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Suswati Basu

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Liverpool, London
As seen in: ReadWrite, Apple Podcasts, MSN, MSN Canada, Fabulous, The Guardian, Entrepreneur, Substack, Channel 4 News, Flipboard, Spreaker 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’s Biography

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 2022 and Sonic Bloom Award 2023 for her mental health show How To Be Books Podcast. As part of her work, she has interviewed everyone from Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Shirin Ebadi to top scientist Professor Tim Spector OBE on their books. She is passionate about world news, culture, human rights, DEI, gender, mental health, the social model of disability, race, and social politics.