Fellows in the News

Fri Jan 31, 2020

“Leila had a vision about bringing the dignity of work and the promise of a living wage to the world’s most vulnerable.” Read more in the New York Times.

We are all deeply saddened by the tragic loss of TED Fellow Leila Janah. Leila was a social entrepreneur whose life was marked by an unyielding commitment to helping others. By the age of 37, Leila had launched three companies, in diverse fields ranging from technology and digital freelancing to skincare — each and all with an underlying mission of creating opportunity for low income people around the globe. ⁣

This week's newsletter is dedicated to Leila.

You can read more about Leila's inspiring life in thoughtful articles from TechCrunch and The New York Times. In addition, I'll reshare here this beautiful blog post by Leila on the topic of emotional resilience.

Fri Jan 17, 2020

1. Check out Esra'a Al Shafei’s new podcast, “Philanthropi$$ed,” a series challenging the current norms of philanthropy and featuring the voices of other TED Fellows. The first episode features Nighat Dad!

2. Shiva Keshavan shares his first Christmas experience in the Alps on the Olympic Channel.

3. Nanfu Wang, who co-directed the doc “One Child Nation” exploring China’s one-child policy, writes about how state media has scrubbed mentions of her film in The Daily Beast.

4. “Rafiki,” a film by Wanuri Kahiu, made the NBC News list of best LGBTQ-inclusive TV shows and films of 2019.

5. Business Insider called “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” the true story about the life of William Kamkwamba, the top movie to watch in the new year for inspiration.

6. The Bangkok Times wrote a story on Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm, designed by Kotchakorn Voraakhom.

7. Shivani Siroya’s unicorn fintech startup Tala was covered in a feature by CNBC.

8. Check out a foundational explanation of how quantum computing works by Shohini Ghose on the Big Tech podcast.

9. Usman Riaz speaks with Instep Today about his work directing Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated film, The Glassworker.

10. Ola Brown writes in CNN Health about skin bleaching and its social implications.

Note: If you find any of these stories exciting, please share them on social media. And if you have a PR question, please feel free to drop me a line. Thanks! Have a great weekend. Ben