Naina Rao is a journalist & audio producer covering the Asia-Pacific.
Naina Rao is a journalist & audio producer covering the Asia-Pacific.
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Naina Rao is an award-winning journalist and audio producer based in Indonesia, reporting on the people, politics, and pulse of the Asia-Pacific region. Her work focuses on geopolitics, public health, culture, and current affairs across the blue continent.
Most recently, Naina built and led the first newsroom for KPRG 89.3 FM in Guam and Saipan, and her reporting has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR), WBUR's Here & Now, PRX's The World, ABC Australia, Radio New Zealand, and Pacific Island Times, to name a few.
Born and raised in Jakarta, Naina is fluent in Bahasa Indonesia and Melayu. She's working on her Hindi, enjoys watching Bollywood, and loves scuba diving. She's a Transom alum and a former Asian American Journalists Association's VOICES mentor.
Naina is available for freelance reporting/production assignments across the Asia-Pacific, and tape-syncs in Indonesia. You can connect with her at npbrao@gmail.com.
Featured Stories
Featured Stories
Timor-Leste, once a UN-administered post-conflict state, has been accepted into ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It’s a diplomatic coming-of-age moment for the tiny nation. It means the country will help shape consensus on trade, security and diplomacy in the region. Naina Rao explains what took so long, and why it matters.
The continuing U.S. military buildup on Guam is making housing unaffordable for some Guamanians. Naina Rao has this in-depth report for NPR's flagship program, Weekend Edition.
Guam is transformed into a key staging ground for the largest U.S. Air Force exercise in history. Naina Rao reported on the magnitude of this exercise for Australia Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) flagship program, Pacific Beat.
The U.S. military is planning a major expansion on the island of Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents recently gathered in a school cafeteria to hear about the changed environmental plans the U.S. military has for their island.
Guam has long been a strategic military asset for the U.S. military. Its latest role came on June 22, as bombers were sent to the Pacific as decoys to protect the mission’s secrecy.
Awards
Awards
2024
2024
Public Media Journalists Association Scholarship Conference Winner
2022
2022
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Journalism Excellence Awards Excellence in Audio Storytelling, News Feature (Runner Up)
Institute for Nonprofit News Awards Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism
2021
2021
Public Media Journalists Association Best News/Public Affairs Program - Second Place
2017
2017
Michigan Association of Broadcasters Best Talk Show - Second Place
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