List of Indian journalists

This list of Indian journalists includes notable journalists working in India who write and speak in one of many official languages of India.

A
  • Javed Anand, (ca. 1950– ) an alternative journalist, co-founder of Sabrang Communications, and co-editor of Communalism Combat, who is married to journalist Teesta Setalvad. The couple shared the Maharana Mewar Foundation's Hakim Khan Sur Award in 1999.[1]
  • Shiv Aroor (25 September 1980-), specializes in defence news on india today tv and is an author.
  • Vishal Arora a journalist covering life and politics and a founding editor of StoriesAsia.[2][3]

B

C
  • Vikram Chandra (7 January 1967– ), a journalist, anchor, and group CEO at NDTV. His mother is former journalist Nandini Chandra[4]
  • Ramananda Chatterjee,(29 May 1865 – 30 September 1943) was 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.[14]
  • Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor of the Indian daily Tehelka. She has won Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards for print journalism in 2007,[15] the Chameli Devi Award in 2009,[16] and the Mumbai Press Club Award for Political Writing in 2012 on Soni Sori titled, 'The Inconvenient Truth of Soni Sori'.[17]
  • Sudhir Chaudary is the senior editor and business head of Zee News where he hosts the prime time show, Daily News & Analysis (DNA).[18] Over the period of two decades, he has worked at several Hindi news channels.
  • Prabhu Chawla (2 October 1946 – ), is a recipient of Padma Bhushan and Editorial Director of The New Indian Express Group as of 2016.

D
  • Neha Dixit is a multiple award-winning journalist. In 2019, she was awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists. In 2017, she won the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist for 2016. In 2015, she won the Press Institute of India-Red Cross award for her story "Shadow Lines" on mass rapes of women in the sectarian violence of North India's Muzaffarnagar.
  • Subal Kumar Dey, the founder and chief editor of Bengali language daily newspaper Syandan Patrika.[19]
  • Sucheta Dalal (ca 1962– ), a female columnist, who is the winner of the civilian award Padma Shri in 2006[20]
  • Swapan Dasgupta (3 September 1955– ), a senior editor at multiple major newspapers in India and TV personality
  • Jyotirmoy Dey (1955 – 11 June 2011), an investigative journalist who was murdered 11 June 2011[21][22] and posthumously awarded the Prem Bhatia Award in 2011 for political reporter of the year, which he shared with Josy Joseph (see below)[23]
  • Dibang, a 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.[1] He is also hosting prime-time show Jana Mana on ABP news.
  • Vinod Dua (born 11 March 1954) is a 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 (2008).
  • Bahar Dutt (c. 1975), an environmental and wildlife journalist and editor for CNN-News18 and winner of multiple awards, including the 2006 Ramnath Goenka Award for excellence in environmental reporting,[24] as well as sister of Barkha Dutt
  • Barkha Dutt (18 December 1971) of NDTV, one of India's best-known female journalists[4][5] and a past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,[25] gained notoriorty in the Radia tapes controversy[26] as well as sister of Bahar Dutt and daughter of early female Indian journalist Prabha Dutt

G

H
  • Sajjad Haider, (b.21 October 1966-) is 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.

J
  • Muzamil Jaleel (17 November 1972-) - was a deputy editor of Indian Express.

K
  • Brahm Kanchibhotla (1953 - 6 April 2020), writer on the developing Telugu community in America
  • Anjana Om Kashyap, 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 (9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954),[29] a Tamil editor, columnist, and the founder of Kalki magazine.
  • Ravish Kumar, is a 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.

L
  • R. K. Laxman (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015),[31] winner of the 1984 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts

M
  • Ashok Malik a 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 (22 March 1922 – 10 July 2003), chief editor of the Malayalam-language Vanitha women's magazine for Malayala Manorama and wife of K. M. Mathew
  • K. M. Mathew (2 January 1917 – 1 August 2010), known as the chief editor of Malayala Manorama, which has the largest circulation of any Malayalam-language newspaper, and husband of Annamma Mathew
  • Inder Malhotra (1 February 1930 – 11 June 2016), received the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013[32]
  • Chandan Mitra (born 12 December 1955) a present editor and managing director of The Pioneer newspaper
  • Udayan Mukherjee[4] 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.

N
  • Kusum Nair (1919-1993), journalist and writer on agricultural policy
  • Chaiti Narula journalist, deputy editor India Today[33]
  • A. G. Noorani (16 September 1930– ), a columnist, as well as a historian and lawyer, who is a past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,[11]

P

Q
  • 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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S

T

V
  • Boobli George Verghese (21 June 1927 – 30 December 2014),[51] winner of the 1975 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts
  • Govind Lal Vora (12 March1932 - 13 May 2018), Veteran Journalist and Chief Editor of Amrit Sandesh[52]

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

See also

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