Khadija Patel
South African investigative journalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Khadija Patel is a South African investigative journalist with publications for international media houses Sky News, Al Jazeera, Quartz, BBC World News and The Guardian.[1] Khadija is currently the chairperson of the International Press Institute[2] and the former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian.[3] She also an associate researcher at the Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research.[4] The former president of the United States Barack Obama acknowledged Khadija in 2013 for her investigative journalism in countries such as Sudan, Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[5] She is also one of the founders of South Africa's news website The Daily Vox.[6]