Government intervention, I got a mere two-month extension ...less than 24 hours before my flight. 1/2

Google Earth has updated its satellite imagery of many parts of Sudan. Looking over West Darfur city of El Geneina, I am shocked at the level of destruction. In some parts, whole areas have been destroyed and cleared. Location: 13.4469, 22.4151 (dates: April 2023 & March 2024)

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Dua Lipa stuns as congressional gerrymander

smart curtain raiser on India's election from Karishma Mehrotra and Gerry Shih

'The strong support for Modi among women has confounded his critics, who point out that women are in some ways faring worse, not better, since he entered office in 2014.'
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