Kaphle grew up in the Nepali city of Pokhara.[6] He moved to the capital city of Kathmandu, where he interned at The Himalayan Times in 2003.[7] Later that year, Kaphle moved to the United States to pursue an undergraduate degree at Tusculum University in Tennessee.[8] After graduating in 2007 with a degree in English, Kaphle went on to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.[9] He is also a graduate of the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program in New York City.[10]
Career
During his time at Tusculum, Kaphle interned for Newsweek and Forbes.com.[10] After graduating from Columbia University, Kaphle worked for News21 in Arizona[11] before going to work as a digital media fellow at The Atlantic in 2008.[2] As a correspondent for The Atlantic, Kaphle reported from Afghanistan[12] and Nepal.[13]
In 2009, Kaphle left The Atlantic for The Washington Post, where he initially worked as an online producer.[14] After three years, in 2011, Kaphle was promoted digital foreign editor at the Post.[3] He remained in the position until April 2015. Kaphle then moved to London as deputy foreign editor at Buzzfeed News.[4]
In March 2018, Kaphle was named executive editor of the digital food and travel publication Roads & Kingdoms.[15] Kaphle left the publication in 2018 to move back to his home country of Nepal to lead The Kathmandu Post.[5]
Kaphle resigned in February 2020 to move back to the United States.[16][17] He is currently executive editor of Rest of World,[1] a non-profit digital publication founded by Sophie Schmidt,[18] an entrepreneur and daughter of Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Google.
Awards
Henry N. Taylor Award, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2008[9]
The Eugene Meyer Award, The Washington Post, 2012[14]
References
^ ab"About us". Rest of World. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
^ abAnup Kaphle. "Anup Kaphle". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
^ ab"Anup Kaphle". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
^ ab"Anup Kaphle". www.buzzfeed.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-18.