Archit Mehta | Personal Portfolio

Salam Namaste, Archit is an investigative journalist with over seven years of experience. He integrates computational research, open-source intelligence (OSINT), Critical Discourse Analysis from the Lancaster School of Linguistics, and data visualization to uncover complex narratives. In addition, his belief in traditional journalistic practices — calling sources — often completes the story. His work focuses on documenting human rights violations, decolonization, cyber policy, climate change, immigration, content analysis, survey research, and dis/misinformation.

They attended MA in Communication, Culture, and Technology at Georgetown University and the Lede Program at Columbia University. Until May 2025, he is an ACMCU Investigative Media Fellow at Drop Site News. View his resume here.

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Investigations and Reports

Publication	Title
Drop Site News	Cisco, a Major Contributor to Israel's Military Technology, Fired a Pro-Palestine Employee
Drop Site News	Georgetown Postdoc the Latest to Be Detained by ICE as Crackdown on Campus Speech Widens
Drop Site News	How a controversial law allows Modi's Hindu nationalists to monitor private relationships
Footnote	An Open Letter To National Archives Museum From A Journalist
The Bridge Initiative	The Bridge Initiative Factsheet on Yogi Adityanath
The Bridge Initiative	Israel-Palestine: Mapping Islamophobia on Facebook by U.S. Presidential Candidates
Gnovis	Discord's April Fools' Loot Box Video: A Blatant Disregard for Ongoing Genocide in Gaza
Zan Times	Who is the real Zarifa Ghafari?
Alt News	Jagran-owned Vishvas News continues as IFCN signatory despite violating codes of conduct
Alt News	'32000 Kerala women in ISIS': Misquotes, flawed math, imaginary figures behind filmmaker's claim
Alt News	Fact-check: Did Brahmins play a role in key events of Dr Ambedkar's life?
CIR	Killer Coordinates: How a Russian missile hit Kyiv with the help of online sleuths
Alt News	Tripura police claims no mosque was torched in Panisagar but ground reality differs
Alt News	Dainik Jagran's misleading reports portray mass burials in Prayagraj haven't risen due to COVID
Alt News	The link between misinformation and radicalisation: Revisiting a Delhi riots hate speech video
Alt News	Delhi riots 'fact-finding' report accepted by Amit Shah replete with false, unsubstantiated claims
Alt News	Sudarshan News broadcasts fake news about woman murdered in Tahir Hussain's house
Alt News	NewsX posed journalists as students during a debate on anti-CAA protests
The Hindu	Are Anna canteens serving the true purpose?
The Hindu	City has no helpline though suicide cases are on the rise

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