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'''Somini Sengupta''' has been a ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter for over 20 years. [[File:Somini Sengupta-4409.jpg|thumb|Somini Sengupta]]She has written about conflicts, diplomacy, [[humanitarian crisis|humanitarian crises]] and as of 2023 is covering climate. In particular, she has reported on the [[Iraq War]] and the [[Syrian civil war]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Terry |date=15 August 2018 |title=2018 Revealed Just How Ill-Prepared We Are For Climate Change |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/15/638881705/2018-revealed-just-how-ill-prepared-we-are-for-climate-change |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=National Public Radio}}</ref> Her flak jacket is in the Times museum.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=New Role for Somini Sengupta |url=https://www.nytco.com/press/new-role-for-somini-sengupta/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=The New York Times Company |language=en-US}}</ref> Since February 2022, she has been the lead writer for the ''Times'' Climate Forward newsletter,<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Feb 2022 |title=Event recap: Inequity at Boiling Point with Somini Sengupta, NYT foreign correspondent |url=https://jsis.washington.edu/news/event-recap-inequity-at-boiling-point-with-somini-sengupta-nyt-foreign-correspondent/ |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington}}</ref> sharing the National Press Club Journalism Award in 2023 for Newsletter Journalism with fellow reporter [[Manuela Andreoni]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wall Street Journal, ABC News and PBS NewsHour Win National Press Club Awards |url=https://www.press.org/newsroom/wall-street-journal-abc-news-and-pbs-newshour-win-national-press-club-awards |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=National Press Club |language=en}}</ref>

Born in India, Sengupta was raised in Canada and the United States and graduated from the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Somini Sengupta: Liberalization's Children - Stories of Love, Hunger and Destiny in Young India |url=https://journalism.berkeley.edu/event/somini-sengupta-liberalizations-children-stories-of-love-hunger-and-destiny-in-young-india/ |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career and awards ==
In 2003 and 2004, Somini Sengupta covered west and central Africa as the Dakar bureau chief<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somini Sengupta {{!}} Existential Threats: Stories from the front lines of climate change in South Asia and beyond |url=https://journalism.berkeley.edu/event/somini-sengupta-existential-threats-stories-from-the-front-lines-of-climate-change-in-south-asia-and-beyond/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism |language=en-US}}</ref> for [[The New York Times]], including the conflict in [[Darfur]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Montagne |first=Renee |date=19 Feb 2015 |title=Kidnappings Inspire Photojournalist Lynsey Addario's Memoir |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/02/19/387420695/kidnapping-inspires-photographer-lynsey-addario-s-memoir |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=National Public Radio}}</ref> She won the [[George Polk Awards|George Polk Award]] on "foreign reporting for her articles from Congo, Liberia and other war-torn areas of West Africa" in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Winners {{!}} Long Island University |url=https://www.liu.edu/polk-awards/past-winners#2003 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.liu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-02-17 |title=Journalists Who Braved Iraq and African Wars Are Among 14 Polk Award Winners (Published 2004) |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/17/nyregion/journalists-who-braved-iraq-and-african-wars-are-among-14-polk-award-winners.html |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref>

In 2005, Sengupta became the first [[Indian Americans|Indian American]] to serve as the [[New Delhi]] bureau chief for ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Ari |date=7 March 2016 |title=In 'The End Of Karma,' Young Indians Work To Overcome Their Past |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/03/07/469545398/in-the-end-of-karma-young-indians-work-to-overcome-their-past |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=NPR}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Her climate reporting<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somini Sengupta on Climate Change |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/somini-sengupta-on-climate-change/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Amanpour & Company |language=en-US}}</ref> has been recognized<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKibben |first=Bill |date=2020-08-12 |title=The World Has Reached Decision Time on the Climate Crisis |language=en-US |work=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/the-world-has-reached-decision-time-on-the-climate-crisis |access-date=2023-07-31 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> and has led to several journalism awards. The [[United Nations Correspondents Association]] recognized her reporting on [[West African]] climate refugees with its 2017 "UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change".<ref>{{Cite web |title=2017 UNCA Awards Winners « The United Nations Correspondents Association |url=https://unca.com/2017-unca-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, she received an award for her environmental reporting from the [[Newswomen's Club of New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Front Page Awards |url=https://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2021-front-page-awards |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=THE NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK |language=en-US}}</ref> Also in 2021, the [[Women's Media Center]] recognized her with one of their "Exceptional Journalism Awards" in her role as an "International Climate Correspondent" for the Times.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-09 |title=The Women’s Media Center Announces the First WMC Exceptional Journalism Awards Recognizing Outstanding Journalism by Diverse Women Storytellers on December 16 - Women’s Media Center |url=https://womensmediacenter.com/about/press/press-releases/the-womens-media-center-announces-the-first-wmc-exceptional-journalism-awards-recognizing-outstanding-journalism-by-diverse-women-storytellers-on-december-16 |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=womensmediacenter.com |language=en}}</ref>

Her coverage of lithium mining in Chile was cited as part of a Times team which shared the [[Overseas Press Club]] Whitman Bassow Award in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-08 |title=The Whitman Bassow Award 2021 |url=https://opcofamerica.org/Awardarchive/the-whitman-bassow-award-2021/ |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=OPC |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Works ==
Sengupta has written one book, ''The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young'', published by [[W. W. Norton & Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young - Harvard Book Store |url=https://www.harvard.com/book/9780393353600_the_end_of_karma_hope_and_fury_among_indias_young/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.harvard.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Joanne |date=2016-04-24 |title=‘Every month for the next several years, 1 million Indians will turn 18’ |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/24/somini-sengupta-the-end-of-karma-interview |access-date=2023-07-29 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> It was recognized by ''[[The Economist]]'' as one of their Books of the Year in 2016, and was also reviewed by the ''[[The Seattle Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-18 |title=‘The End of Karma’: rewriting destiny for India’s youth |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/the-end-of-karma-rewriting-destiny-for-indias-youth/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-04-11 |title=Briefly Noted Book Reviews |language=en-US |work=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/18/paradise-now-the-end-of-karma-the-book-of-memory-and-the-merman-briefly-noted |access-date=2023-07-31 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>

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