# Sunetra Choudhury > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sunetra_Choudhury > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sunetra_Choudhury.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunetra_Choudhury > Source revision: 1283734919 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) TV journalist **Sunetra Choudhury** is a journalist and anchor with [The Hindustan Times](/source/The_Hindustan_Times).[1] Her career started with The Indian Express in 1999 where she became the deputy chief reporter. In 2002, she began her TV career with Star News. Later, she moved to [NDTV](/source/NDTV) in 2003.[2] Primarily located in [New Delhi](/source/New_Delhi), she is an alumnus of the [Indian Institute of Mass Communication](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Mass_Communication).[3] ## Career Choudhury started her career with the newspaper [The Indian Express](/source/The_Indian_Express) in 1999 and became the Deputy Chief Reporter responsible for their city section [Newsline](http://www.newsline.in/). In 2002, she entered the electronic media industry when she joined [STAR News](/source/STAR_News) as a reporter in Hindi. In 2003, she joined the [New Delhi](/source/New_Delhi) based [NDTV](/source/NDTV). On 30 April 2019, she announced that she has quit NDTV.[4] On 1 May 2019, she joined [Hindustan Times](/source/Hindustan_Times).[5][6] She has been an anchor and reporter covering everything from natural disasters to crime, investigations and politics.[7] ### 2010 In 2010, [Hachette India](http://www.hachetteindia.com/) published a book authored by her, named *Braking News*.[8] The book is set two months before the general elections in May 2009. Choudhury, along with her colleague Naghma Sahar trundled the bylanes and boondocks of [India](/source/India) in search of the elusive Indian voter, and an insight into his mind. They went to villages without electricity in UP, to tribal settlements in Jharkhand, to Baripada in Odisha and Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. They carried out a daily show called the Election Express, that spoke one on one with the locals and tried to understand the issues that determined their lives. Primarily being an election travelogue, she mentions:[9] Part travelogue, part election special, part candid confessions of an inveterate TV cameratime junkie, this book is a delightfully frank account of one woman's understanding of why the country voted as it did; and how obvious it is, once out of the larger cities that development is the ultimate votegetter.... ### 2011 In 2011, she reported facing an awkward harassment situation from a senior politician.[10] In 2015, she received the Red Ink Award for her story on how disabled children were being adopted by Indian families for the very first time.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ### 2019 On 10 November 2019, [Roli Books](/source/Roli_Books) published the book *Black Warrant*, which was co-authored by Sunetra Chaudhury and Sunil Gupta.[11] ## Bibliography - *Breaking News* (2010) - *Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India's Most Famous* (2017) - *[Black Warrant](/source/Black_Warrant_(novel))* (2019) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["A bold red bus revolution"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160508154250/http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/article270841.ece). Archived from [the original](http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/article270841.ece) on 8 May 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Making headlines"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100611073055/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Making-headlines/Article1-24826.aspx). *Hindustan Times*. 30 October 2004. Archived from [the original](http://www.hindustantimes.com/Making-headlines/Article1-24826.aspx) on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Alumni"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110811105142/http://www.iimc.nic.in/alumini-pgdc-journ.html). Indian Institute of Mass Communication. Archived from [the original](http://www.iimc.nic.in/alumini-pgdc-journ.html) on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["**Twitter Post** by Sunetra Choudhury"](https://twitter.com/sunetrac/status/1123248551566254080). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["**Twitter Post** by Sunetra Choudhury"](https://twitter.com/sunetrac/status/1123422667288145920). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["**NDTV's Sunetra Choudhury joins HT as National Political Editor** by exchange4media Staff"](https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/ndtvs-sunetra-choudhury-joins-ht-as-national-political-editor-96457.html). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Books by Sunetra Choudhury"](http://www.hachetteindia.com/Author_Details.aspx?AuthorId=xpiFkdsxTlM=). Hachette. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Braking News"](http://www.asianwindow.com/tag/sunetra-choudhury/). Asian Window. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["**Braking News** by Sunetra Choudhury"](http://www.hachetteindia.com/TitleDetails.aspx?titleId=1911). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789350090527](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789350090527). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Pervy Politician needs to get his act together"](http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_pervy-politician-need-to-get-his-act-together_1564112). *DNA India*. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["'**Black Warrant': A compilation of unheard stories of Tihar** by IANS"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/black-warrant-a-compilation-of-unheard-stories-of-tihar/articleshow/72272987.cms). ## External links - [Sunetra Choudhury on Twitter](https://twitter.com/sunetrac) v t e NDTV Corporate leadership Gautam Adani Sanjay Pugalia News channels Current NDTV 24x7 NDTV India NDTV Prime Astro Awani (JV with Astro) Independent Television (JV with Beximco) Former NDTV Profit NDTV Hindu Notable programmes Highway on My Plate We the People Truth vs Hype The Car & Bike Show Personnel Current Ambika Anand Namrata Brar Appan Menon Sonia Singh Vishnu Som Swati Thiyagarajan Former Shekhar Gupta Barkha Dutt Nidhi Razdan Vinod Dua Vikram Chandra Noopur Tiwari Sunetra Choudhury Pankaj Pachauri Rajdeep Sardesai Arnab Goswami Ravish Kumar Punya Prasun Bajpai Sanjay Pinto Suparna Singh Pankaj Pachauri Sreenivasan Jain Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sunetra Choudhury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunetra_Choudhury) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunetra_Choudhury?action=history)). 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