List of Indian journalists

{{Short description|none}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} This '''list of Indian journalists''' includes notable journalists working in India who write and speak in one of many [[official languages of India]]. {{TOC right}}

==A==   * [[Javed Anand]], (born ca. 1950), alternative journalist, co-founder of [[Sabrang Communications]], and co-editor of [[Communalism Combat]], who is married to journalist Teesta Setalvad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nürnberger Menschenrechtspreisträger 2003 |access-date=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.exilclub.de/groups/menschenrechte/_hpgen_content10.htm |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308184841/http://www.exilclub.de/groups/menschenrechte/_hpgen_content10.htm |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref> * [[Afshan Anjum]], journalist and anchor. She worked as a senior news editor with [[NDTV]] India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://khabar.ndtv.com/topic/afshan-anjum|title=Afshan anjum|work=ndtv.com|access-date=27 April 2021|archive-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427055939/https://khabar.ndtv.com/topic/afshan-anjum|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Shiv Aroor]] (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.<ref>https://www.storiesasia.org/ {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/authors/vishal-arora/|title=Vishal Arora – the Diplomat}}</ref>

==B ==   * [[Punya Prasun Bajpai]], former journalist at [[Aaj Tak]], [[ABP News]]. Winner of two [[Ramnath Goenka]] awards. * [[Kaveree Bamzai]], the only woman to have been the editor of ''[[India Today]]'' magazine. * [[Shereen Bhan]] (born 20 August 1976), an executive editor who was named as a 2009 [[World Economic Forum]] Young Global Leader<ref name=chillibreeze1 /><ref name=chillibreeze2 /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_YGL2009 |title=The Forum of Young Global Leaders | World Economic Forum – The Forum of Young Global Leaders |publisher=Weforum.org |access-date=16 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816003250/http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_YGL2009 |archive-date=16 August 2010 }}</ref> * [[Pradeep Bhandari]], Indian TV journalist, author, worked for [[ITV Network (India)|India News]] and [[Republic TV]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Senior journalist Pradeep Bhandari has been appointed as the News Director for India News |url=https://www.samachar4media.com/industry-briefing-news/senior-journalist-pradeep-bhandari-gets-the-role-of-news-director-in-india-news-national-58134.html |publisher=Samachar4media |date=August 22, 2022 |language=Hindi}}</ref> * [[Raju Bharatan]] (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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/there-was-a-ruthlessness-in-the-relationship-between-the-sisters-raju-bharatan-3048559/|title=There was a ruthlessness in the relationship between the sisters|date=25 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/-this-kishore-lad-is-no-singer-i-tell-you-110101600033_1.html|title=This Kishore lad is no singer, I tell you|first=Suveen K.|last=Sinha|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=16 October 2010|via=Business Standard}}</ref> * [[Harsha Bhogle]] (born 19 July 1961), Indian [[cricket]] [[Sportscaster|Commentator]] and journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/tag/harsha-bhogle/|title = Harsha Bhogle}}</ref> He was born in a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] speaking family in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. * [[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 Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|Chameli Devi Award for Woman Media Person]] of the Year, 2014.<ref>{{cite news |author=Somi Das |title=In Conversation With Anubha Bhonsle |url=http://www.newslaundry.com/2014/03/21/in-conversation-with-anubha-bhonsle/ |work=News Laundry |date=21 March 2014 |access-date=2014-08-25 }}</ref> *[[Bhupendra Chandra Datta Bhowmik]] (19 February 1940 – 9 September 1997), founder of [[Bengali language]] daily newspaper [[Dainik Sambad]] * [[Praful Bidwai]] (12 June 1949 – 23 June 2015), journalist and activist against nuclear armaments, a past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,<ref name=webindia123>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20120823/2049463.html |title=CH awards to be conferred on Karan Thapar, Gopikrishnan, Rajendran |publisher=News.webindia123.com |date=23 August 2012 |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> who along with [[Achin Vanaik]]Achin Vanaik won the 2000 [[Seán MacBride]] Peace Prize. * [[Mihir Bose]] (born 12 January 1947<ref>Who's Who 2008</ref>), 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 outlets including the [[BBC]], the ''[[Financial Times]]'' and ''[[Sunday Times]]''. He was the [[BBC Sports Editor]] until 4 August 2009.<ref name="Bose quits">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8184378.stm|title=Sports editor Bose quits the BBC|date=4 August 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 August 2009}}</ref> *[[Shujaat Bukhari]] (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018), founding editor of [[Rising Kashmir]], killed by gunmen. *[[Dionne Bunsha]], worked for [[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]. Winner of various journalism awards including a [[Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards|Ramnath Goenka award]].

