In an increasingly interconnected world, it is hard to exaggerate the outsize impact of technology on people and policies in our communities. However, most tech journalism is Western-led, focused o...
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Yasir Khan
editor-in-chief Thomson Reuters Foundation
As Editor-in-Chief of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Yasir Khan heads up the Foundation’s digital news platform Context and its global team of award-winning journalists covering the impacts of climate, socio-economic inequality and technology on societies around the world.
Prior to this, Yasir held leadership roles at Euronews as Editor-in-Chief of Digital Platforms and at Al Jazeera English as Head of Digital Video and Podcasts. He has also taught journalism and documentary filmmaking at the American University in Cairo, Northwestern University and the Jordan Media Institute.
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