Megha Rajagopalan - London - Buzzfeed

<p>Megha Rajagopalan (<a href='https://twitter.com/meghara'>@meghara</a>) brings top-notch investigative journalism to Buzzfeed - yes, the site that rose to prominence based on listicles. She installed Buzzfeed’s first bureau in Beijing, only to be kicked out of the country after revealing the depths of China’s police state. Reporting on surveillance and human rights has been the hallmark of her career, from writing about Myanmar’s opening up to following around Filipino police officers committing atrocities.</p> <p>We talk about the questionable endeavor that is pursuing a journalism degree (5:08), cutting her teeth covering politics for Reuters in Beijing (14:22), starting Buzzfeed’s bureau in China (24:00), her bombshell story on China’s muslim internment camps and getting kicked out of China (29:30), moving to Israel and then London (41:19), missing out on a trip to Tibet and her prospects for ever returning to China (44:17), her story on U.S. government funding for Filipino police committing atrocities in their war on drugs (50:54), and she takes on the lightning round (58:45).</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are links to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>My exclusive about Brazil’s environmental protections under coronavirus - <a href='https://reut.rs/2WQbRFN'>https://reut.rs/2WQbRFN</a></p> <p>My story on Brazil meat exports to China stalling under coronovirus - <a href='https://reut.rs/2x66jwq'>https://reut.rs/2x66jwq</a></p> <p>Steve Coll’s Private Empire: Exxonmobil and American power - <a href='https://amzn.to/3bMAuHG'>https://amzn.to/3bMAuHG</a></p> <p>Michael Lewis essay J-School Confidential - <a href='https://buff.ly/39Yx1Vn'>https://buff.ly/39Yx1Vn</a></p> <p>Megha’s story about Xinjiang internment camps - <a href='https://bit.ly/2waFzdM'>https://bit.ly/2waFzdM</a></p> <p>Her story about US-support for Philippines atrocities - <a href='https://bit.ly/348bnN8'>https://bit.ly/348bnN8</a></p> <p>David Sanger’s The Perfect Weapon - <a href='https://amzn.to/2V1wpsr'>https://amzn.to/2V