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This list of Indian journalists includes notable journalists working in India who write and speak in one of many
official languages of India There is no national language in India. However, article 343(1) of the Indian constitution specifically mentions that, "The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official pur ...
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Javed Anand Javed Anand (born ca. 1950) is an Indian journalist and civil rights activist who founded the Mumbai-based Sabrang Communications in 1993. He is married to Teesta Setalvad and they co-edit the monthly ''Communalism Combat''. Early years Javed ...
, (born ca. 1950), alternative journalist, co-founder of
Sabrang Communications Sabrang Communications is an organization founded in 1993 that publishes the monthly '' Communalism Combat'' magazine and that operates KHOJ, a secular education program, in schools in Mumbai, India. ''Communalism Combat'' is edited by Javed Anand ...
, and co-editor of
Communalism Combat ''Communalism Combat'' is a monthly magazine published by Sabrang Communications since August 1993. The magazine is edited by husband wife team of Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad. History Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad left their jobs as Bomba ...
, who is married to journalist Teesta Setalvad. * Afshan Anjum, journalist and anchor. She worked as a senior news editor with
NDTV New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching t ...
India. *
Afroz Alam Sahil Afroz Alam Sahil (born 28 February 1987) is an Indian journalist and author who covers topics pertaining to Indian politics, history and society. Currently, he is an editor at BeyondHeadlines. Disappointed with the mainstream media due to t ...
, an Indian journalist and author who covers topics pertaining to Indian politics, history and society. Currently, he is an editor at BeyondHeadlines. *
Shiv Aroor Shiv Aroor is an Indian journalist and author. He is an editor and anchor at India Today (TV channel). He is also a defence correspondent, having done conflict reporting from defence zones such as Kashmir, Sri Lanka and Libya. He also runs a d ...
(born 25 September 1980), specializes in defence news on India Today television and is an author. * Vishal Arora, journalist covering life and politics and a founding editor of StoriesAsia.


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* Bhupendra Chandra Datta Bhowmik (19 February 1940 – 9 September 1997), founder of
Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken o ...
daily newspaper Dainik Sambad *
Punya Prasun Bajpai Punya Prasun Bajpai (born 18 March 1965) is an Indian journalist. He has worked at several news networks in his career, including Aaj Tak, where he hosted the weekday show known as 10 तक, and ABP News, where he hosted ''Masterstroke'' for f ...
, former journalist at
Aaj Tak ''Aaj Tak'' () is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by TV Today Network, part of the New Delhi-based media conglomerate Living Media group (India Today Group) Aaj Tak HD On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi h ...
, ABP News. Winner of two
Ramnath Goenka Ramnath Goenka (22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991) was an Indian newspaper publisher. He launched ''The Indian Express'' in 1932 and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications.''A doyen of Indian Jou ...
awards. *
Kaveree Bamzai Kaveree Bamzai is an Indian journalist, author and Film criticism, film critic. She is the only woman to have been the editor of ''India Today'' magazine, where she worked for 30 years. She worked for ''The Times of India'' and ''The Indian Expr ...
, the only woman to have been the editor of ''
India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new o ...
'' magazine. *
Shereen Bhan Shereen Bhan (born 20 August 1976) is an Indian journalist and news anchor. She is the Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18. Shereen took over as managing editor of CNBC-TV18 from 1 September 2013 after Udayan Mukherjee decided to step aside. Perso ...
(born 20 August 1976), an executive editor who was named as a 2009
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Young Global Leader *
Raju Bharatan Raju Bharatan (1934 – February 7, 2020) was a journalist and writer on Indian cricket and Bollywood music. He worked for a weekly features magazine, ''The Illustrated Weekly of India,'' and an Indian films weekly newspaper, ''Screen''. He also ...
(1934 – 7 February 2020), former cricket and music journalist with 'The Illustrated Weekly of India' and 'Screen' and author on several books on cricket and Hindi music personalities. *
Harsha Bhogle Harsha Bhogle (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He’s widely known as a "voice of cricket". Bhogle has cemented his reputation as being a personality in the global cricket broadcasting industry. Early lif ...
(born 19 July 1961), Indian
cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
Commentator and journalist. He was born in a
Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...
speaking family in
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...
. * Anubha Bhonsle (born 3 April 1978), television and print journalist, a winner of the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Political Reporter, 2012 and the Chameli Devi Award for Woman Media Person of the Year, 2014. *
Praful Bidwai Praful Bidwai (12 June 1949 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian journalist, political analyst, and activist. He was known for his left-leaning analysis of India's politics and economics. In Bidwai's memory, his friends, including The Transnational I ...
(12 June 1949 – 23 June 2015), journalist and activist against nuclear armaments, a past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award, who along with Achin Vanaik won the 2000
Seán MacBride Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was an Irish Clann na Poblachta politician who served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951, Leader of Clann na Poblachta from 1946 to 1965 and Chief of Staff of the IRA from 19 ...
Peace Prize. *
Mihir Bose Mihir Bose (born 12 January 1947) is a British Indian journalist and author. He writes a weekly "Big Sports Interview" for the ''London Evening Standard'', and also writes and broadcasts on sport and social and historical issues for several ou ...
(born 12 January 1947), journalist and author. He writes a weekly "Big Sports Interview" for the ''
London Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after be ...
'', and also writes and broadcasts on sport and social and historical issues for several outlets including the
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Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Ni ...
'' and '' Sunday Times''. He was the
BBC Sports Editor The post of BBC Sports Editor was established in October 2006. The first incumbent was Mihir Bose. Bose resigned in August 2009. He was succeeded in December 2009 by David Bond. Bond resigned in May 2014. The current incumbent (since September 201 ...
until 4 August 2009. * Shujaat Bukhari (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018), founding editor of
Rising Kashmir Rising Kashmir is a daily English newspaper printed and published in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. It was founded by Shujaat Bukhari in March 2008. The newspaper has nurtured scores of reporters based in Kashmir, who now work in top news org ...
, killed by gunmen. *
Dionne Bunsha Dionne Bunsha is Climate and Conservation Engagement Coordinator, at the University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens in Canada. She was a prominent journalist in India. Background Bunsha was born and raised in Mumbai, India. She completed a ...
, worked for
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. Winner of various journalism awards including a Ramnath Goenka award.


