Hi! Welcome to my corner of the internet.

I’m Nilesh Christopher (pronounced Nih-lesh), a reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering the societal impact of artificial intelligence— and other things that editors demand. My work has appeared in WIRED, The Atlantic, BBC, Vice, Rest of World, South China Morning Post, The Economic Times, and more.

I grew up in India, studied engineering, and discovered that I was less interested in designing circuits and more in understanding how technology and power shape people’s daily lives. That led me to the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, and then to The Economic Times, one of India’s largest business dailies, where I got my start as a business and technology reporter.

In 2020, I joined Rest of World as its South Asia correspondent, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. My work took me from iPhone assembly lines in southern India to Sri Lanka, where I reported on fact-checkers battling a misinformation crisis; from the spread of Chinese live-streaming apps to the ways artificial intelligence is reshaping culture and politics. That body of work earned me India’s highest journalism honor, the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism.

In 2024, I moved to the U.S. as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, where I researched how AI-generated content is changing politics and public trust. Soon after that, I joined the Los Angeles Times, supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, to continue reporting on the intersection of technology and society.

Along the way, my work has been recognized by organizations including One World Media (New Voice Award, 2024), the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (Best in Business, 2023), the Society of Publishers in Asia, the South Asia Journalists Association, and the True Story Award.

I like playing all kinds of racquet sports. In another life, I would have pursued a career as a badminton player.

You can reach me at nileshchristopher.work@gmail.com

I’m currently interested in covering the inside of AI companies (policy changes, safety processes, enforcement, and governance). For tips on AI companies contact securely via Signal: nileshchristopher.09. I protect source identities, and don’t share identifying details unless explicitly specified. Ask me about it.