Indian journalist Mitali Mukherjee named director of the Reuters Institute

Indian journalist Mitali Mukherjee has been appointed director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Mukherjee, who has been acting director since Rasmus Nielsen stepped down last October, was selected in an open and independent process that concluded in late March. 

Her appointment was announced by Alan Rusbridger, chair of the Institute’s Steering Committee, and Professor David Doyle, head of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, where the Reuters Institute is based. Mukherjee will take up her new post immediately. 

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