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Anup Kaphle is a Nepali journalist who is currently the editor-in-chief of Rest of World, an online publication that focuses on technology. [1] Kaphle has previously worked for The Atlantic , [2] The Washington Post , [3] Buzzfeed News [4] and has led The Kathmandu Post as editor-in-chief. [5]

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Early life and education

Kaphle grew up in the Nepali city of Pokhara. [6] He moved to the capital city of Kathmandu, where he interned at The Himalayan Times in 2003. [7] Later that year, Kaphle moved to the United States to pursue an undergraduate degree at Tusculum University in Tennessee. [8] After graduating in 2007 with a degree in English, Kaphle went on to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. [9] He is also a graduate of the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program in New York City. [10]

Career

During his time at Tusculum, Kaphle interned for Newsweek and Forbes.com. [10] After graduating from Columbia University, Kaphle worked for News21 in Arizona [11] before going to work as a digital media fellow at The Atlantic in 2008. [2] As a correspondent for The Atlantic, Kaphle reported from Afghanistan [12] and Nepal. [13]

In 2009, Kaphle left The Atlantic for The Washington Post, where he initially worked as an online producer. [14] After three years, in 2011, Kaphle was promoted digital foreign editor at the Post. [3] He remained in the position until April 2015. Kaphle then moved to London as deputy foreign editor at Buzzfeed News. [4]

In March 2018, Kaphle was named executive editor of the digital food and travel publication Roads & Kingdoms . [15] Kaphle left the publication in 2018 to move back to his home country of Nepal to lead The Kathmandu Post. [5]

Kaphle resigned in February 2020 to move back to the United States. [16] [17] He is currently executive editor of Rest of World, [1] a non-profit digital publication founded by Sophie Schmidt, [18] an entrepreneur and daughter of Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Google.

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