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Mitali Mukherjee
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Director @reutersinstitute.bsky.social I Political Economy Journalist I Chevening Fellow I TEDx Speaker I Raisina Fellow I AIYD I Everything stops for friendly doggos and cups of chai
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Applications open today for journalism fellowships at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ! Lots of opportunities for journalists around the world through the @thomsonreutersfndn.bsky.social fellowship, the #MonaMegalli fellowship and the #Laudes climate journalism fellowship. All details and FAQs below⬇️
reutersinstitute.bsky.social Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jan 7
📯 Applications open today for our Journalist Fellowship!

The programme is open to outstanding mid-career journalists who want to spend time with us exploring the future of journalism.

🧵 Key details in thread
🔗 Everything you need on this webpage: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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New OCJN report with @mitalilive.bsky.social & @richardfletcher.bsky.social out today tracking climate news consumption across 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸.

Last year we found a y-o-y decline in climate news use only in 🇺🇸. Worryingly, it’s now spread to 5/8 countries.

What’s going on? A thread 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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@mitalilive.bsky.social: “For newsrooms looking to build inroads with a younger audience base, the news creator space presents an opportunity that could be tapped into.”

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/news...
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Where do influencers have the biggest impact on news on social media? In general, people in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America pay more attention to creators than mainstream media accounts. @mitalilive.bsky.social explains

🔗Full report
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-creator...
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Then, we head over to @mfoxford.bsky.social for a discussion of the collaboration between @michaelchristbrown.bsky.social and @mosababutoha.bsky.social, The Difference Between Bullets and Stones, hosted by @mitalilive.bsky.social

More & Registration: www.mfo.ac.uk/event/beyond...
Beyond breaking news: in conversation with Michael Christopher Brown
Organised by the Maison Française d'Oxford & The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
www.mfo.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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@reutersinstitute.bsky.social New publication on the vast, and often hard to define world of news creators & influencers cross 24 countries.
Authored by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social me and @richardfletcher.bsky.social Our report here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-creator...
Mapping news creators and influencers
This report, authored by Nic Newman, Amy Ross Arguedas, Mitali Mukherjee and Richard Fletcher, shows how the trend towards news influencers is developing in 24 countries.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Many congratulations to Jelani Cobb, Ph.D. on his new book. Always prolific and piercing with his words and writing, I'm really looking forward to reading this compilation of pieces documenting America's not so distant past and its here and now.
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Our latest report at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. Authored by @felixsimon.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, dive in to read how audiences across 6 countries are using Gen AI in their daily lives & for news. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a... #Ai
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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So proud to have a colleague as wonderful as @eduardosuarez.bsky.social on our team now taking on the role of Director of Editorial. I hope our engagement continues to grow under his able leadership.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/eduardo...
Eduardo Suárez, appointed Director of Editorial of the Reuters Institute
Under his leadership, the Institute’s original reporting and digital footprint has grown substantially. In his new enhanced role, he’ll create an in-depth series on journalism.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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"As well as not having much time to leave a mark, they won’t have decades of retirement in which to suffer the legal and reputational penalties of any disastrous act committed in office." Janan Ganesh for the @financialtimes.com

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The world is run by old men in a hurry
The advanced age of leaders is a destabilising force in international politics
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July 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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An incredible role and an amazing community. All application details below. #RISJ #Oxford
reutersinstitute.bsky.social Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 23
📌 We are looking for a new Director of Journalist Programmes

The successful candidate will lead on the delivery, strategic development, and long-term financial sustainability of all Journalist Programmes at the Institute.

Apply by Mon 1 Sept, noon (UK time)
More details: buff.ly/FTCNDd1
July 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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'Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them.'
A joint statement about journalists in Gaza from The Associated Press, AFP, BBC News and Reuters.
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
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July 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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A piece by our own Gretel Kahn on how mainstream media in Israel are reporting on Gaza. @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/israeli...
As Israeli mainstream TV ignores Gazans’ suffering, these outlets expose surveillance, brutality and war crimes
Journalists from Israel’s Haaretz, +972 Magazine and Hamakom Hachi Ham Bagehenom explain how they report on the conflict for a reluctant audience.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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So pleased that Helen Boaden will take over as Chair of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social steering committee. It’s been a privilege to see the institute grow and flourish over past 9 years - and I’m sure it will go on to even greater things with Helen and @mitalilive.bsky.social
mitalilive.bsky.social Mitali Mukherjee @mitalilive.bsky.social · Jul 22
Delighted that Helen Boaden, a formidable voice from the world of journalism is named Chair of our Steering Committee @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. It has been a joy & a privilege to work with @arusbridger.bsky.social and we're looking forward to working with Helen.
reutersinstitute.bsky.social Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 22
We are thrilled to announce that British journalist Helen Boaden has been appointed Chair of the Steering Committee of the Reuters Institute

