WE ARE A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS, PHILANTHROPISTS, DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS AND SUPPORTERS OF DEMOCRACY LAUNCHING A PLATFORM TO SCALE UP COURAGEOUS JOURNALISM WORLDWIDE. OUR TEAM IS LED BY THE WAR REPORTER ANJAN SUNDARAM.
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Born in India, studied mathematics at Yale, worked in business, and reported across the Global South
Acclaimed as “one of the great reporters of our age” by BBC special correspondent Fergal Keane
Author of 3 award-winning memoirs “Stringer,” “Bad News,” and “Breakup”
TED Speaker; PEN jury; interviewed by Jon Stewart, Christiane Amanpour, Fareed Zakaria, Amy Goodman
Regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and Granta magazine
ANJAN SUNDARAM
In April 2024, I gave a MainStage TED Talk about my war reporting in small indigenous communities battling to save the world’s last pristine ecosystems. My talk highlighted stories that are critical to our collective future but that go untold.
I envisioned The Stringer Foundation (TSF) following conversations with philanthropists who are inspired to scale-up the kind of reporting that I do. Our conversations could not have come at a better time—global journalism is in crisis and needs massive help. Authoritarianism and threats from organized crime have made journalism that truly holds power accountable an incredibly dangerous profession, with many young and experienced reporters dropping out due to the risks, the lack of financial rewards, and dwindling community.
