Meghnad Bose
@meghnadbose.bsky.social
Investigative journalist📍United States
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🚨NEW: NYC-DSA’s Electoral Working Group narrowly voted Saturday against recommending an endorsement for City Council Member Chi Ossé’s expected primary challenge to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, NY City & State reported.
About 52% of participating members opposed backing the campaign...
About 52% of participating members opposed backing the campaign...
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨NEW: NYC-DSA’s Electoral Working Group narrowly voted Saturday against recommending an endorsement for City Council Member Chi Ossé’s expected primary challenge to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, NY City & State reported.
About 52% of participating members opposed backing the campaign...
About 52% of participating members opposed backing the campaign...
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🎥 Here’s Drop Site contributor Meghnad Bose (@meghnadbose.bsky.social, X: @MeghnadBose93) catching up with Ossé shortly after Andrew Cuomo conceded the June 24, 2025 mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎥 Here’s Drop Site contributor Meghnad Bose (@meghnadbose.bsky.social, X: @MeghnadBose93) catching up with Ossé shortly after Andrew Cuomo conceded the June 24, 2025 mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.
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‼️UPDATE: Citing reporting by Kourosh Ziabari & @meghnadbose.bsky.social last month in October, the National Iranian American Council announced they filed a lawsuit against ICE for withholding documents on the wrongful, targeted detentions & deportations of Iranians.
Read their original story here:
Read their original story here:
Arrested for being Iranian: How war in Middle East gave ICE targets at home
After the U.S. joined Israel’s war against Iran in June, ICE arrests of Iranian immigrants surged, data shows
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
‼️UPDATE: Citing reporting by Kourosh Ziabari & @meghnadbose.bsky.social last month in October, the National Iranian American Council announced they filed a lawsuit against ICE for withholding documents on the wrongful, targeted detentions & deportations of Iranians.
Read their original story here:
Read their original story here:
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Exclusive: India’s largest far-right Hindu organization hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign, @meghnadbose.bsky.social & Biplob Kumar Das investigate.
Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a group linked to discrimination & violence against Muslims.
Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a group linked to discrimination & violence against Muslims.
RSS hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign
Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist group linked to discrimination and violence against Muslims
prismreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Exclusive: India’s largest far-right Hindu organization hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign, @meghnadbose.bsky.social & Biplob Kumar Das investigate.
Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a group linked to discrimination & violence against Muslims.
Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a group linked to discrimination & violence against Muslims.
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ICE arrested 351 Iranians under Trump up until July 29, according to the latest data. More than 50%, or 183 arrests, came the week after the U.S. bombed Iran during the Israel-Iran war. Great story by Kourosh Ziabari and @meghnadbose.bsky.social for @prismreports.org prismreports.org/2025/10/08/i...
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
ICE arrested 351 Iranians under Trump up until July 29, according to the latest data. More than 50%, or 183 arrests, came the week after the U.S. bombed Iran during the Israel-Iran war. Great story by Kourosh Ziabari and @meghnadbose.bsky.social for @prismreports.org prismreports.org/2025/10/08/i...
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🔎 Led by @azmatzahra.bsky.social, Director of the Li Center and CJS Professor, together with @meghnadbose.bsky.social, ’24 M.S. Data Journalism, and Lauren Watson, ’24 M.S., the feature outlines how reporters can continue informing the world despite immense obstacles.
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🔎 Led by @azmatzahra.bsky.social, Director of the Li Center and CJS Professor, together with @meghnadbose.bsky.social, ’24 M.S. Data Journalism, and Lauren Watson, ’24 M.S., the feature outlines how reporters can continue informing the world despite immense obstacles.
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📰 Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.
www.cjr.org
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📰 Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
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Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.
www.cjr.org
August 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
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Much of what the Trump administration has demanded, Columbia has conceded – though they insist otherwise.
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I tracked months of government demands and secretive Columbia rule changes, for @theintercept.com.
theintercept.com/2025/08/07/c...
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I tracked months of government demands and secretive Columbia rule changes, for @theintercept.com.
theintercept.com/2025/08/07/c...
How Columbia’s Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump’s Image
Columbia University President Claire Shipman said the school retained full independence, but it gave in to virtually all of Trump's demands.
theintercept.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Much of what the Trump administration has demanded, Columbia has conceded – though they insist otherwise.
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I tracked months of government demands and secretive Columbia rule changes, for @theintercept.com.
theintercept.com/2025/08/07/c...
