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Suswati Basu

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Liverpool, London
As seen in: ReadWrite, Apple Podcasts, MSN, MSN Canada, Fabulous, The Guardian, The Sun, Entrepreneur, Substack, Channel 4 News, Flipboard and
Covers:  iGaming, tech, disability, race, social politics, world news, culture, human rights, intelligence and OSINT, DEI, gender, mental health and books.
@RWW Managing Editor | @Howtobe247 | Ex @NationalWorld @Dataminr @itvnews @channel4news editor. Views my own. Work: #PredictionMarkets #gambling #betting #tech

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Suswati Basu is an award-winning multilingual disabled editor with significant experience in digital media at Channel 4 News and ITV News, who most recently worked as Head of Audience and Deputy Editor of NationalWorld. She is currently the news editor for iGaming site, ReadWrite.

She has been shortlisted for the Guardian Mary Stott Prize, and has also been longlisted for the Guardian International Development Journalism Award. Suswati was nominated for the International Women's Podcast Award …

Suswati Basu’s Journalist Portfolio

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Travelling with disabilities: I have to plan for everything, and yet manage to find the spontaneous

Travelling with disabilities: I have to plan for everything, and yet manage to find the spontaneous

During an Argentinian yoga retreat in 2016, Suswati Basu first experienced symptoms of a congenital degenerat…

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The Windrush generation: scandal is a reminder of how little we know about British history

The Windrush generation: scandal is a reminder of how little we know about British history

The Windrush scandal exposed the mistreatment of Caribbean migrants who had the right to live in the UK, high…

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A love letter to the UK's 5 million invisible caregivers - including my partner

A love letter to the UK's 5 million invisible caregivers - including my partner

Unpaid carers play a vital role in families, communities, and society as a whole

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Assisted Dying Bill: we need to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly deaths

Assisted Dying Bill: we need to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly deaths

The subject of death is never an easy conversation, but we're doing ourselves a disservice by not being hones…

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Why Shakespeare’s Macbeth is still as relevant as ever in Westminster

Why Shakespeare’s Macbeth is still as relevant as ever in Westminster

As the government elites dethrone and backstab each other, we see a real-life depiction of the themes explore…

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Tom Hanks book review: novel on magic behind motion pictures fails to ‘reach for the sky’

Tom Hanks book review: novel on magic behind motion pictures fails to ‘reach for the sky’

Tom Hanks' debut novel may have missed an opportunity to truly excel

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Kalshi court setbacks, Capitol Hill action, and CFTC filings, today in prediction market news LIVE

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Today in prediction market news, we’re tracking the biggest developments across the industry in real time, including a federal judge’s decision to send Kalshi’s lawsuit against Michigan back to state court, new legal filings involving Kalshi and the New Mexico Tribes, and fresh momentum for federal prediction market legislation on Capitol Hill. We’ll also cover the Senate Democrats’ effort to limit the CFTC’s litigation funding, and the latest exchange fee filings from Kalshi and Polymarket.
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NCAA and sportsbooks clash before Indiana Gaming Commission over college player prop bets

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The Indiana Gaming Commission spent more than an hour Thursday hearing sharply different views on whether the state should prohibit proposition bets tied to individual college athletes. NCAA officials urged regulators to put student-athlete welfare first, while sportsbook operators argued that removing the wagers from legal markets would push bettors toward illegal platforms and reduce the industry’s ability to spot suspicious activity.
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Fanatics launches program targeting online abuse against athletes through sportsbook enforcement measures

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Fanatics Sportsbook is rolling out a new initiative with Integrity Compliance 360 (IC360) and Signify Group that aims to identify sports bettors who threaten or harass athletes, coaches and officials online, with violators potentially losing access to their betting accounts. Today, @FanaticsBook announced the ProhiBet Bad Actor Program, an industry-first initiative designed to identify individuals who target athletes, coaches, and sports officials with online abuse or threats.
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How is social media changing news?

Creating a bandwagoning effect and therefore forcing news organisations to become partial

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Nancy Wheeler and Murray Bauman from Stranger Things

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Giving a platform for the truth with empathy and sincerity, and avoiding polarisation.

Awards

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Guardian Mary Stott Prize

2007

The Mary Stott prize (named after the editor who steered these pages from 1957 to 1972), was the chance to edit the women's pages for a week; entrants had to send in five article ideas, a CV and a description of why they would best suit the job. The other was the chance to attend a party to celebrate our anniversary - in return for 300 words describing what the pages meant to them.

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Guardian International Development Journalism Award

2011

Many crucial issues facing the developing world are often overlooked or underrepresented by the media. The Guardian International Development Journalism competition aims to highlight some of them. They are searching for enthusiastic writers who want to demonstrate their journalistic abilities by examining these issues.

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Journalism Diversity Fund

2014

Four aspiring journalists have been awarded Journalism Diversity Fund bursaries to complete NCTJ-accredited training courses. Bursaries are awarded four times a year to students planning to study an NCTJ-accredited course. They are awarded to students from socially or ethnically diverse backgrounds and can help them cover the cost of course fees and living expenses.

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