Shalini Singh

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Shalini Singh is an Indian journalist. She was principal correspondent for The Week newsweekly in Delhi. She was part of the Delhi bureau writing on a range of news features and social trends with a focus on gender and women's issues, arts, and culture.{{cite news |url=http://www.theweek.in/authors.html?author=Shalini-Singh |title=Author: Shalani Singh |work=The Week}} On a Centre for Science and Environment fellowship in 2010, Shalini exposed the illegal mining in Goa{{cite web |url=https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/is-indias-sunshine-state-gouging-itself-out/ |title=Is India's Sunshine State Gouging Itself Out? |website=People's Archive of Rural India |first=Shalini |last=Singh |date=10 June 2014}} and the devastation caused from unplanned tourism.

Singh is a founding member of the CounterMedia Trust and a regular contributor to the People's Archive of Rural India.{{cite web |url=https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/shalini-singh/ |title=All stories by Shalini Singh|website=People's Archive of Rural India}}

She is a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University for 2017-2018.{{cite web |url=http://nieman.harvard.edu/alumni/current-fellows/ |title=Current Fellows: Class of 2018 |website=Nieman Foundation}}

Awards

For her work on environmental issues Singh received The Indian ExpressRamnath Goenka award in 2013{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/hindustan-times-journalists-win-ramnath-goenka-award/story-K2s50OE1CyRnLPYMfOACWO.html |title=Hindustan Times journalists win Ramnath Goenka award |work=Hindustan Times |date=24 July 2013}} and the first Cushrow Irani Prize given by The Statesman in 2011.{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ie-correspondent-wins-first-prize-for-rural-reporting/847894/ |title=IE correspondent wins first prize for rural reporting |work=The Indian Express |date=17 September 2011}} Her citation for the Prem Bhatia award in 2012 commended her for her "vigilance, humane perspective and tenacity to pursue the issues that matter".{{cite web |url=http://www.htmedia.in/?page_id=57 |title=Awards |website=HT Media}}{{cite web |url=http://prembhatiatrust.com/awards/outstanding-environmental-reporting-of-the-year/ |title=Outstanding Environmental Reporting of The Year |website=Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust}}

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