Darshini Kandasamy

Darshini Kandasamy is the CEO of Trident Media, a news and content writing consultancy in Malaysia. She has worked in multiple countries and written for Malaysiakini, Malaysia’s leading online news portal, CNN, and Foreign Policy. Kandasamy co-founded Between The Lines, a pioneering subscription newsletter that she led for four years, until 2023. The newsletter contextualized Malaysia’s daily top stories and produced long-form special reports. 

She also helped start Malaysia Information Literacy Education (MILE). MILE is a nonprofit organization focused on developing interactive syllabi and games addressing the influence of digital and social media in disseminating misinformation and disinformation and fostering responsible digital citizenship among Malaysian youth.