About me
Dhruti Shah is a multi-award-winning journalist and author. Starting her career as a writer in newspapers, she honed her craft during 14 years at the BBC, where she broke digital records with her work. In her freelance chapter she has written nuanced viral conversation-generating pieces for The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Lead, The New Humanitarian and New Humanist. She's the author of the illustrated award-winning financial literacy guide Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms. She is an advisor for the Museum of Colour, a Clore cultural leader and a former Board trustee for the John Schofield Trust charity. She is a John Schofield Trust Senior Fellow, a Rotary International Peace Fellow and an Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma. She was also the first recipient of the University of Kent's Centre for Journalism honorary journalism practitioner fellowship. She is a member of the UK Young Academy as well as the I Am Not A Typo global collective. She is the creator and host of the Have You Thought About podcast which was shortlisted for the International Women’s Podcast Awards in 2023. She has also hosted podcasts for large organisations including TRANSFORM, and the Centre for Human Sciences. Her portfolio is: www.dhrutishah.com