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Indranil Ghosh joins Rest of World as Middle East and Africa Editor

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Jane O'Donoghue |Anna Rasshivkina |Lily Lou |Joanne Lee

We are excited to announce that Indranil Ghosh, a veteran journalist and editor who has covered business, technology and international news, will become our new 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, he led a team of over 40 reporters and editors, covering key stories like Israel’s war on Gaza, the Sudan conflict, and the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
Maryam Saleh joins Rest of World as Investigations Editor

2 months ago | restofworld.org | Jane O'Donoghue |Anna Rasshivkina |Lily Lou |Joanne Lee

Rest of World is thrilled to announce that Maryam Saleh is joining the team as our 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.
Nikita Saxena joins Rest of World as Contributing Editor

Jan 9, 2025 | restofworld.org | Jane O'Donoghue |Anna Rasshivkina |Lily Lou |Joanne Lee

Rest of World is excited to share that Nikita Saxena is joining as a Contributing Editor. She will be based in New Delhi, India, and will mainly commission, edit, and publish freelance reports from Asia. Nikita has a decade of experience in reporting and editing across television, print, and digital newsrooms. She has been engaged as an editorial consultant for an international consortium of journalists, through which she worked on projects with several independent newsrooms across India.
Best of the Rest of World Product Team in 2024

Jan 7, 2025 | restofworld.org | Jane O'Donoghue |Anna Rasshivkina |Lily Lou |Joanne Lee

It wouldn’t be the end of the year without our usual Product team reflection on our favorite visual stories, projects, and features. Here, we take a look back at what we achieved and what we hope to bring into the new year. We’re a small team, but what we lack in size, we make up for in talent, hard work, and imagination. Last year, we were thrilled to see that talent recognized (officially!) with our first National Magazine Award in the Design category.
Listen Up: Rest of World stories are now available with AI-powered narrations

Dec 6, 2024 | restofworld.org | Jane O'Donoghue

We have launched an exciting new feature: AI-narrated stories. You’ll now notice a “Listen to this story” player just below the first paragraph of newly reported stories published after November 21. Press play, and you’ll hear a full narration of the story delivered in an AI-generated voice powered by OpenAI’s text-to-speech technology. Earlier this year we launched Long Reads, an audio version of our indepth features.
Rina Chandran promoted to Rest of World deputy editor

Nov 4, 2024 | restofworld.org | Michael Zelenko |Jane O'Donoghue

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 earlier this year as our Southeast Asia Editor. Rina’s talent for elevating stories, mentoring reporters, and delivering dynamic coverage makes her the ideal candidate to take on an even larger portfolio.
Rest of World welcomes new regular contributors

Jun 11, 2024 | restofworld.org | Lily Lou |Joanne Lee |Jane O'Donoghue

Rest of World is excited to highlight the emergence of our ongoing, regular contributor network. In addition to our in-house reporters and the hundreds of freelancers we work with around the world, we’re thrilled to welcome six journalists who will become regular contributors from countries we’re prioritizing for coverage throughout 2024.
“Explainers”: Adding context to stories

May 20, 2024 | restofworld.org | Lily Lou |Joanne Lee |Jane O'Donoghue |Gabriel Boylan

This week we launched “Explainers” — no, not the explanatory journalism kind — a product feature that involves a short introduction of companies we regularly cover that you can read if you click on a highlighted term within a story. We developed the feature to address a problem we noticed: we often reference a company in a story, but we sometimes forget that not everyone knows the background or basic information about that company.
Joanna Chiu to join Rest of World as China Editor

Feb 29, 2024 | restofworld.org | Jane O'Donoghue

We are excited to share that Joanna Chiu, an award-winning correspondent and author who has covered China for more than a decade, is joining Rest of World as our China editor. Joanna comes to us from the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper, where she served as British Columbia bureau chief. She played a key part in their coverage of the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wangzhou and the subsequent diplomatic crisis.
Rest of World launches Long Reads

Feb 20, 2024 | restofworld.org | Jane O'Donoghue

This week, Rest of World is launching Long Reads, a new audio series that transforms our rigorously reported long-form features into engaging narrated stories. Available on restofworld.org and major podcast platforms such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts, Long Reads aims to broaden the horizon of our audience by making in-depth tech narratives more accessible and enjoyable.