Rest of World is excited to highlight the emergence of our ongoing, regular contributor network.

In addition to our in-house reporters and the hundreds of freelancers we work with around the world, we’re thrilled to welcome six journalists who will become regular contributors from countries we’re prioritizing for coverage throughout 2024. Located from Buenos Aires to Singapore, these reporters will contribute to Rest of World on a monthly or quarterly basis, and shed light on the impact of technology on communities in these tech capitals. 

Our contributing reporter network consists of:

  • Adi Renaldi in Jakarta, Indonesia. Adi is a multimedia journalist and an editor at Tirto.id. He was previously a staff writer at Vice Indonesia. He has contributed to The Washington Post, Nikkei Asia, NPR, China Dialogue, and other publications. Follow him on X @anxioushuxley
  • Nicholas Yong in Singapore. Nicholas has more than a dozen years of experience in digital, print, and broadcast media, with stints at the BBC, Yahoo News, The Straits Times, and Mediacorp. He is the author of three books, including Seven Sacks of Rice, a collection of short stories. Follow him on X @incoherentboy
  • Jhesset O. Enano in Manila, Philippines. Jhesset is an independent multimedia journalist. She has reported on the intersection of climate change and the environment with human rights, gender, and culture. Her reporting and visuals have appeared in The Washington Post, National Geographic, Mongabay, and other publications. Follow her on X @JhessetEnano
  • Faisal Mahmud in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faisal writes for several international publications including Al Jazeera, Nikkei Asia, and Scroll.in. He pursued a master’s degree in journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines under the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Fellowship. He is also the recipient of the Jefferson Fellowship and the Thomson Reuters Foundation Fellowship. Follow him on X @faisal_reports
  • Stephanie Wangari in Nairobi, Kenya. Stephanie has a bachelor’s degree in communication from Daystar University, Kenya, and has written articles for The Standard, Kenyans.co.ke, and Africa Uncensored. In 2023, she was selected as a Baraza Media Lab data journalism fellow. Follow her on X @StephanyWangari
  • Lucía Cholakian Herrera in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lucía has been a contributor at Rest of World for four years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC, Foreign Policy, and Documented, among others. Follow her on X @luciacholakian

We hope you follow their work closely — we’re thrilled to see what these journalists will accomplish throughout the rest of the year!