Anup Kaphle, is the editor-in-chief for Rest of World, a start-up website that documents technology from a different angle, away from the wealthy Western worlds. Kaphle helped launch the publication in 2020.
Previously, Kaphle, a CJS grad, served as the editor-in-chief of the Kathmandu Post, the executive editor at Roads & Kingdoms, deputy foreign editor at BuzzFeed News. He was also the digital editor on the foreign desk at The Washington Post.
Anup will be joined by Sophie Schmidt, the Founder and Publisher of Rest of World. Links to an external site.Sophie began her career in the Middle East with Afghanistan’s MOBY Media Group, and subsequently worked in technology and politics across the UK, China, the UAE, South Africa, and Myanmar. Prior to founding Rest of World in 2019, she held public policy and communications roles at Uber, in both their San Francisco HQ and European offices.
She earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School. She holds a BA in Islamic Studies from Princeton University.
Tuesday, September 24, at 6:00 pm in the Lecture Hall.