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Four Indian-origin journalists named to AAJA’s VOICES fellowship
Mythili Sampathkumar, Amrutha Kosuru, Kabir Burman, and Riya Sharma will be joining this year's cohort.
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Pranavi Sharma - Fri, 16, May 2025
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The announcement was made by AAJA on May 13, as the organization introduced this year’s class and editorial leadership. / Asian American Journalists Association
Four Indian-origin student journalists have been selected for the 2025 cohort of the Asian American Journalists Association’s VOICES program, a prestigious multimedia journalism fellowship that pairs college students with professional newsroom mentors across the United States.
The announcement was made by AAJA on May 13, as the organization introduced this year’s class and editorial leadership.
The 2025 VOICES program will be led by editor Mythili Sampathkumar, a New York-based freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, L.A. Times, Vox, Teen Vogue, NBC News, and other national outlets. A former staff reporter for The Independent and past president of the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), Sampathkumar has also edited textbooks, managed newsletters, and published a photojournalism coffee table book. She continues to contribute to the field with her newsletter, Export Quality, and works as a collage artist in her spare time. She has been selected as an editor among four others.
Among the student fellows selected this year is Amrutha Kosuru, a graduate student at New York University originally from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Kosuru brings with her a background in physical science and a postgraduate diploma in print journalism from the Asian College of Journalism. She has previously worked with The New Indian Express and contributed to the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI). Amrutha is a long-form literary reportage enthusiast and truly believes in the power of written-word storytelling.
Meet our 2025 VOICES cohort! These rising journalists will report, learn & grow with guidance from industry mentors – ending with final presentations & in-person sessions at #AAJA25 in Seattle. We’re excited to see their work! Learn more: https://t.co/QAjBMbgUW1 pic.twitter.com/pISWUgUFzW
— Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 (@aaja) May 15, 2025
Also joining the cohort is Kabir Burman, a student at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. Burman, who hails from India, is double majoring in media and communication and political science. He is a senior staff writer and social media manager for The Muhlenberg Weekly. Burman was recently selected as one of 20 students nationwide for The New York Times Corps program, making him the first international student to be invited to that initiative.
The fourth Indian-origin journalist in the 2025 VOICES class is Riya Sharma, who is currently studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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