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* Vikram Chandra (born 7 January 1967), journalist, anchor, and group CEO at NDTV. His mother is former journalist Nandini Chandra *
Ramananda Chatterjee Ramananda Chatterjee ( bn, রামানন্দ চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (29 May 1865 – 30 September 1943) was founder, editor, and owner of the Calcutta based magazine, the '' Modern Review''. He has been described as th ...
,(29 May 1865 – 30 September 1943), founder, editor, and owner of the Calcutta based magazine, the Modern Review. He has been described as the father of Indian journalism. * Devyani Chaubal (1942 – 13 July 1995), Indian film journalist and columnist of 60s and 70s. * Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor of the Indian daily ''Tehelka''. She has won
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards (RNG Awards) are one of the awards in India in the field of journalism. Named after Ramnath Goenka, the awards have been held annually since 2006, with the 12th edition being held in 2017. The awa ...
for print journalism in 2007, the Chameli Devi Award in 2009, and the Mumbai Press Club Award for Political Writing in 2012 on Soni Sori titled, 'The Inconvenient Truth of Soni Sori'. * Sudhir Chaudhary, senior editor and business head of
Zee News Zee News is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by Subhash Chandra's Essel Group. It launched on 27 August 1999 and is the flagship channel of the Zee Media Corporation. The channel has been involved in several controversies and ha ...
where he hosts the prime time show, ''Daily News & Analysis (DNA)''. He is even serving as the editor-in-chief and CEO of
WION WION (World is One News) is an Indian multinational English language news channel headquartered in New Delhi. It is owned by the Essel Group and is part of the Zee Media network of channels. The channel covers global news and current affairs. ...
,
Zee Business ''Zee Media Corporation Limited'' (abbreviated as ZMCL; formerly Zee News Limited) is the news broadcasting company of the Essel Group which is controlled by Subhash Chandra. The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of new ...
and DNA, an English news publication * Zafar Choudhary is a journalist from Jammu and Kashmir. He is founder and editor of The Dispatch, a news and knowledge media startup in India. Choudhary is also an author, policy analyst, and practitioner of peace-building. *
Prabhu Chawla Prabhu Chawla (born 2 October 1946) is an Indian journalist. He was born in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, British India. He is alumni of Deshbandhu college University of Delhi. He started his career as an economics lecturer in Delhi University. He ...
(born 2 October 1946), recipient of
Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...
and Editorial Director of The New Indian Express Group as of 2016.


