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Aarti Betigeri

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Covers:  South Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, foreign policy, gender, environment, business, politics, refugees, culture, investigative journalism, architecture, art, design.
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Aarti Betigeri’s Biography

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I’m a multi-platform journalist from Australia reporting across print, radio, video and online. I also dabble in commentary and consulting. Currently I write regularly on foreign affairs with a focus on South Asia, where I spent almost a decade as a foreign correspondent. I also write on design and architecture, human rights, business and development, amongst other fields.

I have interviewed the prime minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay, India’s former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu, London…

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Bangladesh: Poisoned Chalice - Newsweek Middle East

Bangladesh: Poisoned Chalice - Newsweek Middle East

By Aarti Betigeri For decades, villagers in large parts of Bangladesh have been knowingly drinking arsenic-co…

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Made in Australia: Jardan - Issue 91 - Magazine

Made in Australia: Jardan - Issue 91 - Magazine

As far as the firms over the next four pages are concerned, if you want a job done properly you do it yoursel…

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Forever Frenemies

Forever Frenemies

In the imperilled world of India-Pakistan relations, things can change drastically very quickly, while ultima…

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Aussie Rules

Aussie Rules

In a cricket field in Bhubaneshwar, the ground the ochre-red of central India's mineral-rich earth, 36 young …

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Adani faces questions over conduct at home

Adani faces questions over conduct at home

Adani's Mundra Port operation. Photo: Supplied Things are looking increasingly grim for Indian conglomerate t…

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Indian adoptions equivalent to human trafficking: NGO

Indian adoptions equivalent to human trafficking: NGO

Updated September 08, 2015 19:08:06 Last year, Germany-based adoption activist Arun Dohle was handed the file…

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A shore cure for urban fatigue: How Sydney, New York and Kobe are rethinking their waterfronts

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Waterfronts often serve as connection points in urban environments. When designed well, such spaces function as ecological buffers, economic engines and public spaces where communities can gather. But arriving at such a point requires vision, investment and ambition to reimagine precisely what a shoreline can be.
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Adopt AI quickly or fall behind, Bradshaw warns

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| The Mandarin Verified
Australian Signals Directorate director-general Abigail Bradshaw has endorsed the rapid adoption of AI within the public service, saying leaders need to “be brave”. Speaking on a panel at The Mandarin’s Future Ready Public Service conference in Canberra, Bradshaw said that fear of repeating the mistakes of the robodebt scandal should not inhibit the government’s appetite for AI. “It’s unstoppable, it’s inevitable,” said Bradshaw of AI.
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Federal government launches policy Impact Analysis Framework

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| The Mandarin Verified
The Australian Public Service will adopt the Australian government’s Impact Analysis Framework (IAF) next month and will publish the analysis behind the framework. Assistant Minister for the Public Service Patrick Gorman made the announcement in a keynote speech at The Mandarin’s Future Ready Public Service conference in Canberra on Wednesday.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

As an overnight radio news journalist as the SBS office in Melbourne.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, as a child: first a manual typewriter, then electric, with a miracle delete key! Then we graduated to an Apple IIe & never looked back.

How is social media changing news?

Sourcing side: eyewitness accounts; easier to locate talent/sources; although important to note these not always verifiable. Also marketing.