Supriya Sharma is the executive editor of Scroll, one of India’s most respected independent news outlets.

In a career spanning more than two decades, Supriya has reported from India’s most embattled regions, surfacing stories that are often overlooked by the news media. She has won every major journalism honor in the country, including the Ramnath Goenka awards, the Red Ink awards, and the Chameli Devi award for Outstanding Woman Journalist, among others.

Her portfolio of award-winning work includes frontline reporting on the Maoist insurgency in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, dispatches from a crisscrossing train journey during national elections, and more recently, an investigative report on the Narendra Modi government’s use of a federal agency to target the political opposition.

In her role as an editor at one of India’s small and independent newsrooms, Supriya has led sustained coverage of rising majoritarianism and crony capitalism, as well as a diverse range of stories on climate, education, health, and gender. Supriya is the co-author of Love Jihad and Other Fictions, Simple Facts to Counter Viral Falsehoods, a book that debunks viral conspiracy theories that have been amplified by India’s ruling party. She lives in Delhi.