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* Sucheta Dalal (born ca 1962), female columnist, who is the winner of the civilian award Padma Shri in 2006 * Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 September 1955), a senior editor at multiple major newspapers in India and TV personality *
Amish Devgan Amish Devgan (born 1 March 1980), is an Indian news anchor, who is the managing editor of News18 India. He is well known for his debate show "Aar Paar". Before News18 India, Devgan was the editor and a news anchor of Zee cinema from 2014 to 201 ...
, journalist and managing editor of
News18 India News18 India is an Indian Media television channel owned by Network 18. It was launched in 2005 as Channel 7 by Jagran Prakashan Limited and acquired in 2006 by Network 18 and rebranded IBN7. In 2016 it took its current name. In 2013, News ...
. *
Jyotirmoy Dey Jyotirmoy Dey ( bn, জ্যোতির্ময় দে; 1955 – 11 June 2011), also known as Jyotendra Dey, Commander J, and J Dey, was an Indian journalist, crime and investigations editor for ''Mid-Day'' (a tabloid newspaper publi ...
(1955 – 11 June 2011), investigative journalist who was murdered 11 June 2011 and posthumously awarded the Prem Bhatia Award in 2011 for political reporter of the year, which he shared with Josy Joseph * Subal Kumar Dey, founder and chief editor of
Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken o ...
daily newspaper Syandan Patrika. * Dibang, senior journalist and member of a debate panel with the news channel ABP News, is rated among the best Hindi anchors in the industry today. He is also hosting prime-time show ''Jana Mana'' on ABP news. * Neha Dixit, multiple award-winning journalist. 2019 CPJ International Press Freedom Award, 2017, Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist, 2015 Press Institute of India-Red Cross award *
Vinod Dua Vinod Dua (11 March 1954 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian journalist who worked in Doordarshan and NDTV India. In 1996, he became the first electronic media journalist to be bestowed with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award. ...
(11 March 1954 – 4 December 2021), journalist, news anchor, political commentator, election analyst who was called the face of Indian television due to his decades of television journalism. He is a recipient of
Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
(2008). *
Bahar Dutt Bahar Dutt (born 20 June 1975) is an Indian television journalist and environmental editor and columnist for CNN-IBN. Early life Bahar Dutt is the daughter of SP Dutt and Prabha Dutt, who was among India's first female journalists and influen ...
(born c. 1975), environmental and wildlife journalist and editor for
CNN-News18 CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Raghav Bahl based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is currently co-owned by Network18 Group and Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN provides internation ...
and winner of multiple awards, including the 2006 Ramnath Goenka Award for excellence in environmental reporting, *
Barkha Dutt Barkha Dutt is an Indian television journalist and author. She has been a reporter and news anchor at NDTV and Tiranga TV. She currently runs her own digital news channel called 'MoJo Story'. She is also an opinion columnist with ''The Hindus ...
(born 18 December 1971) of
NDTV New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching t ...
, past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award, gained notoriety in the
Radia tapes controversy The Radia tapes controversy relates to the telephonic conversations between Niira Radia, a political lobbyist in India, the (then) Indian telecom minister A. Raja, and senior journalists, politicians, and corporate houses, taped by the Indian In ...