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I tracked months of government demands and secretive Columbia rule changes, for @theintercept.com.
theintercept.com/2025/08/07/c...
A museum installation in New York City combines journalism, oral history, art and architecture to pay an immensely personal tribute to homes destroyed in Palestine, Iraq and Syria by weapons manufactured in the United States.
Reported with Janine AlHadidi
@hyperallergic.com @monachalabi.bsky.social
Reported with Janine AlHadidi
@hyperallergic.com @monachalabi.bsky.social
How Do You Remember a Home Reduced to Rubble?
Through interviews with survivors and satellite imagery, data journalist Mona Chalabi and SITU Research created models of razed houses in Gaza, Iraq, and Syria.
hyperallergic.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A museum installation in New York City combines journalism, oral history, art and architecture to pay an immensely personal tribute to homes destroyed in Palestine, Iraq and Syria by weapons manufactured in the United States.
Reported with Janine AlHadidi
@hyperallergic.com @monachalabi.bsky.social
Reported with Janine AlHadidi
@hyperallergic.com @monachalabi.bsky.social
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“I have just gone out to look for anything edible for my family, though I doubt I’ll find much." Journalists in Gaza attest to impossible circumstances amid extreme starvation, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/journal...
Journalists Are Starving in Gaza
“I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.”
www.cjr.org
July 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“I have just gone out to look for anything edible for my family, though I doubt I’ll find much." Journalists in Gaza attest to impossible circumstances amid extreme starvation, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/journal...
“There are moments when my hands tremble too hard to hold a pen, when I can’t focus my eyes on the camera lens in front of me. The hunger scrambles everything—thought, memory, even language.”
Journalists, too, are starving in Gaza.
Read the full report here.
www.cjr.org/news/journal...
Journalists, too, are starving in Gaza.
Read the full report here.
www.cjr.org/news/journal...
Journalists Are Starving in Gaza
“I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.”
www.cjr.org
July 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“There are moments when my hands tremble too hard to hold a pen, when I can’t focus my eyes on the camera lens in front of me. The hunger scrambles everything—thought, memory, even language.”
Journalists, too, are starving in Gaza.
Read the full report here.
www.cjr.org/news/journal...
Journalists, too, are starving in Gaza.
Read the full report here.
www.cjr.org/news/journal...
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Columbia Keeps ‘Investigating’ Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests, by Meghnad Bose and Anna Oakes. www.cjr.org/news/columbi...
Columbia Keeps ‘Investigating’ Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests
Reporters on campus say it’s a threat to press freedom.
www.cjr.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Columbia Keeps ‘Investigating’ Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests, by Meghnad Bose and Anna Oakes. www.cjr.org/news/columbi...
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“Constitutional law may apply differently at private universities than public streets, but Columbia should nonetheless respect the freedoms this nation was founded on,” Seth Stern tells @meghnadbose.bsky.social and @annaoakes.bsky.social.
Columbia Keeps ‘Investigating’ Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests
Reporters on campus say it’s a threat to press freedom.
www.cjr.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Constitutional law may apply differently at private universities than public streets, but Columbia should nonetheless respect the freedoms this nation was founded on,” Seth Stern tells @meghnadbose.bsky.social and @annaoakes.bsky.social.
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NEW: #Columbia issued blanket suspensions after Wednesday’s protest. But even students who had nothing to do with the protest were suspended, with no due process – and given 48 hours to vacate their residences.
With @meghnadbose.bsky.social, for @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/05/10/c...
With @meghnadbose.bsky.social, for @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/05/10/c...
Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In
Students at Butler Library during Wednesday’s Gaza protest faced harsh consequences, though several had their suspensions lifted days later.
theintercept.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
NEW: #Columbia issued blanket suspensions after Wednesday’s protest. But even students who had nothing to do with the protest were suspended, with no due process – and given 48 hours to vacate their residences.
With @meghnadbose.bsky.social, for @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/05/10/c...
With @meghnadbose.bsky.social, for @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/05/10/c...
NEW: One pro-Palestine protester was held down on the ground for around 4 min 15 seconds by multiple Columbia University security officers, as he cried for help.
