Malini Basu is a three-time Emmy Award and two-time National Edward R. Murrow Award–winning international journalist whose reporting has taken her across continents, cultures, and industries for more than two decades.
Known for her ability to explain complex issues clearly and ask the questions others avoid, Malini has built a career grounded in credibility, urgency, and stories that matter to people’s lives.
Her reporting has appeared on CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, Bloomberg, and in publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Huffington Post, as well as outlets across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Malini has covered breaking news, international crises, public safety, technology, cultural change, cricket, sustainability, and artificial intelligence. Her work has taken her from neighborhoods across the United States to global forums where major decisions about the future are being shaped.
She has received more than 25 nominations for major journalism awards and is widely known for finding the deeper story behind complicated issues.
Malini is also the founder of Sanku Elevates Group, where she works companies, and global leaders on communications, public affairs, and international initiatives. Drawing on her background in journalism, she helps leaders explain big ideas clearly, connect with communities, and communicate with credibility when the stakes are high.
At the heart of Malini’s work is a simple belief: when a story is told honestly, people listen — and that can change everything.