Deepa Fernandes is a bilingual, award-winning radio and print journalist born in Mumbai to Goan parents and raised in Australia. She began in Sydney community radio at 2SER, later reporting across Latin America and the U.S., with a focus on immigration, education, and communities often left out of mainstream coverage. She served as a co-host of NPR and WBUR’s Here & Now, reported as an immigration correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, and founded People’s Production House to help diversify journalism. A three-time LA Press Club “Radio Journalist of the Year,” she has also received an LA Area Emmy.
Desi 1170 AM began broadcasting South Asian talk programming under Universal Media Access, marking the start of a new radio era serving the Bay Area’s South Asian community.
Screenshot of the Diya TV online streaming interface, showing live and on-demand programming available through the Diya TV website. Diya TV is a South Asian American television network serving audiences across the United States with news, cultural programming, entertainment, and community-focused content. The screenshot illustrates the platform through which viewers access South Asian media digitally.
A promotional trailer for Diya TV, America’s first 24/7 South Asian broadcast television network, showcasing its multilingual news and entertainment programming in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Marathi and Bengali.
