Al Jazeera Journalism Review

Surabh Sharma is a 2024 Chevening Fellow and award-winning freelance journalist from India. He investigates for international publications like Reuters, focusing on migration, health, and climate. His work has earned the Lorenzo Natali, SAJA, and SOPA awards, spotlighting underreported issues across South Asia with empathy and depth. Saurabh also mentors journalists from tier II and tier II cities of India.
Writer’s Articles
How Much AI is Too Much AI for Ethical Journalism
As artificial intelligence transforms newsrooms across South Asia, journalists grapple with the fine line between enhancement and dependency
Why have opposition parties in India issued a boycott of 14 TV presenters?
Media workers in India argue that boycotts of individual journalists are not the answer to pro-Government reporting bias
‘We are not going to stop doing journalism’ - reporters defiant after raids on India’s NewsClick
This week’s raid on the offices and homes of NewsClick employees is the latest in a string of attacks on independent news outlets critical of the Indian government
‘I had no idea how to report on this’ - local journalists tackling climate change stories
Local journalists are key to informing the public about the devastating dangers of climate change but, in India, a lack of knowledge, training and access to expert sources is holding them back
How misinformation in the media wreaked havoc on an Indian village
When journalists - and social media ‘influencers’ claiming to be journalists - aimed for sensationalism and did not check their facts about the outbreak of the HIV virus in an Indian village, the results were devastating
‘I have disturbing dreams’ - the reporters suffering mental trauma on the job
Remaining objective while bearing witness to atrocities and suffering abuse from authorities is taking its toll on the mental health of journalists in India
‘I reported the truth - and was taken to jail’ - the journalists in prison in India
Indian journalist Siddique Kappan has been released after more than two years in prison just for doing his job. We talked to him and others who have been arrested or imprisoned
‘Leading the voiceless’ - how low-caste Indian journalists are crowdfunding their own newsrooms
Dalit representation in Indian media organisations is very low. Some journalists from the lowest Hindu caste are finding innovative ways to start up their own news platforms
Why are journalists in India turning to YouTube?
Indian journalists say the platform is a more democratic and uncensored place to work, but is the growing trend of YouTubers calling themselves journalists a cause for concern?
‘No less than a fight for survival’ - life for mobile journalists in India
THE LONG READ: Mobile phones have made a career in the media more accessible to independent journalists. But they have also made it easier to exploit them
A wall of silence - investigating ‘quacks’ in India
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: ‘Quacks’ - illegal, non-registered healers - are a subject worthy of scrutiny by the media in India. But what do you do when the communities they operate in don’t want you to talk about it?