Thin Lei Win

Background

About Thin Lei Win

Award-winning multimedia investigative journalist with extensive experience reporting on humanitarian issues from a global perspective, particularly on the intersection of food systems and climate change. Thin writes for various international news media including through her own newsletter Thin Ink. Born and educated in Myanmar, Thin has reported from many countries in Asia, Europe and Africa and is a sought after moderator and speaker on food systems as well as on Myanmar.Her extensive global experience includes nearly 13 years working as an international correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Thomson Reuters media company, covering topics ranging from climate change and resilience to food insecurity and refugees and displacement. She founded the award-winning bilingual news agency Myanmar Now in the run-up to the Myanmar elections in 2015 and is the co-founder of The Kite Tales, a unique storytelling and preservation project chronicling the lives and histories of ordinary people across Myanmar. She is also part of the 2014 Reuters Pulitzer Prize winning team covering the plight of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. Thin has a Masters in Multi-Media Journalism from Bournemouth University, United Kingdom.Specialties: Print, online and broadcast media