Saabira Chaudhuri

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​I am a journalist and author with nearly two decades of experience in reporting and writing long-form features as well as covering breaking news. I've spent the past 12 years as a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal in London and New York. I've also worked on staff for Dow Jones newswires, Forbes, Mint and Fast Company. 

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My book, Consumed - How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic, publishes in the UK in May and in the US in September. Consumed is a deeply-reported narrative non-fiction investigation of the global plastic crisis through a corporate lens, lifting the lid on why decades of promised "solutions" by the world's biggest consumer goods companies have failed. It's also, in the words of Chris van Tulleken, "really, really funny."

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As a journalist I've worked across print, online, video and audio. I'm most interested in pursuing stories that hold companies accountable for their actions and ones that deepen our understanding about the things we encounter everyday. I'm skilled at writing, editing, conducting deep research and thinking analytically about systemic problems. I have strong news judgement and am adept at simplifying complex topics for a general audience under tight deadlines. 

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I was awarded the Wall Street Journal's Asia fellowship to New York University where I earned an MA in Business and Economic Reporting. I got my BA in sociology from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and, despite persistent homesickness, stuck around long enough to graduate Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. I spent a year as a general course student studying law and sociology at the London School of Economics during which time I also interned at the BBC Worldservice Trust, pulled pints at the George on the Strand and worked at the student newspaper, The Beaver. 

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I currently live in London with my husband, kids and dog. I'm originally from Bangalore and return there frequently.

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