==C==   * [[Vikram Chandra (journalist)|Vikram Chandra]] (born 7 January 1967), journalist, anchor, and group CEO at NDTV. His mother is former journalist Nandini Chandra<ref name=chillibreeze1/> * [[Ramananda Chatterjee]] (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.<ref name=independentDC>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Devyani Chaubal|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|last=Singh|first=Kuldip|date=28 July 1995|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-devyani-chaubal-1593533.html|access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Shoma Chaudhury]], managing editor of the Indian daily ''Tehelka''. She has won [[Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards]] for print journalism in 2007,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ramnath Goenka Award Winners |newspaper=The Indian Express |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ramnath-goenka-foundation/2007_winners.html |access-date=25 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624120717/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ramnath-goenka-foundation/2007_winners.html |archive-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|Chameli Devi Award]] in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chameli Devi Jain award conferred on Journalists|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1360182/report-chameli-devi-jain-awards-confered-on-journalists|date=17 March 2010|access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> and the Mumbai Press Club Award for Political Writing in 2012 on Soni Sori titled, 'The Inconvenient Truth of Soni Sori'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai Press Club Award|url=http://www.pressclubmumbai.com/awards/winners/The-Inconvenient-Truth-of-Soni-Sori|date=31 May 2012 |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> * [[Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist)|Sudhir Chaudhary]], senior editor and business head of [[Zee News]] and editor-in-chief and CEO of [[WION (TV channel)|WION]], [[Zee Business]] and [[DNA]], an English news publication<ref name="zeenews.com">{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/BBV/sudhir_chaudhary.aspx|title=Zee News senior editor Sudhir Chaudhary Editor & Business Head|work=zee news|access-date=4 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007102009/http://zeenews.india.com/BBV/sudhir_chaudhary.aspx|archive-date=7 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Zafar Choudhary]] journalist from Jammu and Kashmir. He is founder and editor of The Dispatch, a news and knowledge media startup in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why I wrote a book on Jammu Muslims|url=https://www.dailyo.in/user/7978/zafar-choudhary|publisher=LinkedIn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.epw.in/author/zafar-choudhary| title= Author -Zafar Choudhary|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> * [[Prabhu Chawla]] (born 2 October 1946), recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]] and Editorial Director of The New Indian Express Group as of 2016.

