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Visiting Tarbell fellow Nilesh Christopher

Nilesh Christopher

Staff Writer

Nilesh Christopher is a technology reporter for the Los Angeles Times, covering how artificial intelligence empowers, harms and reshapes communities. He first joined The Times in 2025 through support of the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.

Before that, he was the South Asia correspondent for Rest of World, reporting from India on issues ranging from Apple’s manufacturing shift out of China to investigations into the use of deepfakes in elections. In 2024, he moved to the U.S. as a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. His reporting has also appeared in Wired, the Atlantic and the BBC.

His investigative work has earned him honors, including SOPA, SAJA, SABEW, and India’s highest journalism honor, the Ramnath Goenka Award in the foreign correspondent category. Christopher holds a diploma in journalism and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering. Contact him on Signal for tips: nileshchristopher.09

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