Rashneel Kumar, Editor of 'Cook Islands News'
Fijian, Rashneel Kumar studied journalism at the University of the South Pacific before joining the ‘Fiji Times’ as a reporter. He moved to ‘Cook Islands News’ nearly 10 years ago and took over the job of editor in 2020. His paper has a history of frequent clashes with politicians over regulation and five years ago, they tried to ban him from reporting on Parliament for his coverage of their travel allowances, but ultimately decided against it. Rashneel sees it as an essential part of the paper’s job to hold elected politicians accountable, as he explains in the podcast. He has a team of just three reporters helping him cover a nation of 13 inhabited islands which are spread across thousands of miles of the South Pacific Ocean.
Cook Islands News website: https://www.cookislandsnews.com