==D==

* [[Sucheta Dalal]] (born ca 1962), female columnist, who is the winner of the civilian award Padma Shri in 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/sucheta-dalals-byline-now-has-a-padma-shri/60796 |title=Sucheta Dalal's byline now has a Padma Shri |work=The Financial Express |date=27 January 2006 |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> * [[Swapan Dasgupta]] (born 3 September 1955), a senior editor at multiple major newspapers in India and TV personality * [[Amish Devgan]], journalist and managing editor of [[News18 India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 July 2019|title=News18 Network elevates top-level editors|url=https://bestmediainfo.com/2019/07/news18-network-elevates-top-level-editors/|access-date=27 August 2020|website=www.bestmediaifo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 March 2020|title=What Is 'B and D Media ' and Why Should I Care?|url=https://dubeat.com/2020/03/what-is-b-and-d-media-and-why-should-i-care/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=DU Beat|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Jyotirmoy Dey]] (1955 – 11 June 2011), investigative journalist who was murdered 11 June 2011<ref>{{cite news|title=Senior crime journalist shot dead in Mumbai |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India |date=11 June 2011 |access-date=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article2096247.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oil mafia killed J Dey, suspect cops |newspaper=The Times of India |date=13 June 2011 |access-date=2 August 2013 |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/oil-mafia-killed-j-dey-suspect-cops/articleshow/8832194.cms}}</ref> and posthumously awarded the Prem Bhatia Award in 2011 for political reporter of the year, which he shared with Josy Joseph<ref>{{cite news|title=J.Dey, Josy Joseph get Prem Bhatia Award |newspaper=Mathrubhumi News |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=112795 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929031532/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=112795 |archive-date=29 September 2013 }}</ref> * [[Subal Kumar Dey]], founder and chief editor of [[Bengali language]] daily newspaper [[Syandan Patrika]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=All Bangla Newspaper List – Syandan Patrika|url=http://onlinebanglanewspaperlist.com/details.php?id=53|access-date=2020-09-14|website=onlinebanglanewspaperlist.com}}</ref> * [[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. * [[Vaishali Dinakaran]], a motorsports journalist with Overdrive,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Author: Vaishali Dinakaran |url=https://www.overdrive.in/author/vaishali-dinakaran-31/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Overdrive |language=en}}</ref> is currently with [[Deutsche Welle]]. She received the ‘ProDrive Motorsports Award’ for the years 2018 and 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our motorsport editor Vaishali Dinakaran wins second consecutive Peugeot Motorsport Cup awarded by the Guild of Motoring Writers |url=https://www.overdrive.in/news-cars-auto/our-motorsport-editor-vaishali-dinakaran-wins-second-consecutive-peugeot-motorsport-cup-awarded-by-the-guild-of-motoring-writers/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.overdrive.in}}</ref> presented by The Guild of Motoring Writers, a prestigious organization of automotive editorial professionals in the world. * [[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]] (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]] (2008). * [[Bahar Dutt]] (born c. 1975), environmental and wildlife journalist and editor for [[CNN-News18]] and winner of multiple awards, including the 2006 Ramnath Goenka Award for excellence in [[Environmental journalism|environmental reporting]],<ref>{{cite news|title=TV 18 shines at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2006 |publisher=Indian Television |date=17 July 2007 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/july/july220.php}}</ref> * [[Barkha Dutt]] (born 18 December 1971) of [[NDTV]],<ref name=chillibreeze1 /><ref name=chillibreeze2 /> past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,<ref>{{cite news|title=Burkha Dutt, Noorani given C H Mohammed Koya journalism award |publisher=Mathrubhumi.com |date=4 November 2009 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=25665 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041302/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=25665 |archive-date= 8 August 2014 }}</ref> gained notoriety in the [[Radia tapes controversy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/explainers/what-are-niira-radia-tapes-explained|title=Radia Tapes: How One Woman's Influence Peddling Led to a Snake Pit |date=2 February 2018 }}</ref> *

==F==   * [[George Francis (motorsports photographer)|George Francis (photographer)]] Popular as the Father of Indian Motorsports Photography, Francis was an Indian Express journalist who quit his regular journalism job to focus on Motorsports.

