Vaneesha Krishnasamy (she/her) is an advocacy journalist and creative producer using film, photography and investigative storytelling to drive social impact. With R.AGE, Malaysia’s award-winning investigative journalism team, she worked on NewsFlash explainers and human-rights stories covering drug trafficking, child rights & refugee rights. Her work included a cross-regional pangolin-trafficking investigation with The Environmental Reporting Collective and the co-production of #StandTogether, a national anti-bullying campaign endorsed by the Ministry of Education. Through advocacy and art, Vaneesha challenges systemic racism, ableism & desirability politics. Notable projects include co-creating for Adobe Stock’s The Melanin Narrative and directing Malaysian Indian photo projects for the Canva Represents Fund, where she was one of only 45 global artists shortlisted—and the only Tamil woman recognised. She also worked with #PsoarHigh–Southeast Asia’s first regional psoriasis awareness campaign, and co-produced for the 15th AWID International Forum with Fourth Media. Believing all justice movements are interconnected, she has spent the past decade working on human-rights projects with organisations like UNFPA’s MWGF, ARROW, ILGA Asia, Exposure+, Psoriasis Association Malaysia(PAM), GoodKids Malaysia, Undi18 and more, and has facilitated creative advocacy workshops with Teach For Malaysia and Felo Parlimen, among others. As a Tamil, queer and multiply-chronically-ill woman, she creates with an intersectional lens—rooted in joy, justice,and compassion—working alongside communities to tell stories that nurture belonging and honour truth, accurately reflecting the world they share.
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