Coda Story’s 2024-25 Bruno Reporting Fellowships

October, 2024 — We are delighted to announce our two Bruno Fellows for 2024-25. This year, the fellowship was open to one Georgian reporter, and one reporter of any nationality currently living in exile. We had a wonderful pool of applicants with fascinating pitches from all over the world. 

Masho Lomashvili is a journalist and producer based in Tbilisi, Georgia. With two years of experience at Coda Story as a researcher and assistant producer, she now works as a freelance journalist, with her reporting featured in CNN, Reveal, ITV News, and Vox Europe.

Haniya Javed is an independent journalist specializing in investigative reporting on human rights, environmental issues, and socio-political challenges. With stories published in outlets like Earth Island Journal, OZY, and Asia Times, Haniya has covered Afghan refugees post-US withdrawal, wildlife trafficking in Pakistan, and South Asian labor migration.

Both our fellows will undertake a 10-month reporting project. Masho will investigate manipulation of collective memory, while Haniya will explore how digital technology is reshaping spiritual practices.

Follow their journeys as they bring these critical stories to light. We’re very grateful to the Bruno Foundation for supporting this fellowship. To learn more about the fellowship, read the stories produced by our past fellows, including Alizeh Kohari, who wrote about digital IDs in Pakistan, Anna-Catherine Brigida, whose article on surveillance technology in Honduras won the 2023 Fetisov Journalism Award, and Thiện Việt, who wrote about rewriting history in Vietnam.

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