* [[T. J. S. George]] (born 7 May 1928), past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,<ref name="webindia123" /> * [[Gour Kishore Ghosh]] (20 June 1923 – 15 December 2000),<ref name="CitationGhoshGou">{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationGhoshGou.htm |title=1981 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts – Gour Kishore Ghosh |publisher=Rmaf.org.ph |access-date=16 March 2013 |archive-date=22 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622142204/http://rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationGhoshGou.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> winner of the 1981 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts * [[Santosh Kumar Ghosh]] (9 September 1920 – 26 February 1985), award-winning Bengali journalist and editor of [[Anandabazar Patrika]] (The namesake of the "Santosh Kumar Ghosh Memorial Award")<ref name="etawards">{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-31/news/27513225_1_memorial-award-silver-jubilee-veteran-journalist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812235143/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-31/news/27513225_1_memorial-award-silver-jubilee-veteran-journalist |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2014 |title=Sikdar calls for shunning yellow journalism – Economic Times |work=The Economic Times |date=31 August 2003 |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> * [[Pushpa Girimaji]], consumer rights journalist * [[Ramnath Goenka]] (22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991)<ref name="wan-ifra">{{cite web|url=http://www.wan-press.org/3may/2000/profiles/IndiaGoenka.html |title=India |publisher=WAN-IFRA |access-date=30 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410095734/http://www.wan-press.org/3may/2000/profiles/IndiaGoenka.html |archive-date=10 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/goenka.html|title=THOUGHT & ACTION: The Baron|last=Naqvi|first=Saeed|year=2000|publisher=Indian Today|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042427/http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/goenka.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Founder of [[Indian Express Limited|India Express Group]] and publisher of the English-language ''[[The Indian Express]]'', Hindi-language ''[[Jansatta]]'', and Marathi-language ''[[Loksatta]]'' * [[Gopikrishnan|J. Gopikrishnan]] (born 10 April 1971), cartoonist * [[Arnab Goswami]] (born 7 March 1973), managing director and editor-in-chief of Republic Media Network ([[Republic TV]], [[Republic Bharat TV]]) * [[Biju Govind]] (born 14 June 1972), senior journalist of ''[[The Hindu]]'' based in Kerala * [[Deshbandhu Gupta]] (14 June 1901 – 21 November 1951), Indian journalist, independence activist, founder and editor of ''Daily Tej''.<ref name="Tribune">Bhardwaj, Rakesh. [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030717/ncr1.htm "Desh Bandhu Gupta: Too illustrious a son to be forgotten in hometown"], ''The Tribune''. 16 July 2003</ref> * [[Shekhar Gupta]] (born 26 August 1957), editor-in-chief ''[[ThePrint]]''.

==H==   * [[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.

== J ==   * [[Muzamil Jaleel]] (born 17 November 1972), a deputy editor of Indian Express. * [[Manoj Joshi (commentator)|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]] 2021. He currently serves as the Digital Sports Head for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network group.

==K==   * [[Brahm Kanchibhotla]] (1953–6 April 2020), writer on the developing Telugu community in America. *[[Raj Kanwar (journalist)|Raj Kanwar]] (born 1930), journalist and author based in Dehradun. * [[Anjana Om Kashyap]], 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),<ref name="wan-ifra"/> Tamil editor, columnist, and the founder of ''Kalki'' magazine. * [[Ravish Kumar]], 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 was also the executive editor of [[NDTV India]]. He also runs his own Youtube channel "Ravish Kumar Official". * [[Rahul Kanwal]], journalist and News Director at [[India Today (TV channel)|India Today]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/anchor/rahul-kanwal|title=Rahul Kanwal|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> Kanwal also hosts prime-time show Newstrack<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/newstrack-with-rahul-kanwal|title=Newstrack with Rahul Kanwal|website=www.indiatoday.in|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/programmes/jab-we-met|title=Jab We Met|website=www.indiatoday.in|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

==L==   * [[R. K. Laxman]] (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015),<ref name=CitationLaxmanRas>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationLaxmanRas.htm |title=1984 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts – Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman |publisher=Rmaf.org.ph |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> winner of the 1984 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts

==M==   * [[Boria Majumdar]], Indian sports journalist on [[India Today (TV channel)|India Today]] and [[Aaj Tak]]. Majumdar is married to Sharmistha Gupta.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldwhoswho.com/public/views/entry.html?id=sl2170547|title=Majumdar Boria : World Who's Who|website=www.worldwhoswho.com|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> * [[Inder Malhotra]] (1 February 1930 – 11 June 2016), received the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013<ref name=Ramnath2013>{{cite news|newspaper=The Indian Express |title=Sixth Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: The Winners |date=24 July 2013 |access-date=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ramnath-goenka-excellence-in-journalism-awards-the-winners/1145960/}}</ref> * [[Ashok Malik]], 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 * [[Chandan Mitra]] (born 12 December 1954 – 1 September 2021), present editor and managing director of ''[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]]'' newspaper * [[Udayan Mukherjee]]<ref name=chillibreeze1 /> 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. * [[Vipul Mudgal]] (born June 1960), journalist, media scholar and activist, known for his on policing, political violence and coynter terrorism, also heads a rights-based NGO Common Cause in Delhi. * [[Saiyed Zegham Murtaza]], journalist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/en/author/syed-z-m/|title=Saiyed Zegham Murtaza सैयद ज़ैग़म मुर्तज़ा|access-date=1 February 2022|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202001232/https://www.forwardpress.in/en/author/syed-z-m/|url-status=dead}}</ref> columnist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/author/1635946/saiyed-zegham-murtaza|title=Saiyed Zegham Murtaza Latest Stories, Exclusive News Articles and Opinions}}</ref> author, blogger.