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* Meer Faisal (born Syed Faisal Farid) is a freelance journalist based in Delhi. He his from Bihar. He has been instrumental in debunking the hate crimes committed by
Hindutva Hindutva () is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. The term was formulated as a political ideology by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the ...
groups on virtual platforms


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* T. J. S. George (born 7 May 1928), past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award, *
Gour Kishore Ghosh Gour Kishore Ghosh (20 June 1923 – 15 December 2000) was a Bengali writer and journalist. Associated with ''Anandabazar Patrika'' for decades, Ghosh was known for his novels ''Desh Mati Manush'' and ''Prem Nei''. He was the first editor of ''A ...
(20 June 1923 – 15 December 2000), winner of the 1981 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts *
Santosh Kumar Ghosh Santosh Kumar Ghosh (9 September 1920 – 26 February 1985) was an Indian Bengali litterateur and a journalist of repute. Early life Born in Faridpur district of what is now in Bangladesh, Santosh Kumar had his ancestral house in Barisal distri ...
(9 September 1920 – 26 February 1985), award-winning Bengali journalist and editor of
Anandabazar Patrika '' Anandabazar Patrika'' ( Bengali: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা, ) is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1 million c ...
(The namesake of the "Santosh Kumar Ghosh Memorial Award") * Pushpa Girimaji, consumer rights journalist *
Ramnath Goenka Ramnath Goenka (22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991) was an Indian newspaper publisher. He launched ''The Indian Express'' in 1932 and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications.''A doyen of Indian Jou ...
(22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991) Founder of India Express Group and publisher of the English-language ''
The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split be ...
'', Hindi-language '' Jansatta'', and Marathi-language '' Loksatta'' * J. Gopikrishnan (born 10 April 1971), cartoonist *
Arnab Goswami Arnab or Arnav is a first name popular in India, and means "ocean" in Sanskrit. It also means "rabbit" in Arabic. Notable people with the name include: * Arnab Basu, game designer, video-games producer; known for Tomb Raider series * Arnab Chakra ...
(born 7 March 1973), managing eirector and editor-in-chief of Republic Media Network (
Republic TV Republic TV is a free-to-air Indian right-wing English-language news channel launched in May 2017. It was co-founded by Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, before the latter relinquished his stake in May 2019, leaving Goswami as the m ...
,
Republic Bharat TV Republic Bharat or R. Bharat is a free-to-air Indian Hindi-language news channel, launched on 2 February 2019. Arnab Goswami is the owner and editor-in-chief of Republic Bharat. It is also available on DD Free Dish. It is a sister channel of R ...
) * Biju Govind (born 14 June 1972), senior journalist of ''
The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
'' based in Kerala * Kanchan Gupta, Indian journalist, political analyst and activist who was associated with '' The Pioneer'' and has also worked in the PMO. * Shekhar Gupta (born 26 August 1957), editor-in-chief ''
ThePrint The Print is an Indian online newspaper, owned by Printline Media Pvt Ltd. It was launched by journalist Shekhar Gupta in August 2017. History Printline Media Pvt. Ltd, founded by journalist Shekhar Gupta, was incorporated in New Delhi, Ind ...
''.


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* Sajjad Haider, (born 21 October 1966), media personality of Indian administered Kashmir, Editor-in-Chief Trans Asia News Service and Founder of Kashmir Observer * Barjinder Singh Hamdard, editor-in-chief of the Punjabi-language newspaper, ''Daily Ajit'', from Jalandhar.


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* Muzamil Jaleel (born 17 November 1972), a deputy editor of Indian Express. * Manoj Joshi, Sports journalist, author and tv commentator. He is the only Indian TV commentator to do 550 hours of live TV commentary on wrestling. He has been named in the
Limca Book of Records The ''Limca Book of Records'' is an annual reference book published in India documenting world records held by Indians. The records are further categorized into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, advent ...
2021. He currently serves as the Digital Sports Head for ITV network group.


