Shirish Kulkarni

(he/him)

BA (Oxford), PGDip (Cardiff), FRSA

Overview

I’m an award-winning journalist, researcher and community organiser. I develop new ways to build more effective, engaging and inclusive journalism.

I have more than 25 years experience working in all the UK’s major broadcast newsrooms, and at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. My expertise spans innovation, storytelling, AI, inclusion, mental health and engaged journalism.

My research on “Reflective” and “Modular” Journalism has had global impact in newsrooms, and I’ve presented my work at the Reuters Institute, the World Association of News Publishers, for the European Journalism Centre and many others.

As well as being a Member of BAFTA and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, I’m a member of the Welsh Government’s Working Group on Public Interest Journalism and Expert Panel on the Devolution of Broadcasting & Communications. I am also the founder of Inclusive Journalism Cymru, a network aimed at fostering and supporting a more inclusive journalism sector.