Vidya Krishnan

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Vidya Krishnan
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Harvard University
Oxford University
SOAS, University of London
Occupation(s) Investigative Journalist, author
Known forCOVID-19 reporting
Notable work Phantom Plague (2022 book)

Vidya Krishnan is a health-focused Indian investigative journalist and author, based in Montreal. [1] She is known for her book about Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped our History. [2]

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Life and career

Vidya Krishnan comes from a Tamil Brahmin family [3]

Krishnan started her career in 2003 at The Pioneer newspaper. As a freelance journalist, she regularly writes for Foreign Policy, [4] The Caravan, [5] and The Atlantic, [6] [7] and was previously the health editor for The Hindu . [8]

She has reported on issues including the Rohingya genocide, tuberculosis , the right to health movement, and ethical standards in Indian clinical trials of pharmaceutical drugs. [9] [10] Krishnan reported facing sexual harassment at India Today in 2018. [11]

In 2020, after years of health reporting, Krishnan spoke about navigating high levels of online harassment while reporting on COVID-19 [8] including receiving death and rape threats. [12]

Throughout 2021, Krishnan was critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [13] [14] She spoke about how the pandemic is disproportionately affecting poor people, and that the response is not led by scientists. [15] [16] [17] [18] She received online abuse and death threats due to her reporting about the pandemic. [19]

Selected publications

Awards

Krishnan won a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University to study the impact of behavioral economics on antibiotic use, with a specific focus on self-medication and antibiotic resistance. [10]

In 2017, she received the International Health Media Fellowships award. [22] She has won the Oxford University's global health journalism fellowship, a National Press Foundation fellowship, and McGill University's global health media scholarship. [23]

References

  1. ↑ "Indian journalist Vidya Krishnan on navigating harassment and government obstruction while covering COVID-19". Committee to Protect Journalists. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ PHANTOM PLAGUE | Kirkus Reviews.
  3. ↑ @VidyaKrishnan (23 February 2022). "I'm come from a Tamil-Brahmin family like this lady's & have privilege blind elder family members who say unacceptable stuff like this w/o being challenged by younger family members. Caste supremacy is an abominable doctrine. Brahmins need to be called out every.single.time" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 April 2022– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Krishnan, Vidya. "Vidya Krishnan". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Vidya Krishnan | The Caravan". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "A devastating COVID surge takes a fresh toll on Indian journalism". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "India cracks down on journalism, again". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Indian journalist Vidya Krishnan on navigating harassment and government obstruction while covering COVID-19". Committee to Protect Journalists. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Mishra, Veerendra. Combating Human Trafficking: Gaps in Policy and Law. India: SAGE Publications, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Class of 2021". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "#MeToo: India Today's Gaurav Sawant accused of sexual assault; he threatens legal action". National Herald. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "India: PEN Delhi on the Importance of Press Freedom During Coronavirus – PEN Canada". pencanada.ca. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  13. ↑ Danner, Chas (2 May 2021). "India Sees 400,000 New Cases in a Day: COVID-Crisis Updates". Intelligencer. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Analysis | The world finally woke up to India's virus nightmare". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  15. ↑ "Journalist Vidya Krishnan Details the Pandemic's Devastating Impact on India | KCM". Katie Couric Media. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt: A Sobering Reality in India (with Vidya Krishnan) on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  17. ↑ Gopalan, Aparna (19 June 2021). "India's Vaccine Makers Are Pandemic Profiteers, Not Humanitarians". The Intercept. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  18. ↑ Pal, Alasdair (29 April 2021). "As COVID-19 floods India's hospitals, the better-off also scramble for care". Reuters. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  19. ↑ Danner, Chas (2 May 2021). "India Sees 400,000 New Cases in a Day: COVID-Crisis Updates". Intelligencer. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  20. ↑ PHANTOM PLAGUE | Kirkus Reviews.
  21. ↑ Mandavilli, Apoorva (5 February 2022). "Battling an Ancient Scourge". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  22. ↑ "3 Indian journalists to get International Health Media Fellowship". Hindustan Times. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Vidya Krishnan". Asia Literary Agency. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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