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Brahm Kanchibhotla Brahmanandam "Brahm" Kanchibhotla (1953 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian-American journalist known for his extensive writings on the development of the Telugu community in the USA. He was a writer for '' India Abroad'', ''News-India Times'', ...
(1953–6 April 2020), writer on the developing Telugu community in America. *
Raj Kanwar Raj Kanwar (28 June 1961 – 3 February 2012) was an Indian film director, writer and film producer of Hindi films based in Mumbai, India. Family and personal life He was educated in Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun. He has two sons ( ...
(born 1930), journalist and author based in Dehradun. *
Anjana Om Kashyap Anjana Om Kashyap is an Indian news anchor working with Hindi news channel Aaj Tak as a Senior Executive Editor. Kashyap started her journalistic career by joining the public broadcaster Doordarshan before moving to Zee News. She then went to ...
, an Indian journalist and anchor. She is an executive editor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak. * B. K. Karanjia (21 December 1919 – 25 June 2012), Indian film journalist and editor, ''Filmfare'' and ''Screen'', chairman NFDC. *
Kalki Krishnamurthy , birth_name = Ramasamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy , birth_date = , birth_place = Puthamangalam, near Manalmedu , death_date = , death_place = Chennai, India , occupation = journalist, critic and writer , nationality = Indian , education = H ...
(9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954), Tamil editor, columnist, and the founder of ''Kalki'' magazine. *
Ravish Kumar Ravish Kumar (born 5 December 1974) is an Indian journalist, author and media personality. He was the Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India. He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show ''Prime Time'', ''Hum ...
, news anchor, winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award (2019). He is a two-time recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (2013, 2017) for the broadcast category in the Hindi language. He is a published author. He is also the executive editor of
NDTV India NDTV India (styled as NDTV इंडिया) is a Hindi news channel in India owned by New Delhi Television Limited. In June 2016, NDTV decided to launch two separate channels called NDTV India and NDTV Spice in the United Kingdom. History ...
. *
Rahul Kanwal Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV journalist and News Director at India Today. He was born on 14 September 1980 in Deolali, Maharashtra. He is the host of the prime-time show Newstrack on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today T ...
, journalist and News Director at
India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new o ...
. Kanwal also hosts prime-time show Newstrack on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today.


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R. K. Laxman Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman ''Pg. 11 in the source says that Laxman & his brother Narayan were Tamil Iyer Brahmins.'' (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He is best known for his creation ...
(24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015), winner of the 1984 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts


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Boria Majumdar Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports journalist, sports historian and writer. He was the co-writer of Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography '' Playing it My Way''. He is currently banned for 2 years by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for thr ...
, Indian sports journalist on
India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new o ...
and
Aaj Tak ''Aaj Tak'' () is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by TV Today Network, part of the New Delhi-based media conglomerate Living Media group (India Today Group) Aaj Tak HD On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi h ...
. Majumdar is married to Sharmistha Gupta. *
Inder Malhotra Inder Malhotra (1 February 1930 – 11 June 2016) was an Indian journalist, editor and author. Career Malhotra was the resident editor of '' The Statesman'' in New Delhi from 1965 to 1971. He was the India correspondent for ''The Guardian'' from ...
(1 February 1930 – 11 June 2016), received the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 *
Ashok Malik Ashok Malik is Partner and Chair of the India Practice at The Asia Group, a business and strategic advisor firm headquartered in Washington, DC. He is former policy advisor/additional secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, government of ...
, former senior editor for English-language newspaper ''Indian Express'' and current columnist for ''The Times of India'', ''Economic Times'', ''The Pioneer'' and other publications *
Annamma Mathew Annamma Mathew ( ml, അന്നമ്മ മാത്യു, 22 March 1922 – 10 July 2003), also known as Mrs. K. M. Mathew ( ml, മിസ്സിസ് കെ. എം. മാത്യു), was the founder chief editor of '' Vanitha'', the ...
(22 March 1922 – 10 July 2003), chief editor of the Malayalam-language ''
Vanitha ''Vanitha'' () is an Indian magazine published fortnightly by the ''Malayala Manorama'' group. It is the largest magazine in India by circulation according to Audit Bureau of Circulations, with average qualifying sales of 687,915 copies (as of ...
'' women's magazine for ''
Malayala Manorama ''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...
'' and wife of K. M. Mathew *
K. M. Mathew Kandathil Mammen Mathew (2 January 1917 – 1 August 2010) was an Indian newspaper editor who served as the editor-in-chief of the Malayalam-language daily, ''Malayala Manorama''.
(2 January 1917 – 1 August 2010), known as the chief editor of ''
Malayala Manorama ''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...
'', which has the largest circulation of any Malayalam-language newspaper, and husband of Annamma Mathew * Chandan Mitra (born 12 December 1954 – 1 September 2021), present editor and managing director of '' The Pioneer'' newspaper * Udayan Mukherjee 2012, Ramnath Goenka Awards, managing editor for CNBC-TV18. * Satyendra Murli (born 14 February 1983), journalist, media researcher, socio-political activist, popularly known as an Ambedkarite journalist, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar National Awardee, presently associated with Doordarshan Samachar (DD NEWS), public broadcaster of India.


