Neeraj Khemlani is a Singaporean-born
American
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serving as the co-president of
CBS News
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and
CBS Television Stations
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.
Early life
Khemlani was born in
Singapore
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with
India
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n ancestry and was raised in
New York City
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. He graduated with an undergraduate degree from
Cornell University
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in 1992 and a
master's degree
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Columbia University
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.
Career
Khemlani was an associate producer for
ABC News
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anchorman
Peter Jennings
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and produced pieces with
Robert Krulwich
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for the ''
Nightline
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'' and
Good Morning America
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. He joined
CBS News
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in 1998 as a producer for the ''
60 Minutes
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'' television news magazine, where he was responsible for researching, reporting and writing stories with various CBS News correspondents. He was a senior executive at
Yahoo! News
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from 2006 to 2009. He joined the
Hearst Corporation
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as a vice president in 2009.
On April 15, 2021, Khemlani and Wendy McMahon were named as co-heads of CBS News and
CBS TV Stations, succeeding Peter Dunn and
Susan Zirinsky
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.
Personal life
He is married to Heather Cabot, an anchor and correspondent for ABC News. He is a term member of the
Council on Foreign Relations
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in New York.
Awards
* 1995 DuPont Award for participation in ABC News’ coverage of the war in Bosnia
* 2002 Edward R. Murrow award for best investigative reporting
* 2003 Emmy nomination for Best Interview
* 2004 Emmy nomination for business reporting
* 2006 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine
See also
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Indians in the New York City metropolitan region
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*
New Yorkers in journalism
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References
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American people of Sindhi descent
Singaporean emigrants to the United States
American people of Indian descent
American people of Singaporean descent
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
American Hindus
Cornell University alumni
Living people
Sindhi people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Presidents of CBS News
60 Minutes producers