Ananya Chetia

Ananya is a graduate student at Columbia University and will pursue her Master's in Data Journalism for the 2024-2025 academic year. She recently graduated from the University of Richmond, where she served as an Executive Co-Editor of the student newspaper, The Collegian. Ananya was born in India and raised in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Her global upbringing inspired her to become a journalist and cover a variety of beats like climate change, politics and higher education. She has written for Inside Climate News, the Henrico Citizen, and other local publications throughout Richmond, Virginia.