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* Kusum Nair (1919–1993), journalist and writer on agricultural policy * A. G. Noorani (born 16 September 1930), columnist, as well as a historian and lawyer, who is a past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,


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* Karma Paljor, Indian television news anchor and journalist. *
Malini Parthasarathy Malini Parthasarathy is an Indian journalist, who was an editor of ''The Hindu'' during 2015–2016, and is currently the chairperson of group's publishing company, THG Publishing Private Limited (formerly part of Kasturi & Sons Limited). Fam ...
, former editor and executive editor of ''The Hindu'', She also founded The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy. *
Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Yecha Gunja Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy (27 November 1925 – 6 August 2019), better known as Mrs YGP, was an Indian journalist, educationist and social worker. She was the founder and dean of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan. Rajalakshmi was award ...
, or Mrs. Y. G. P., (8 November 1925 – 6 August 2019), 2010 Padma Shri civilian award recipient * Nanasaheb Parulekar (20 September 1898 – 8 January 1973), a founder of Marathi-language newspaper
Sakal ''Sakal'' ( Marathi: सकाळ, meaning "Morning") is a Marathi-language daily newspaper by Sakal Media Group, its headquarters established in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication, Sakal M ...
and chairman of the
Press Trust of India The Press Trust of India Ltd., commonly known as PTI, is the largest news agency in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 500 Indian newspapers. It has over 500 full-time employees , including abo ...
, a news agency. * Aamir Peerzada, award winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. *
Jagdish Piyush Jagdish Piyush (6 August 1950 – 5 February 2021) was an Indian Hindi writer, a leader of the Indian National Congress and Educationist from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was also the media representative of former prime minister Shri Raji ...
(1950–2021), editor of Amethi Samachar. * Sanjay Pugalia, veteran political and business journalist with print and broadcast experience. Pugalia was former editor-in-chief of
CNBC Awaaz CNBC Awaaz () is an Indian pay television Hindi business news channel, owned by CNBC and TV18 based in New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). ...
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* Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (9 August 1909 – 5 October 1985), recipient of PadmaShri Awardee in 1966, MLC, Member of State Library Hyderabad, Chairman of Hajj Committee, Andhra Pradesh.


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* N. P. Rajendran (born 6 November 1954), award-winning editor of ''Mathrubhumi'' and Malayalam-language journalist * Nidhi Razdan (born 11 April 1977), recipient of the 2007 Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism * Sai Reddy (ca. 1962 – 6 December 2013), reporter for the Hindi-language ''Deshandhu'', was killed by
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6 December 2013, in Basaguda, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. *
Prannoy Roy Prannoy Lal Roy (born 15 October 1949) is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and is considered to be one of its co-founders, along with his wife R ...
, (born 15 October 1949), Indian journalist and media personality. He is the co-founder and executive co-chairperson of New Delhi Television (NDTV)


