Shalini Singh is an Indian

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. She was principal correspondent for ''

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'' newsweekly in

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. 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. On a

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fellowship in 2010, Shalini exposed the illegal mining in

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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. She is a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University for 2017-2018.

Awards

For her work on environmental issues Singh received The

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award in 2013 and the first Cushrow Irani Prize given by '' The Statesman'' in 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".

References

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