Dhruti Shah
Journalist and award-winning Creative Storyteller
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About Dhruti Shah
Proud of her Gujarati heritage and Jain faith, Dhruti speaks passionately about diversity, equity and inclusion, drawing on her own experiences of often being a minority in the industries she has worked in. Her talks encourage organisations and individuals to create environments where people feel they truly belong.
Dhruti worked as a writer for the BBC News website, including a role as a social news writer for the Washington DC bureau, and has also contributed to Panorama and projects within the BBC Natural History Unit. As a digital and social producer and strategist she led BBC World Service projects across multiple languages, gaining recognition for her skills in digital newsgathering and open-source investigation.
Her journalism has sparked global conversations and reached record audiences. She also helped grow the BBC News LinkedIn account fourfold, shaping its editorial voice and engagement.
Dhruti was selected as an Ochberg Fellow with the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma and as a Rotary International Peace Fellow, studying at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. She regularly delivers keynote talks, workshops and training sessions for audiences around the world.
Her book, illustrated by Dominic Bailey, has been featured in outlets including Fortune, NPR Marketplace and the BBC World Service, and appears on university reading lists internationally. It was also selected by former UK Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen as one of his Books to Make You Think.
Dhruti is an active member of several leadership networks, including the Clore Cultural Leaders Network and Women of the Future, and serves as the youngest trustee of the John Schofield Trust, a charity working to make journalism more inclusive.
As a speaker, Dhruti Shah offers insightful perspectives on journalism, storytelling, diversity and the digital world, helping audiences better understand how media shapes society today.
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What’s in a name? – When Dhruti was almost called a Dorito at work, she was taken aback but it led her on a mission to help others with unusual names take ownership of something that is, quite frankly, rather key to their identity
The art of storytelling – Dhruti wanted to be a journalist since she was eight years old and now several decades later, and in an ever-evolving industry what is it that she’s learnt about what resonates?
‘They told me I’d never make it but I knew I would’ – How do you make your dreams a reality but maintain your authentic self? Especially when you are from an ethnically marginalised group…
Making your idea a successful book
Dhruti had an idea to create a simple book but how did she make it a best-selling, award-winning success without an agent and pure self-belief driving her on? Dhruti shares the platform with her co-creator Dominic Bailey.