==N==   * [[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,<ref name=webindia123 /> * [[Saeed Naqvi]] (born 1940), journalist, columnist, interviewer and have interviews global leaders like Fidel Castro, Gaddafi, Ezer Weizman and otherz.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-12-05 |title=Muslim hopes and fears |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2540181.stm |access-date=2024-09-29 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==P==   * [[Karma Paljor]], Indian television news anchor and journalist. * [[Malini Parthasarathy]], former editor and executive editor of ''The Hindu'', she also founded The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy. * [[Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy]], or Mrs. Y. G. P., (8 November 1925 – 6 August 2019), 2010 Padma Shri civilian award recipient<ref>{{cite news|author=Malathi Rangarajan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/trumpeting-the-triumph/article2698080.ece |title=Trumpeting the triumph |work=The Hindu |date=8 December 2011 |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/26/stories/2010012655131300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130164844/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/26/stories/2010012655131300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2010 |title=National : List of Padma award winners 2010 |date=26 January 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> * [[Nanasaheb Parulekar]] (20 September 1898 – 8 January 1973), a founder of Marathi-language newspaper [[Sakal]] and chairman of the [[Press Trust of India]], a news agency. * [[Aamir Peerzada]], award winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. * [[Jagdish Piyush]] (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]] in [[Mumbai]], India. * [[Aroon Purie]] (born 1944), Indian businessman who is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of ''[[India Today]]'' and the chief executive of the [[India Today Group]]. He is the managing director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the chairman and managing director of ''[[TV Today]]'' and also the editor-in-chief of ''[[Reader's Digest]] India''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/contactus/contactus.asp|title=Reader's Digest India – Articles on Health, Finance, Personal Struggles and Triumphs|website=www.rd-india.com|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040708055331/http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/contactus/contactus.asp|archive-date=8 July 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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.

==R==   * [[N. P. Rajendran]] (born 6 November 1954), award-winning editor of ''Mathrubhumi'' and Malayalam-language journalist<ref name=CHAWARDS>{{cite news|title=Mohammed Koya awards presented|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article3821803.ece|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Karan Thapar, Gopi Krishnan, Rajendran bag CH awards|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2011/08/23/karan-thapar-gopi-krishnan-rajendran-bag-ch-awards.html|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=OneIndia}}</ref> * [[Nidhi Razdan]] (born 11 April 1977), recipient of the 2007 Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/rngf/awards/2007_categories.html |title=Award Categories – Winners and the Jury of The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2007–08 |access-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828235750/http://www.expressindia.com/news/rngf/awards/2007_categories.html |archive-date=28 August 2010 }}</ref> * [[Sai Reddy]] (ca. 1962 – 6 December 2013), reporter for the Hindi-language ''Deshandhu'', was killed by [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Maoists]] 6 December 2013, in Basaguda, [[Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur district]], Chhattisgarh.<ref name=cpj>{{cite web|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2013/sai-reddy.php |title=Sai Reddy – Journalists Killed |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=6 December 2013 |access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref> * [[Prannoy Roy]], (born 15 October 1949), Indian journalist and media personality. He is the co-founder and executive co-chairperson of [[NDTV|New Delhi Television (NDTV)]]<ref name=chillibreeze2>{{cite web|url=http://www.chillibreeze.com/articles_various/Indian-Journalists.asp |title=Top Five Journalists in India |publisher=Chillibreeze.com |access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref>

