Choekyi Lhamo
Choekyi Lhamo (she/her) is a third generation Tibetan refugee born and raised in India. She is currently a journalism student at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism pursuing narrative writing and investigative reporting. As a former reporter at Phayul, one of the leading news websites on Tibet, Lhamo wrote extensively about the diaspora, produced videos on enterprise stories, and profiled Tibetan creatives.
Since coming to Berkeley, she has produced over a dozen stories for Richmond Confidential covering city council, policing, Tibetan community in the Bay Area, and issues close to Richmonders as part of her internship at the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley chaired by David Barstow. Her works have been published in Global Voices, Tibetan Review, Richmond Confidential, and Phayul.
EDUCATION
MA in English Studies at Center for English Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University
BA in English Honors at Jesus and Mary College at University of Delhi
EMPLOYERS
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News Editor at Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs at UC Berkeley (Aug 2024 - Present)
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Reporting Intern at Investigative Reporting Program (May 2024 - Aug 2024)
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Contributor at Tibetan Review
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Reporter at Phayul (Nov 2019 - Dec 2022)
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Contributor at Global Voices
AWARDS & HONORS
Tibetan Fulbright Scholar '23
Dean's Fellowship '23
South Asian Journalists Association Fellow '24
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
South Asian Journalists Association Berkeley — Chair
Society of Professional Journalists — Member
REPORTING INTERESTS
Community Reporting, Diaspora, Identity, Politics, Visual Investigations, migration