Grist Names Nikhil Swaminathan as CEO to Advance and Expand the Nonprofit, Award-Winning Digital Media Site's Commitment to Climate and Social Justice Reporting
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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Swaminathan has been Grists interim CEO since February 2022 and will take on the permanent position, effective immediately.
Key Points:
- Swaminathan has been Grists interim CEO since February 2022 and will take on the permanent position, effective immediately.
- Swaminathan, who has led Grists newsroom since 2018, established Grist as a leader in solutions-based climate reporting while positioning climate as a social justice issue.
- Swaminathan led Grists environmental justice coverage before moving on to build and manage Grists distributed newsroom of nearly 30 journalists.
- Additionally, he established Grists environmental justice and investigations desks and was instrumental in launching Grists Indigenous affairs desk.