Hardeep Matharu is a British journalist, writer, speaker, commentator, and Editor in Chief of Byline Times, known for her incisive reporting on identity, politics, culture, and the media. Having read Law at Cambridge University, she began her career as an award‑winning local newspaper reporter and has spent more than a decade working across regional, national, and independent outlets, developing a reputation for exploring how personal and psychological forces shape public life. Since leading Byline Times from its launch in 2019, she has become a prominent voice in independent investigative journalism, regularly speaking at major universities and public forums, serving as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and judging the annual Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalists Award. Shortlisted for the 2025 Editor’s Editor Award by the British Society of Magazine Editors, she previously sat on the advisory board of the Common Cause Foundation’s ‘Values in the Media’ project, which aimed to increase understanding of how journalism influences public perspectives.
