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.[9][10]
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,[13] who along with Achin Vanaik won the 2000 Seán MacBride Peace Prize.
Vikram Chandra (born 7 January 1967), journalist, anchor, and group CEO at NDTV. His mother is former journalist Nandini Chandra[5]
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.[16]
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]
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]
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,[13]
Gour Kishore Ghosh (20 June 1923 – 15 December 2000),[35] 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")[36]
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 is also the executive editor of NDTV India.
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
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.
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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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.
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.[51]
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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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N. P. Rajendran (born 6 November 1954), award-winning editor of Mathrubhumi and Malayalam-language journalist[53][54]
Nidhi Razdan (born 11 April 1977), recipient of the 2007 Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism[55]
Sai Reddy (ca. 1962 – 6 December 2013), reporter for the Hindi-language Deshandhu, was killed by Maoists 6 December 2013, in Basaguda, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh.[56]
Afroz Alam Sahil, Indian journalist and author who covers topics pertaining to Indian politics, history and society. Currently, he is an editor at BeyondHeadlines.[57]
Palagummi Sainath (born 1957),[58] 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[5][6] who is a past recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award,[13]
Niranjan Sengupta (26 July 1903 – 4 September 1969), former president of the National Union of Journalist (India) (Namesake of the "Niranjan Sengupta Memorial Award")[36]
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),[64][65] 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.
Pushpendra Pal Singh, (1970–2023), was the editor of ‘Rozgar Aur Nirman’ newspaper.
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).[67]
Anshuman Tiwari (born 25 March 1974), journalist and editor of India Today[68] 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.[69]
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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