Mississippi Today is pleased to announce that Mukta Joshi has joined Mississippi Today as an investigative reporting fellow through the 2024 Columbia University + INN Internship Program.

Joshi graduated with honors from Columbia Journalism School in 2024 as a fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, where her master’s thesis explored the growing South Asian influence on American politics. She is also a professional photojournalist, and her work has been published in outlets including TIME, Al Jazeera, Hyperallergic, New York Focus and Autostraddle.

“We are so excited to have Mukta join our team,” said senior investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell, who oversees the criminal investigative reporting team at Mississippi Today. “She’s a talented young investigative reporter and lawyer, and we know with her help we can continue to expose law enforcement abuses by the ‘Goon Squad’ and others as well as to examine the collateral damage from such abuses.”

One of Joshi’s recent investigations into the sinister preparations for the recent G20 summit in New Delhi and their impact on the city’s poorest communities was selected by the Global Investigative Journalism Network as one of the eight best investigations from India in 2023.

Joshi is a 2019 graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She began her career as a corporate lawyer and most recently, led the legal research vertical at Land Conflict Watch, investigating and writing about land governance, environmental law and forest policy in India.

“I couldn’t be more excited to join the brilliant team at the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today, which has tirelessly been churning out deep-dive reportage on the criminal justice system. I’ve always believed that local investigations are what drive efforts towards accountability, and I’m eager to do my bit.”

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