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Palagummi Sainath Palagummi Sainath (born 1957) is an Indian columnist and author of the acclaimed book ''Everybody Loves a Good Drought''. He has extensively written on rural India, his notable interests are poverty, structural inequities, caste discriminatio ...
(born 1957), winner of the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts *
Rohit Sardana Rohit Sardana (22 September 1979 30 April 2021) was an Indian anchor, journalist, and editor. He had hosted ''Taal Thok Ke'', a debate programme of Zee News before leaving for Aaj Tak in 2017, where he anchored the prime time show ''Dangal''. ...
(22 September 1979 – 30 April 2021), editor, columnist, news anchor. He was associated with
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where he hosted his popular debate program ''Dangal''. *
Saiyed Zegham Murtaza Saiyed Zegham Murtaza सैयद ज़ैग़म मुर्तज़ा (سید ضیغم مرتضیٰ) is an Indian Columnist and blogger. He is the author oPolicenama Jahan Murde bhi Gawahi dete hain, a book published by the Rajpal an ...
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Rajdeep Sardesai Rajdeep Sardesai (born 24 May 1965) is an Indian news anchor, reporter, journalist and author. He is a consulting editor and an anchor of India Today Television. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Broadcast News, that included CNN-IBN, IBN7 ...
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Abhinandan Sekhri Abhinandan Sekhri (born 4 August 1974) is the co-founder and CEO of ''Newslaundry'', a media critique, news and current affairs website. Education Sekhri was educated at The Doon School in Dehradun, India, and then obtained a bachelor's degree ...
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Marya Shakil Marya Shakil is an Indian television journalist and TV news anchor in CNN-News18. She hosts the network's shows ''News Epicenter'' and ''Reporters Project''. Early life and background Marya's father Shakil Ahmad Khan was a politician from Makhp ...
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Arun Shourie Arun Shourie (born 2 November 1941) is an Indian economist, journalist, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the ''Indian Express'' and ''The Times ...
(born 2 November 1941), is a World Press Freedom hero and winner of the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts *
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. * Aditya Sinha, Indian journalist and author; former editor-in-chief of ''
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'' and ''DNA''. * Puripanda Appala Swamy (13 November 1904 – 18 November 1982), Telugu writer, journalist and editor.


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* Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (born 5 October 1955), independent journalist and writer. *
Karan Thapar Karan Thapar (born 5 November 1955) is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire. Thapar was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted ''The Devil's Advocate'' and ''The Last Word''. He was also associated with India T ...
(born 5 November 1955), award-winning news commentator * Anshuman Tiwari (born 25 March 1974), journalist and editor of
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in New Delhi. He is a multimedia economic/political ''journalist'', ''analyst'', ''researcher'' & ''columnist'' in multi languages(English & Hindi). Honored with Ramnath Goenka Award 2009 for investigative Journalism. *
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, co-founder of
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* Manikchandra Vajpayee (7 October 1919 – 25 December 2005), journalist, founder editor of multi-edition Hindi daily Swadesh *
Boobli George Verghese Boobli George Verghese (21 June 1927 – 30 December 2014) was a senior Indian journalist. He was editor of leading newspapers the ''Hindustan Times'' (1969–75) and ''The Indian Express'' (1982–86). In 1975, he received the Ramon Magsay ...
(21 June 1927 – 30 December 2014), winner of the 1975 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts * Govindlal Vora (12 March 1932 – 13 May 2018), veteran journalist and chief editor of Amrit Sandesh


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* Sahar Zaman, journalist, newscaster, news anchor, art curator, media entrepreneur, jewelry designer, guest lecturer.


See also

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Media of India The Indian media consists of several different types of communications of mass media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Websites/portals. Indian media was active since the late 18th century. The print media s ...
*
List of journalists killed in India See also * List of journalists killed in Bangladesh * Attacks on RTI activists in India References External linksCPJ
{{Asia topic, List of journalists killed in India crime-related lists, Journalists killed Journalists killed in India, ...
*
List of Malayalam-language newspapers '' Rajyasamacharam'' was the first newspaper in Malayalam. This was started by Hermann Gundert under the Christian missionaries of Basel Mission in June 1847 from Illikkunnu in Thalassery. ''Pashchimodayam'' was the second newspaper in Malayalam. ...
*
List of newspapers in India , there were over 100,000 publications registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India. India has the second-largest newspaper market in the world, with daily newspapers reporting a combined circulation of over 240 million copies . There are ...
*
List of newspapers in India by readership According to the Registrar of Newspapers for India, there are 1,10,851 registered publication in India as of 31 March 2016.List of television stations in India There are currently 900 permitted private satellite television channels in India . Numerous regional channels are available throughout India, often distributed according to languages. Lists By video technology * 4K * HD By language * Assamese ...
*
Malayalam journalism Malayalam journalism encompasses journalism published and broadcast in the Malayalam language. Modern Malayalam journalism can be traced to the publication of the ''Raajyasamaachaaram'' and the ''Pashchimodhayam'' under the direction of Hermann Gu ...
*
Television in India The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many of the Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 857 channels of which 184 were pay ...


References


Further reading

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External links


Indian Media Centre for Journalists

Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh Archives (Telugu)
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