== S ==   * [[Afroz Alam Sahil]], Indian journalist and author who covers topics pertaining to Indian politics, history and society. Currently, he is an editor at BeyondHeadlines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Afroz Alam Sahil|work=beyondheadlines.in|url=https://beyondheadlines.in/contribtuors}}</ref> * [[Palagummi Sainath]] (born 1957),<ref name="CitationSainathPal">{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationSainathPal.htm |title=2007 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts – Palagummi Sainath |publisher=Rmaf.org.ph |date=31 August 2007 |access-date=16 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119114704/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationSainathPal.htm |archive-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> winner of the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts * [[Rohit Sardana]] (22 September 1979 – 30 April 2021), editor, columnist, news anchor. He was associated with [[Aaj Tak]] where he hosted his popular debate program ''Dangal''. * [[Rajdeep Sardesai]] (born 24 May 1965), editor-in-chief at India Today television<ref name=chillibreeze1>{{cite web |url=http://www.chillibreeze.com/articles/Topfivejournalists.asp |title=Top Five Journalists in India |publisher=Chillibreeze.com |access-date=28 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015090514/http://www.chillibreeze.com/articles/Topfivejournalists.asp |archive-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=chillibreeze2 /> who is a past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,<ref name=webindia123 /> * [[A Saye Sekhar]], editor at MeraEvents and author at Firstpost ([[Network 18|Network18]] Group). * [[Abhinandan Sekhri]], journalist, co-founder and CEO of ''[[Newslaundry]]'', a media critique, news and current affairs website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/the-journey-of-bjps-sambit-patra-from-a-trained-surgeon-to-a-nasty-tv-star/167544/|title=The journey of BJP's Sambit Patra from a trained surgeon to a nasty TV star|first=Kaveree|last=Bamzai|date=22 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/wezx5YVSz0kIE6EOxU5ZhL/The-big-digital-paywall-question.html|title=The big digital paywall question|first=Shuchi|last=Bansal|date=27 October 2016|website=Livemint}}</ref> * [[Niranjan Sengupta]] (26 July 1903 – 4 September 1969), former president of the National Union of Journalist (India) (Namesake of the "Niranjan Sengupta Memorial Award")<ref name=etawards /> * [[Teesta Setalvad]] (born 9 February 1962), award-winning alternative journalist and human rights activist,<ref name="exilclub.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.exilclub.de/groups/menschenrechte/_hpgen_content10.htm |title=Nürnberger Menschenrechtspreisträger 2003 |publisher=Das Deutsche Zentrum für Verfolgte Künste |access-date=11 February 2013 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308184841/http://www.exilclub.de/groups/menschenrechte/_hpgen_content10.htm |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgaction.org/news/press_releases/pga-announces-recipients-of-the-17th-annual-dda.html |title=PGA Announces Recipients of the 17th Annual DDA – Press Releases – Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) |publisher=Pgaction.org |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> co-founder of [[Sabrang Communications]], and co-editor of [[Communalism Combat]] * [[Marya Shakil]] (born 1983), anchor and political editor at [[CNN-News18]] * [[Rajat Sharma]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajatsharma.in/my-life/|title=Rajat SharmaRajat Sharma personal life – rajatsharma.in|work=Rajat Sharma}}</ref>(born 18 February 1957), chairman and editor-in-chief of an Indian [[Hindi]] news channel, [[India TV]]. He is a recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]] (2015). * [[Lalit Shastri]], is founder of Newsroom24x7. He has headed the Madhya Pradesh Bureau of [[The Hindu]] and [[The Asian Age]] - two of [[India]]'s leading English newspapers - for more than two decades. * [[Arun Shourie]] (born 2 November 1941),<ref name=freemedia>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes.html |title=IPI International Press Institute: World Press Freedom Heroes |publisher=Freemedia.at |access-date=16 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102195257/http://www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-freedom-heroes.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 }}</ref><ref name=CitationShourieAru>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShourieAru.htm |title=1982 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts – Arun Shourie |publisher=Rmaf.org.ph |access-date=16 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117020141/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShourieAru.htm |archive-date=17 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a World Press Freedom hero and winner of the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts * [[Aarti Tikoo Singh]] (born 12 October 1978), assistant editor at The Times of India, conflict and international affairs writer and reporter. * [[S Nihal Singh]] (1929 - 2018), editor of ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', ''[[The Indian Express]]'', ''Indian Post'' and ''[[Khaleej Times]]''. Awarded the [[International Editor of the Year Award]] in 1978 for opposing the Emergency. <ref name="c541">{{cite web | title=Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh dies at 88 | website=Hindustan Times | date=16 April 2018 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/veteran-journalist-s-nihal-singh-dies-at-88/story-5VsqbNxewL9KpBTmwIYmXN.html | access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref> * [[Aditya Sinha]], Indian journalist and author; former editor-in-chief of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' and [[Daily News and Analysis|''DNA'']]. * [[Puripanda Appala Swamy]] (13 November 1904 – 18 November 1982), Telugu writer, journalist and editor

