Ben Joseph, a journalist of more than two decades of experience, began his profession in Mumbai. He later moved to New Delhi, Sultanate of Oman, and southern Indian cities like Chennai and Hyderabad. Ben worked with leading publications like the New Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle, Business Standard, Times of India and Muscat Daily. He writes about Asian politics and human rights issues.
Based in Tokyo, Cristian writes about Japan, Korea, and other Asian countries. He worked for L'Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper of Vatican state, for over a decade. He regularly contributes to major Italian newspapers and radio. His latest book is 'Japan does it better?'
Sandran Rubatheesan is a freelance journalist and documentary photographer based in Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka. He has been covering issues linked to human rights, the environment and fisheries in post-war Sri Lanka since 2014 for national and international media.
Kamran Chaudhry, based in Lahore city, reports issues of religion, social justice and human rights from Pakistan. A journalist of more than 15 years, he also contributes videos and commentaries.
Bijay Kumar Minj is a New Delhi based journalist and cameraman. He has worked with UCANews for over two decades producing reports, pictures, and video features. Bijay specializes in socio-religious issues, particularly affecting indigenous communities.
Ronald O. Reyes is a journalist based in the Eastern Visayas region in central Philippines. An award-winning community journalist, Reyes has covered issues linked with human rights, socio-political issues, and religion for the past two decades for national and international media.
William Grimm, a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, he is the publisher of UCA News. Based in Tokyo, he regularly contributes columns. He is also the presenter of the popular Sunday homilies telecast through UCA News each week. A collection of those homilies has been published as Dialogue of One.
Benedict Rogers, a rights activist and journalist is the East Asia team leader of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief. He received the US government’s International Religious Freedom Champion award in 2021.Based in London, Rogers writes about issues of religion and rights in Hong Kong and China, his area of specialisation.
Vanitha Nadaraj, a journalist based in Kuala Lumpur, has more than 30 years of experience in journalism and public relations as both trainer and practitioner. She writes about socio-political issues affecting the people in Malaysia.
Luke Hunt, a journalist of more than three decades of experience, is an expert on East Asia's socio-political issues. A columnist, author, and academic, he covers Cambodia and beyond for UCA News.
Pragati Shahi is a journalist based in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. In the past two decades, she has covered issues linked to socio-political development, human rights, and the environment for national and international media such as Time Magazine, Al Jazeera, and the South China Morning Post.