Neha Tara Mehta Email & Phone Number

New Delhi, Dl, In

New Delhi

- Part of the founding team for BBC's investigative doc unit in India, India Eye- Producer, 'The Midwife's Confession' (Sep 2024)

New Delhi/Doha

- Doha-based documentaries producer (2018-on) for the investigative series People & Power, environmental series earthrise and Rewind which updates some of AJE’s best films- Pitched, produced and presented 'Delhi’s Deadly Air', an investigation into the world’s most polluted capital. The film was the subject of several shows across Al Jazeera platforms including TV show The Stream, podcast The Take and online articles- Pitched and produced short doc 'What is the cost of India's air pollution?' for a special episode of Counting the Cost- Co-produced 'Who Paid for Brexit' -- a People&Power documentary investigating the Brexit referendum- Pitched and helped produce a special edition of Inside Story with the UN Environment Programme - As India producer (2014-16), I worked on breaking news and feature stories across the country. Ex: floods and elections in Indian-administered Kashmir, Kerala’s devastating temple fire, drought in Marathwada, caste-based protests in Haryana, Rohingya refugees in Hyderabad, among other stories - Filed web copy on protests in Kashmir, extrajudicial killings in the Northeast, rape and justice in India and democracy education in Bhutan- As Awards Producer (2016-17) shortlisted and edited showreels of the best of AJE for international awards- Produced social and VR videos for AJE online. Have also shot and produced for AJ+

New Delhi

Photos published in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Telegraph and Smithsonian Magazine

New York City

Produced multimedia content aligned with the weekly show Moyers and Company (PBS Thirteen) on economic inequality, money and politics and environmental issues. Also did photo features on the minimum wage movement.

New York City

June 2013-December 2013: Worked on the flagship geopolitical show, Empire and web-exclusive documentaries that examined US-Iran ties, the US involvement in the Middle East peace process and the rise of Germany within the European Union. June 2012-August 2012 (News Internship): Pitched and helped produce stories from Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey on the Stop and Frisk protests, Black unemployment, labour strikes and the closure of Catholic parishes across the US. Also worked at the UN bureau on negotiations over Syria at the Security Council and the Arms Trade Treaty talks.

New Delhi

Reported from Pakistan on the rise of extremism and from Australia on attacks on Indian students. Broke stories and wrote long-form news features and analyses on politics, business, international affairs, education, social media, crime, human rights and literature; was in-charge of the Books section.

New Delhi

Broke stories on the lack of qualified child psychiatrists in Delhi; PTSD among child survivors of Delhi’s terror attack of 2005 and children who escaped sex abuse in the village of Nithari; the government’s failed policies to bring back expat scientists. Did in-depth, long-form stories on science and technology, mental health, crime and gender for Sunday’s Big Story pages and page one.

Fulbright-Nehru Fellow, Master Of Science, Journalism, Broadcast Journalism

Fulbright-Nehru Fellow, Master Of International Affairs, International Affairs

- Capstone Consultant to the UN Department of Political Affairs on the crisis in the Sahel in West Africa - Maguire Fellowship holder.

Bachelor'S In Mass Media And Mass Communication, Mass Communication

- General Secretary, 'Focus', the Mass Media and Mass Communication Society, University of Delhi - Interned at The Hindu. Freelanced.

Education record

Ms, Broadcast Journalism

Ms, Broadcast Journalism