==T==   * [[Paranjoy Guha Thakurta]] (born 5 October 1955), independent journalist and writer. * [[Janardan Thakur]] (1936 - 1999), editor, political reporter and columnist. Editor of ''[[The Free Press Journal]]'' and most known for his book on Emergency, ''All The Prime Minister’s Men'' (1977).<ref name="s519">{{cite web | last=Roy | first=Biswajit | title=Shri Mahajan Condoles The Death Of Shri Janardhan Thakur| website= Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting| date=31 December 2002 |quote= a highly respected journalist whose contribution to the growth of journalism is commendable. | url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr99/l0799/r120799.html | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> * [[Karan Thapar]] (born 5 November 1955), award-winning news commentator<ref name=chillibreeze2 /><ref name=CHAWARDS /> * [[Anshuman Tiwari]] (born 25 March 1974), journalist and editor of [[India Today]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/author/Anshuman-Tiwari/1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303065742/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/author/Anshuman-Tiwari/1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2015|title=Anshuman Tiwari Editor of India Today Hindi}}</ref> at [[India Today Group]] 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ramnath-goenka-awards-express-group-honours-the-best-in-indian-journalism/900305/|title=Anshuman Tiwari Awarded with Ramnath Goenka Award for Investigative Journalism}}</ref> * [[Madhu Trehan]], co-founder of [[India Today]]

==V==   * [[Manikchandra Vajpayee]] (7 October 1919 – 25 December 2005), journalist, founder editor of multi-edition Hindi daily Swadesh<ref>{{cite news |title=RSS veteran Manikchand Vajpayee passes away |url=https://haindavakeralam.com/rss-veteran-manikchand-hk19742 |agency=[[United News of India]] |publisher=Haindava Keralam |date=27 December 2005}}</ref> * [[B. G. Verghese|Boobli George Verghese]] (21 June 1927 – 30 December 2014),<ref name=CitationVergheseBoo>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationVergheseBoo.htm |title=1975 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts – Boobli George Verghese |publisher=Rmaf.org.ph |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> winner of the 1975 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts * [[Syed Vicaruddin]] (30 April 1942 – 10 December 2021), chief editor of Rahnuma-e-Deccan and also served as Chairman of Indo-Arab League * [[Govindlal Vora]] (12 March 1932 – 13 May 2018), veteran journalist and chief editor of Amrit Sandesh<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=14 May 2018|title=Veteran Chhattisgarh journalist Govind Lal Vora dies|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/veteran-chhattisgarh-journalist-govind-lal-vora-dies-118051401315_1.html|access-date=2020-12-19}}</ref>

==Z==   * [[Sahar Zaman (journalist)|Sahar Zaman]], journalist, newscaster, news anchor, art curator, media entrepreneur, jewelry designer, guest lecturer

==See also== * [[Media of India]] * [[List of journalists killed in India]] * [[List of Malayalam-language newspapers]] * [[List of newspapers in India]] * [[List of newspapers in India by readership]] * [[List of television stations in India]] * [[Malayalam journalism]] * [[Television in India]]

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book |title=Role of press and Indian freedom struggle |first=A. S. |last=Iyengar |publisher=APH Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=978-81-7648-256-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pAJDpBQhBlcC}}

== External links == * [http://www.imcfj.org.in/index.php Indian Media Centre for Journalists] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130620090429/http://www.pressacademyarchives.ap.nic.in/Newspaper.asp Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh Archives (Telugu)] (archived 20 June 2013)

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