HR Venkatesh describes his career path as ‘restless.’ He's had many roles within the journalism industry, from being a reporter, to an anchor, editor and even an entrepreneur. Venkatesh was a founding editor at The Quint, and he’s been a Tow-Knight fellow, ICFJ Fellow and a John S. Knight fellow at Stanford University. He’s now the director of training and research at BOOM FactCheck, a media organisation working against misinformation.

We spoke to Venkatesh about his interest in media literacy and how it relates to misinformation and polarisation. Among many projects, he runs the newsletter Media Buddhi (which has also stemmed into a series of videos, and maybe one day a podcast!).

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