Neha Madhira

About Me

Neha Madhira is an independent journalist with a focus on geopolitical analysis, health and human rights. Her reportage and appearances include The Intercept, Columbia Journalism Review, The New Arab, Prism Reports, Palestine Square, Ms. Magazine, CNN, the New York Times, among others.

Prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was a breaking news reporter, covering the first cases in Austin, TX. She spent the next several months researching how the pandemic was detrimental to education and healthcare systems domestically and abroad. As a spotlight was shone on these systemic problems, she covered the communities that were disproportionately impacted for the Women’s Media Center as an Editorial Board Member.

Surrounded by international news that hit very close to home, she began covering numerous women’s health and human rights issues as a freelancer in 2021. Since shifting her research, she has developed an expertise in emphasizing community voices across borders.

Some of her reportage includes working with journalists and NGOs to extensively cover the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi revolution in Iran for the Women’s Media Center and Prism Reports. Since 2023, she has been researching and reporting on the collapse of medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as separate attacks on Lebanon, Syria and Iran by Israel.