Investigative journalist | Feature writer | Software engineer

Aneela Mirchandani is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work centers on internet investigations (OSINT), public records, and court proceedings. She has taken on politically contentious topics with nuance and precision. 

Aneela started her career as a software engineer. While working as a programmer, she wrote for her own websites on social meda, free speech, and disinformation. 

She developed expertise in OSINT techniques and uncovered secretive owners of scam websites. One of her investigations uncovering a Romanian company that sold gold-plated Trump coins was quoted in the New York Times. 

She got a Masters in Journalism from New York University in 2024. Her work has appeared in Salon, Daily Dot, AsAmNews, Quilette, Community Sentinel, and Mother Jones.

Aneela lives in San Francisco and writes on issues affecting the Asian diaspora. Her story for AsAmNews on a caste discrimination lawsuit won the first runner-up award in the Politics Category for the 2025 American Community Media Awards.