There were repeated such instances of campus security assaulting protesters. @annaoakes.bsky.social and I report for @hellgatenyc.com
There were repeated such instances of campus security assaulting protesters. @annaoakes.bsky.social and I report for @hellgatenyc.com
Columbia and NYPD Crush Student Library Occupation Supporting Palestine
Wednesday's raid marks the third time in less than thirteen months that Columbia's leadership has requested the NYPD come on campus to intervene in students' pro-Palestinian protest activity.
hellgatenyc.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
NEW: One pro-Palestine protester was held down on the ground for around 4 min 15 seconds by multiple Columbia University security officers, as he cried for help.
There were repeated such instances of campus security assaulting protesters. @annaoakes.bsky.social and I report for @hellgatenyc.com
There were repeated such instances of campus security assaulting protesters. @annaoakes.bsky.social and I report for @hellgatenyc.com
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Columbia again called the NYPD on its students yesterday – but most instances of violence against students,
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I found, came from the university's own campus security officers.
Here's our full report, for @hellgatenyc.com 👇
hellgatenyc.com/columbia-nyp...
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I found, came from the university's own campus security officers.
Here's our full report, for @hellgatenyc.com 👇
hellgatenyc.com/columbia-nyp...
Columbia and NYPD Crush Student Library Occupation Supporting Palestine
Wednesday's raid marks the third time in less than thirteen months that Columbia's leadership has requested the NYPD come on campus to intervene in students' pro-Palestinian protest activity.
hellgatenyc.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Columbia again called the NYPD on its students yesterday – but most instances of violence against students,
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I found, came from the university's own campus security officers.
Here's our full report, for @hellgatenyc.com 👇
hellgatenyc.com/columbia-nyp...
@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I found, came from the university's own campus security officers.
Here's our full report, for @hellgatenyc.com 👇
hellgatenyc.com/columbia-nyp...
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A Student Journalist Covered a Pro-Palestine Protest. Soon, Her Graduation Came Under Threat. By @meghnadbose.bsky.social www.cjr.org/news/student...
A Student Journalist Covered a Pro-Palestine Protest. Soon, Her Graduation Came Under Threat.
A botched challenge to press freedom at Columbia University’s Barnard College.
www.cjr.org
May 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A Student Journalist Covered a Pro-Palestine Protest. Soon, Her Graduation Came Under Threat. By @meghnadbose.bsky.social www.cjr.org/news/student...
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Long live FiveThirtyEight, which popularized the art of poll modeling, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/analysis/fiv...
www.cjr.org/analysis/fiv...
Super Model
Long Live FiveThirtyEight, which popularized a political art form.
www.cjr.org
March 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Long live FiveThirtyEight, which popularized the art of poll modeling, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/analysis/fiv...
www.cjr.org/analysis/fiv...
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Great article by @meghnadbose.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social on new nonprofit @psst-org.bsky.social, which is poised to shift the whistleblowing paradigm from lone whistleblower v. giant corporation (David-vs.-Goliath) to whistleblower collective with strength & safety in numbers.
A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers—and connect them with journalists who can tell their stories, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
Whisper Networking
A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers.
www.cjr.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Great article by @meghnadbose.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social on new nonprofit @psst-org.bsky.social, which is poised to shift the whistleblowing paradigm from lone whistleblower v. giant corporation (David-vs.-Goliath) to whistleblower collective with strength & safety in numbers.
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The Adversarial Ethos: New president, same Drop Site, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/dro...
The Adversarial Ethos
New president, same Drop Site.
www.cjr.org
February 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Adversarial Ethos: New president, same Drop Site, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/dro...
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A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers—and connect them with journalists who can tell their stories, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
Whisper Networking
A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers.
www.cjr.org
February 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers—and connect them with journalists who can tell their stories, by @meghnadbose.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
December 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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After her husband’s death in Gaza, “Shrouq Aila, grief-stricken, was advised to give up journalism in an environment where practicing it can get you killed.
“And yet she kept going.”
A Q&A, via
@meghnadbose.bsky.social/CJR
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
“And yet she kept going.”
A Q&A, via
@meghnadbose.bsky.social/CJR
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Q&A: Shrouq Aila
On documenting a ‘televised genocide’ in Gaza.
www.cjr.org
December 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM
After her husband’s death in Gaza, “Shrouq Aila, grief-stricken, was advised to give up journalism in an environment where practicing it can get you killed.
“And yet she kept going.”
A Q&A, via
@meghnadbose.bsky.social/CJR
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
“And yet she kept going.”
A Q&A, via
@meghnadbose.bsky.social/CJR
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...