New role for Mitali Mukherjee
Associate Fellow Mitali Mukherjee has been appointed as the new Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ).
Mitali was previously Director of Journalist Programmes at the RISJ and has been a fellow of Green Templeton since she took up that role in 2022.
The selection panel, of which Principal Sir Michael Dixon was a member, was incredibly excited by Mitali’s vision for the future of the Institute. It had no doubt that she will build on the tremendous success of the RISJ and take the Institute to new heights.
Mitali Mukherjee said of her appointment,
‘I am honoured to take on the role of Director at the Reuters Institute and to be leading an exceptional team of colleagues.
‘Our fellowship programme is now more than forty years old and enjoys a deep bond with Green Templeton College. Even today, the college remains a space where journalists from all over the world have found a sense of community, camaraderie and belonging in the University of Oxford.
‘I look forward to nurturing those ties with the college and building new ones as we build on RISJ’s core mission of exploring the future of journalism worldwide through debate, engagement, and research.’
Principal Sir Michael Dixon said,
‘The Green Templeton community is delighted that Mitali has been appointed as the new Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
‘Since joining the RISJ, Mitali has been a popular and active member of Green Templeton and a strong proponent of collaboration with the college. We look forward to building on this in the future.’
Mitali Mukherjee is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism. Over the course of her journalistic career, Mitali has been Consulting Business Editor at The Wire and Mint. Prior to that she was Markets Editor at CNBC TV 18 and Prime Time Anchor at TV Today and Doordarshan. She has been a Fellow at The Observer Research Foundation (ORF) where she led Gender Initiatives for the organisation.
Mitali succeeds Rasmus Kleis Nielsen who is now Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen and remains an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton.
Green Templeton’s connection with the Reuters Institute
The college’s connection with journalism extends back to 1992, when the Reuters Journalist Fellowship programme began its long-standing residency at then-Green College.
Neville Maxwell, a former foreign correspondent for The Times, established the Reuters Foundation Fellowship Programme in 1983 to complement the University of Oxford’s ongoing research on international development. The programme soon began to grow and a dedicated Journalist Fellowship was established in 1990, which moved into residence at Green College two years later.
Located at Green Templeton’s 13 Norham Gardens and now housed within the Department of Politics and International Relations, the RISJ retains a strong affiliation with Green Templeton. This includes through fellowship for successive cohorts of visiting journalists, as well as numerous senior members of the RISJ team.
