2026-2028 Fellow
Aneela Mirchandani
Asian American Media Inc.
Aneela is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work centers on internet investigations (OSINT), public records, and court proceedings. She has a Masters in Journalism from New York University, with bylines in Mother Jones, Salon, Daily Dot, AsAmNews, and Community Sentinel.
One of her investigations about secretive sellers of Trump coins was quoted in the New York Times. Her story for AsAmNews on a caste discrimination lawsuit won an award in the Politics Category for the 2025 American Community Media Awards.
Aneela lives in San Francisco and enjoys cooking, gardening, and reading Victorian fiction.