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List of Indian journalists

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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.

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  • Sucheta Dalal (born ca 1962), female columnist, who is the winner of the civilian award Padma Shri in 2006[23]
  • 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.[24][25]
  • Jyotirmoy Dey (1955 – 11 June 2011), investigative journalist who was murdered 11 June 2011[26][27] and posthumously awarded the Prem Bhatia Award in 2011 for political reporter of the year, which he shared with Josy Joseph[28]
  • Subal Kumar Dey, founder and chief editor of Bengali language daily newspaper Syandan Patrika.[29]
  • 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,[30] is currently with Deutsche Welle. She received the ‘ProDrive Motorsports Award’ for the years 2018 and 2019[31] 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 reporting,[32]
  • Barkha Dutt (born 18 December 1971) of NDTV,[5][6] past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,[33] gained notoriety in the Radia tapes controversy[34]

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  • 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.

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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 2021. He currently serves as the Digital Sports Head for ITV network group.

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  • Brahm Kanchibhotla (1953–6 April 2020), writer on the developing Telugu community in America.
  • 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),[37] 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.[40] Kanwal also hosts prime-time show Newstrack[41] on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today.[42]

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  • R. K. Laxman (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015),[43] winner of the 1984 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts

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  • Boria Majumdar, Indian sports journalist on India Today and Aaj Tak. Majumdar is married to Sharmistha Gupta.[44]
  • Inder Malhotra (1 February 1930 – 11 June 2016), received the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013[45]
  • 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 newspaper
  • Udayan Mukherjee[5] 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,[46] columnist,[47] author, blogger.

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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,[13]
  • Saeed Naqvi (born 1940), journalist, columnist, interviewer and have interviews global leaders like Fidel Castro, Gaddafi, Ezer Weizman and otherz.[48]

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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.
  • Humra Quraishi (24 April 1955 – 16 January 2025), was an Indian journalist, author, and columnist based in Delhi.[52]

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  • Manikchandra Vajpayee (7 October 1919 – 25 December 2005), journalist, founder editor of multi-edition Hindi daily Swadesh[70]
  • Boobli George Verghese (21 June 1927 – 30 December 2014),[71] 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[72]

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

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