Ajay Singh
Associate Editor
ABOUT
Ajay is a Los Angeles-based journalist, writer, editor and newsroom manager with extensive experience in print, video and online news and features. Ajay previously worked as a staff correspondent for Asiaweek magazine in Hong Kong and in the New Delhi bureaus of The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal Asia. He is also a published author.
LATEST STORIES
CHURCHES
“Destination: Scientology, Orlando” Reveals the City Behind the Theme Parks
Eight years after opening near International Drive, the Church of Scientology stands beyond the spectacle as a place where those who keep Orlando moving and bright find stability, purpose and spiritual direction.
CHURCHES
In Portland, Stronger Lives Are Still Built by Hand
Thirteen years after its downtown opening, the Church of Scientology Portland stands as a place where Portland’s weird and hands-on spirit becomes a path to stronger lives.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
UN Speech Renews Calls to Investigate Religious Discrimination in Germany’s “Sect Filters”
A poetic UN address renewed scrutiny of religious screening rules that can force applicants to choose between their belief and their livelihood.
CHURCHES
“Destination: Scientology, Sydney” Highlights a Milestone in Australia’s Harbor City of Opportunity
Parishioners describe a city of possibility—and a Church that helps them seize it.
CHURCHES
At the Crossroads of the Americas, Miami’s Search for Opportunity Takes Spiritual Form
As the Church of Scientology of Miami marks its ninth anniversary as an Ideal Organization, a Destination: Scientology episode highlights its role in a city defined by those who come to begin again.
ARTS & CULTURE
L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Gala Honors New Voices of Science Fiction and Fantasy
During a Hollywood celebration filled with dragons and astronauts, emerging creators were honored for bringing imagined worlds closer to reality and shaping the imaginative frontier.
ARTS & CULTURE
At the Writers of the Future Art Reveal, New Worlds Move From Page to Canvas
Contest winners gather in Los Angeles for training and collaboration before discovering their stories paired with original artwork in the newest volume of Writers of the Future.
MENTAL HEALTH
Lawmakers Investigate Psychiatric Industry as Spending Surges While Outcomes Worsen Nationwide
As psychiatric treatment doubles and prescriptions surge, key measures show worsening mental health nationwide. A congressional roundtable raised alarms over drug harms and billions lost to fraud.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Anibal Heredia Burgos: Building Bridges Across Puerto Rico
Faith-Based Coordinator Anibal Heredia Burgos on pioneering interfaith collaboration—and why the new Ideal Church of Scientology of Puerto Rico represents a turning point for community impact.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Eight Years After Backpage’s Seizure, the Sex Marketplace It Exposed Still Thrives in the Shadows
A landmark 2018 takedown promised a reckoning for online sex trafficking—but while a handful of executives fell, the broader ecosystem of enablers, profiteers and apologists remains largely intact. How do we hold the hidden perpetrators accountable?
