Prarthana Prakash

Journalism & Editorial Communications

Prarthana is an award-winning journalist, editor, and content strategist whose career spans newsrooms including Fortune, Bloomberg News, and CNBC, reporting across print, digital, and broadcast for audiences in the millions. She currently writes and edits corporate content at GSK. In her day job, she produces in-depth features and scripts podcasts on science and innovation for global audiences, blending her newsroom experience with corporate editorial strategy.

As Europe Business Reporter for Fortune, she helped lead the launch of Fortune's Europe 500 list and its companion regional magazine, which reaches over 6 million readers globally. Before that, she reported on breaking news for Fortune and Bloomberg in New York, writing on everything from technology to youth unemployment, and has amassed more than 850 bylines along the way. She has judged the Royal Commonwealth Society's Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition, reviews books, and occasionally co-hosts a podcast for the Asian Review of Books.

She spends her downtime at HIIT classes, working through a growing stack of books, and sampling oat cappuccinos wherever she goes.

Credentials

  • M.A., Business & Economic Reporting — New York University
  • B.Soc.Sci., Politics, Law & Economics — Singapore Management University
  • Overseas Press Club Foundation Award for International Business Reporting
  • Judge, Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition
  • Member, British Society for Magazine Editors
  • Judge, The Signal Awards
  • Judge, Asia Podcast Awards
Prarthana Prakash

Dispatches

On Air

  • Podcast with Mahesh Rao, author of "Half Light" (Asian Review of Books) Asian Review of Books · Podcast · 2026
  • Podcast with Rosinka Chaudhuri, author of "India's First Radicals: Young Bengal and the British Empire" (Asian Review of Books) Asian Review of Books · Podcast · 2025
  • Podcast with Audrey Truschke, author of "India, 5000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Asian Review of Books) Asian Review of Books · Podcast · 2025
  • Don't believe the NFT hype (Bloomberg) Bloomberg Crypto · Podcast · 2022
Prarthana Prakash on set at the Fortune CEO Forum
On set at the Fortune CEO Forum

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