Sruthi Gottipati

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Sruthi Gottipati is an international journalist based in Paris, where she freelances for France 24 and teaches journalism ethics to graduate students at Sciences Po. She has a decade’s experience in print, television and digital media and loves to explore new ways of storytelling. Previously, as a politics and general news correspondent at Reuters in her native India, Sruthi broke stories on corruption, crafted features on sexual violence and chased a cyclone. She interviewed politicians and powerbrokers during the country’s behemoth elections and covered on-the-ground the seismic shift in the political landscape. Prior to that, Sruthi worked at the New Delhi bureau of The New York Times, where, in addition to reporting across India for the paper, she wrote for India Ink, NYT’s first country-specific blog. Sruthi was also a staff reporter at the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper in upstate New York. She holds a Master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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In Congo, artists rely on the patronage of the wealthy

Patrick Amisi on a Saturday night at a bar in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo [Sruthi Gottipati/Al Jazeera]Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo – JC Kibombo, aka Professa Zikfull, a 32-year-old rumba singer and songwriter, was…
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Widows of War on Poaching Find a Living in DRC’s Virunga National Park

Inhabited by various rebel groups fighting the conflict in DRC, Virunga National Park is a dangerous place to work. As rangers risk their lives to protect the park’s animals, a local project helps provide support…
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Uganda’s Corruption Comes Home to Roost

  Across the East African country, grassroots efforts have sprouted to fight graft and boost accountability. A group of villagers marched into their local health clinic in central Uganda and flipped open their notepads. They…