Rest of World hires Ghosh as Middle East and Africa editor
Indranil Ghosh, a veteran journalist and editor who has covered business, technology and international news, has been hired by Rest of World as Middle East and Africa editor. In his most recent role, Indranil was the deputy foreign editor at The National based in Abu Dhabi, where he has lived since 2021. At The National, […]
The Verge, Rest of World, Business Insider named magazine award finalists
The following business publications have been named finalists in The American Society of Magazine Editors’ 60th annual National Magazine Awards: The Verge in the general excellence, news, sports and entertainment category; Rest of World in the design category for “The Changing Face of Protest,” “2024 AI Elections Tracker” and “Digital Divinity”; Business Insider in the […]
Rest of World hires Saleh as investigations editor
Rest of World has hired Maryam Saleh as its first investigations editor. In her new role, Saleh will lead ambitious, newsroom-wide investigative projects and help elevate daily coverage. Her work here will include keeping the world’s biggest tech giants accountable, and exposing unexpected outcomes and bad behavior in growing sectors like AI. Saleh was formerly […]
Rest of World hires Saxena as contributing editor
Rest of World has hired Nikita Saxena as a contributing editor. She will be based in New Delhi, India, and will mainly commission, edit, and publish freelance reports from Asia. Saxena has a decade of experience in reporting and editing across television, print, and digital newsrooms. She has been engaged as an editorial consultant for […]
Rest of World hires Jeelani as Asia editor
Rest of World has hired Mehboob Jeelani as its Asia editor. He will start in February. Jeelani will drive coverage of technological transformation and its impact in the region, primarily focusing on South and Southeast Asia. He has more than a decade of experience working as a reporter and editor in India, the U.S., and […]
MIT Tech Review hires Chen as a tech reporter
The MIT Technology Review has hired Caiwei Chen to cover China technology. She will start next week. Chen was a Rest of World reporter based in New York. She has written for more than five years about the Chinese internet and tech. She has been published in Wired, Rolling Stone, Protocol, Technode, and The China Project, and […]
Rest of World seeks a Middle East and Africa editor
Rest of World is hiring an editor to oversee its Africa and Middle East coverage, commissioning and publishing stories across formats regularly from the two regions. This position will manage two in-house reporters and freelance contributors, develop ideas to build our coverage of the two regions, and assign and edit a broad mix of stories based […]
Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a correspondent covering diplomacy, macroeconomy, and tech policies for the South China Morning Post from Beijing. Lo has spent most of her time in Hong Kong, where she was born and raised. She also worked in Washington D.C. in 2022 to focus […]
Rest of World promotes Chandran to deputy editor
Rest of World editor in chief Anup Kaphle sent out the following on Monday: We are excited to share that Rina Chandran, a stellar newsroom leader and veteran journalist, is named a deputy editor at Rest of World. She will start her new role on Jan. 1, 2025. Rina has distinguished herself since joining Rest of World […]
Giglio named features editor at Rest of World
Mike Giglio has been named features editor at Rest of World. He has reported from countries around the world and embedded extensively with local forces to cover the conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. His investigative work led to the dismantling of an ISIS oil smuggling network, aided the prosecution of traffickers in conflict antiquities, and […]