Boaden succeeds @arusbridger.bsky.social, who’s been Chair for the past 9 years

Read our announcement
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/british...
July 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
mitalilive.bsky.social
Delighted that Helen Boaden, a formidable voice from the world of journalism is named Chair of our Steering Committee @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. It has been a joy & a privilege to work with @arusbridger.bsky.social and we're looking forward to working with Helen.
reutersinstitute.bsky.social Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 22
We are thrilled to announce that British journalist Helen Boaden has been appointed Chair of the Steering Committee of the Reuters Institute

Boaden succeeds @arusbridger.bsky.social, who’s been Chair for the past 9 years

Read our announcement
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/british...
July 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Do you prefer to listen? Dive into the #DNR25 with @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Nic Newman

📝Transcript
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June 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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🚨What's the value of mobile news alerts?

Our latest #DNR25 podcast discusses their growth, whose sending them, and why they are a turn off for some news consumers.

With Nic Newman and host @mitalilive.bsky.social

Audio and transcript 👇
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Our podcast: Digital News Report 2025. Episode 5: Mobile news alerts for audience engagement
We look at what proportion of news users receive news alerts, what turns them off and the balancing act that news outlets tread in using them.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Coming up! I will be in conversation with news and media voices from South Africa, Nigeria & Kenya and Nic Newman, lead author of the Digital News Report. Our #DNR2025 Africa discussion. All details here ⬇️
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reutersinstitute.bsky.social Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 23
Today we are hosting this online Africa launch for our Digital News Report 2025 with our friends at Code for Africa

Hosted by our own @mitalilive.bsky.social & Nic Mewman ft. Styli Charalambous, Justine Wanda & Ajibola Amzat

🇬🇧🇳🇬12pm | 🇿🇦1pm | 🇰🇪2pm
Sign up now us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Presenting the Digital News Report 2025 - Spanning 48 markets (making it our largest report yet) and authored by Nic Newman, Amy Ross Arguedas, Craig T. Robertson, Rasmus Nielsen and Richard Fletcher. Dive in. #DNR2025
June 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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A bright and sunny start to the new term at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ☀️
April 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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'We ask for patience and common sense' @mariaramirez.bsky.social recounts the day of a blackout for Spain.
mariaramirez.bsky.social María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · Apr 29
The Iberian blackout showed the resilience of basic services – and for me, the calm with which most people reacted was remarkable. But this extraordinary event has also exposed our many vulnerabilities in a power-dependent and internet-reliant world. My take www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the Madrid power cuts, I saw patience and common sense – but we were woefully unprepared | María Ramírez
People queued calmly for torches and shared radios, but our vulnerability in an internet-reliant world was badly exposed, says Guardian Europe columnist María Ramírez
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Tonight we'll present our new report on UK journalists in the 2020s at this event at @cityjournalism.bsky.social. Speakers include
@robynvinter.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @glendacooper.bsky.social @neilthurman.bsky.social and Kira Richards

Register to join in person now
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April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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See you in Perugia with lots of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social team members.
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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The latest edition of our daily roundup on journalism is out, featuring our Acting Director @mitalilive.bsky.social and pieces on Danish magazine Zetland, a legendary investigative podcast and TikTok's US sale

Click to read, share and subscribe
Journalism Today. 3 April 2025
By Eduardo Suárez and Gretel Kahn 🗞️ 3 top news stories 1. Denmark’s Zetland increased its income by 30%.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Very pleased about getting to work with Jim on future editions of the Digital News Report. Welcome to the team!
reutersinstitute.bsky.social Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 1
We are thrilled to announce that Jim Egan has been selected as the next lead author of the Digital News Report.

He will support the current author, Nic Newman, through this year's process before taking the lead role in autumn 2025

Details in thread
Full announcement here
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Jim Egan will be the lead author of the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report from 2026
A senior leader and adviser in the global journalism sector, he’ll work on the current edition with Nic Newman before taking the lead role in autumn 2025.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM