SAJA | South Asian Journalists Association

#SAJA25 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT CUNY, NYC

TIME SLOT	PANEL - 1	MODERATOR	PANELISTS	PANEL - 2	MODERATOR	PANELISTS
9 - 10 AM	REGISTRATION	REGISTRATION	REGISTRATION	REGISTRATION	REGISTRATION	REGISTRATION
10 - 10.50 AM	Breaking into the Industry	Mihir Zaveri, SAJA Board Member & Reporter, NYT	Niraj Chokshi, General assignment reporter, NYT Mallika Rao, Freelance journalist Bhumi Tharoor, Deputy Director, The Atlantic Talent Lab
11-11:50 AM	Exploring cultures through food	Aarti Virani, Writer & Editor	Lavanya Ramanathan, Senior Editor, The Highlight Vox Tejal Rao, Restaurant critic & columnist, NYT Sara Khan, Award winning travel writer & SAJA award winner	Tackling under-representation of AAPI stories – Presented by AAJA	Snigdha Sur, Founder & CEO, The Juggernaut	Lakshmi Gandhi, Freelance Reporter & Social Media Manager, NBC Asian American. Rachel Ramirez, Editorial Fellow, Grist
12- 12.50 PM	Reporting on Politics of Immigration & Foreignness	Pavni Mittal, Producer, PBS NewsHour	Tanvi Misra, Staff Writer, CQ-Roll Call Hamed Aleaziz, Immigration reporter, Buzzfeed Deepti Hajela, Immigration reporter, AP Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter, Wall Street Journal	All The Ways To Report On Sports – Presented by South Asians in Sports	Sopan Deb , Basketball writer, New York Times	Adi Joseph, Editorial Director, CBS Sports Priya Desai, Culture Reporter & Doc Filmmaker, Sports Illustrated Sheil Kapadia, NFL Reporter, The Athletic
12.50-1.45 PM	LUNCH	BREAK	LUNCH	BREAK	LUNCH	BREAK
1.50-2.40 PM	International Reporting – Covering the Biggest Global Stories	Siddhartha Mahanta, Features Editor, Insider	Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Foreign Affairs Reporter, HuffPost Ishaan Tharoor, Foreign Affairs Reporter, WaPo Tania Rashid, Special Correspondent, PBS	“Speed Dating” with Editors Get a quick mentorship from the top editors in American journalism. From career advice to pitching stories, come prepared for a 10min one-on-one chat.		Peter Bhatia, Editor & VP, Detroit Free Press Sudeep Reddy, Politico Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy Bhumi Tharoor, The Atlantic Pia Sarkar, Associated Press Mitra Kalika CNN Chris Opfer, Bloomberg Law Vikas Bajaj, The New York Times Karen Mahabir, Head of Fact-Check, AP Meghna Rao, The Juggernaut
2.50 – 3.40 PM	Podcasts: Storytelling With Audio	Anushka Patil, Social Editor, NYT	Sean Rameswaram: Host, Today Explained, Vox Madhulika Sikka: Executive Producer of Audio, WaPo Neena Pathak, Audio Producer, NYT	“Speed Dating” with Editors Get a quick mentorship from the top editors in American journalism. From career advice to pitching stories, come prepared for a 10min one-on-one chat.		Peter Bhatia, Editor & VP, Detroit Free Press Sudeep Reddy, Politico Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy Bhumi Tharoor, The Atlantic Pia Sarkar, Associated Press Mitra Kalika CNN Chris Opfer, Bloomberg Law Vikas Bajaj, The New York Times Karen Mahabir, AP Meghna Rao, The Juggernaut
3.40 - 4.10 PM	TEA	BREAK	TEA	BREAK	TEA	BREAK
4.10 – 4.50 PM	Being heard in a newsroom	Sameepa Shetty, Producer, CNBC	Anup Kaphle, Editor, Kathmandu Post Swati Sharma, Managing Editor, The Atlantic	Workshop: Learn How to Network		Rakhee Mirchandani, Editorial Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Barron’s Group/ Dow Jones
All Day	Resumé Critique		Anusha Shrivastava, Director, Career Development & Alumni Relations, Columbia University Prabha Natarajan, Deputy Editor, WSJ Professional Products