Neetu Singh
SPEAKER

Neetu Singh

Neetu Singh is an independent journalist and the founder of Shades of Rural India. She is sensitive towards issues of women empowerment, sexual and gender-based violence, and tribal communities, among others. Her consistent reporting on gender-based violence in rural India has led to effective police action and justice for survivors. 

Neetu has over 11 years of experience in rural journalism, and has won the Laadli Media Award eight times for gender sensitive reporting. She also won Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding women mediapersons and the Priyanka Dahele Award for promising young journalists in 2020. 

Apart from journalism, Neetu, through her Reporter Sakhi initiative, works as a community journalist trainer to increase the participation of girls in journalism.

Speaker Agenda

Gender in Newsrooms

From hiring to reporting, how can newsrooms walk the talk on gender?

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