Manisha Ganguly, final year Doctoral Researcher at CAMRI, has been named as one of the winners in the TechWomen100 Awards 2021 for her work using OSINT technology in journalism.
The winners of the Awards were announced on 15 November with the ceremony due to take place online on 8 December.
WeAreTechWomen was founded in 2015 to help women working in technology to maximise their potential, and has helped thousands to enhance their careers through events, conferences and awards. It has also worked with over 40 multi-sector corporate organisations helping them to attract, retain and develop their female tech talent.
The TechWomen100 awards highlight the achievements of 350 future tech leaders and represents their work in technology, as women make up just 19 per cent of the industry. The awards focus solely on the female tech talent pipeline, recognising the impact of champions, companies and networks that are leading the way for future generations of tech talent.
Manisha Ganguly is a multi award-winning independent conflict journalist and filmmaker using open-source techniques to investigate human rights abuses under conditions of war. Her work using OSINT technology, a means of collecting information from openly available sources online, has allowed Manisha to be the senior OSINT analyst and producer for the BBC World Service’s Emmy-winning Arabic Documentaries team.
In 2018, Manisha was granted funding by the Communication and Media Research Institute at Westminster to pursue her PhD on the impact that OSINT, AI and automation has had on investigative journalism. At 25, Manisha was also named a Forbes under 30 media innovator for her impactful journalism.
Speaking on the win, Manisha said: “I am honoured to be named one of the 100 women leaders in Technology in the UK, and to be showcased among such remarkable women within the technology and STEM sector, who are working to bridge the gender gap. My thanks to the judges and the organisers of 100TechWomen for this.”
Her investigative documentary produced for the BBC “Libya’s Game of Drones” has also recently won in the Best Investigation category at the Asian Media Awards.
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