Dinesh Balliah

Dinesh Balliah is the Director of the Wits Centre for Journalism. She is the former deputy public advocate of the Press Council of South Africa, and former chair of the board of the Health-e News Service. She also served as a member of the advisory committee of the South African Media Innovation Project (SAMIP), run by the New York-based Media Development Investment Fund, and of the editorial advisory committee at Newzroom Afrika. Dinesh sits on the board of the Ground Truth Project, home to Report for the World and Report for America.