Somini Sengupta | |
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| Born | India |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The New York Times |
Somini Sengupta has been a New York Times reporter for over 20 years. She has written about conflicts, diplomacy, humanitarian crises and as of 2023 is covering climate. In particular, she has reported on the Iraq War and the Syrian civil war.[1] Her flak jacket is in the Times museum.[2] Since February 2022, she has been the lead writer for the Times Climate Forward newsletter,[3] sharing the National Press Club Journalism Award in 2023 for Newsletter Journalism with fellow reporter Manuela Andreoni.[4]
Born in India, Sengupta was raised in Canada and the United States and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.[5]
- ^ Gross, Terry (15 August 2018). "2018 Revealed Just How Ill-Prepared We Are For Climate Change". National Public Radio. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "New Role for Somini Sengupta". The New York Times Company. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "Event recap: Inequity at Boiling Point with Somini Sengupta, NYT foreign correspondent". The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. 15 Feb 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Wall Street Journal, ABC News and PBS NewsHour Win National Press Club Awards". National Press Club. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ "Somini Sengupta: Liberalization's Children - Stories of Love, Hunger and Destiny in Young India". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Retrieved 2023-07-30.