Manan Bhavnani most recently covered the Second and Fourth Wards as well as business and environment in the city of Evanston for the Evanston RoundTable.
Prior to that, he was a general assignment reporter at International Business Times with a focus on business and technology.
A multimedia journalist interested in business, culture, race, politics, and migration, he is a master's graduate of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.
He completed his undergraduate education at Northwestern University in Qatar studying journalism with a minor in media and politics.
Previously a Staff Reporter at The Daily Q, the student-run news website at the university, he mainly reported on breaking news and covered events within Qatar Foundation.
Bhavnani has completed internships at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and ILoveQatar.net. He has also worked on-campus as a Teaching Assistant and a Student Affairs Assistant.
On the side, he writes about soccer and his work has appeared in Breaking the Lines, among others. When not working or writing, he spends time reading, gaming, listening to podcasts, or playing soccer.
