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As the oldest commercial television network in the UK, Independent Television (generally known as ITV) has employed many journalists and newsreaders to present its news programmes as well as to provide news reports and interviews during its long history.
Since the ITV network started Independent Television News Limited (ITN) has held the contract to produce national and international news for the ITV Network. Meanwhile, the regional ITV stations have provided local news programmes tailored for their regional audiences.
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- Christa Ackroyd – presenter on Calendar during the 1990s; she left to join the BBC's Look North
- Kaye Adams – journalist on Central Television; later presenter on Scottish TV
- Graham Addicott – former reporter/presenter on Thames Television; now runs independent production company First Freedom Productions
- Sameena Ali-Khan – presenter on ITV Central; presented the ITV Weekend News on occasions in 2006
- Eamonn Andrews - main presenter of Thames Television's 'Today' programme during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also a sports presenter and commentator, and was the first-ever presenter of ITV's 'World of Sport', but he was best-known as the host of This Is Your Life, Crackerjack and What's My Line? He died in 1987.
- Jo Andrews – former political correspondent and Deputy Political Editor at ITN
- Fiona Armstrong – presenter for Border Television's regional news programme Lookaround; later a newscaster on ITN's News at Ten
- Pamela Armstrong – ITN newscaster, 1983–1986
- Mark Austin – former main presenter of ITV Evening News and ITV News at Ten; since joining ITN (on ITV) in 1986, having previously worked on BBC news programmes; has specialised in a variety of roles including sports reporter, foreign correspondent, and then newscaster for Channel 4 News
- Lisa Aziz – former co-presenter for ITV Westcountry and news presenter on TV-am
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- Zeinab Badawi – first presenter of the ITV News at 5:30 and co-presented Channel 4 News for several years, before joining BBC News
- Faye Barker – main newscaster for ITV News London at 5:30, January 2009 – December 2012; continues to work with ITN across ITV London and ITV News output
- Carol Barnes – worked for ITN, 1975–2004, as both reporter and newscaster; died in March 2008
- Gaynor Barnes – presenter and journalist employed by ITV Yorkshire since 1991
- Felicity Barr – first female sports correspondent for ITV News in 2001
- Martin Bashir – left BBC in 1999 to join ITV, working on special documentary programmes and features for Tonight
- Seán Batty – meteorologist, currently working for STV
- Andrea Benfield – journalist and presenter, ITV News: Wales at Six
- Sally Biddulph – reporter and newsreader at ITV News Central and political correspondent for Thames Valley Tonight in Westminster; joined ITN in 2009 as news correspondent, political correspondent and presenter on ITV News at 5:30, ITV News at 1:30 and ITV News Saturday prime-time bulletins; newsreader for ITV News London since 2014
- Reginald Bosanquet – best known for presenting ITN bulletins in the 1970s; joined ITN at its start in 1955 as a sub-editor; later reported from many parts of the world and was the diplomatic correspondent for four years; held the 'head anchor' title at ITN between 1974 and 1976, in the absence of Alastair Burnet; died in 1984; son of the cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, who famously invented the 'googly'
- Tom Bradby – ITV News' political editor, July 2005 – October 2015; joined ITN as an editorial trainee in 1990 and subsequently became producer for Michael Brunson, ITN's political editor, in 1992; Ireland correspondent 1993–1996; Asia correspondent 1999–2001; then Royal correspondent for ITV News; subsequently became UK editor before taking up the post of political editor; gave up his position as political editor in October 2015 to become sole anchor of ITV News at Ten
- Colin Brazier – reporter on ITV
- Fern Britton – television presenter, former co-anchor of the Southampton edition of TVS local news programme Coast To Coast, best known as co-presenter for ITV magazine programme This Morning, 1999–2009
- Antony Brown (born 1922) – newsreader in the 1950s and 1960s. Announced the assassination of President Kennedy. Co-author of historical fiction with Norman MacKenzie under the joint pseudonym 'Anthony Forrest'. Father of the BBC News presenter Ben Brown.[1][2]
- Michael Brunson – Washington correspondent and diplomatic editor of ITN; best known for serving as the political editor between 1986 and 2000 and as an occasional ITN newscaster
- Lynda Bryans – weekend newscaster on UTV Live, 2001–2005
- Sir Alastair Burnet – main presenter of News at Ten and ITN election programmes from the early 1960s until his retirement in 1991; held the 'head anchor' title at ITN from 1967 (the year News at Ten was launched) until 1991, except between 1972 and 1976 when he presented for the BBC and became editor of the Daily Express; knighted as a Knight Bachelor in early 1984; died in July 2012
- Gordon Burns - joined Ulster Television in his native Belfast in 1967 as a sports presenter, later presenting the station's flagship programme UTV Reports. He then moved to Granada Television, where he presented Granada Reports and also worked on World In Action in the 1970s, but he is best-known as the long-serving host of Granada's prestigious quiz The Krypton Factor from 1977 until 1995. He joined BBC North West in 1997, becoming the main anchor on North West Tonight until his retirement in 2011.
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- Andrea Catherwood – former main presenter for ITV's weekend news bulletins; joined ITN in April 1998, starting as a newscaster and senior reporter; in these early years, she also presented the ITN Morning News and filed special reports for News at Ten; became medical correspondent; left ITN in September 2006 to front the short-lived political programme The Sunday Edition
- David Chater – award-winning former ITN international correspondent; joined Sky News in 1993
- Paul Clark – UTV Live presenter
- John Clements – Crime Correspondent, 2011–present
- Stephen Cole – reporter for Central Television, Anglia Television's About Anglia and ITN
- Bob Crampton – long-serving presenter and weather forecaster on ITV1 West, formerly HTV West
- Sarah Cullen – former ITN Home Affairs Correspondent
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- Robin Day – worked for ITN from 1955, the first British journalist to interview Egypt's President Nasser after the Suez Crisis. Later moved to the BBC. He died in 2000.
- Katie Derham – former media/arts editor and newscaster for ITV News; presented the ITV Lunchtime News and London Tonight, both produced by ITN; relief presenter for the ITV Evening News and ITV News at Ten; left ITN in June 2010
- Anne Diamond – hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am, which lost its license in 1992; began her television career starting with ATV Today and Central News
- Fred Dinenage – television host and newsreader, based in the south of England; has appeared as presenter of many British television programmes, including World of Sport, and quiz shows, such as Tell The Truth, Gambit and Pass The Buck, and the children's series How. Most of these were produced by Southern Television and its successors TVS and Meridian Broadcasting; however, Dinenage has also worked for the BBC on occasions.
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- Julie Etchingham – co-presenter of ITV News at Ten from January 2008
- Sherrie Eugene – regular presenter and sign language interpreter on HTV News West, and later The West Tonight, 1982–2001
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- Peter Fairley – Science Editor for Independent Television News and TV Times magazine in the late 1960s and early 1970s
- Anna Ford – initially worked as a researcher, news reporter and later newsreader at Granada Television; became a newsreader with ITN, and later helped launch ITV's first breakfast television service, TV-am
- Matt Frei – Europe editor for Channel 4 News
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- Sandy Gall – former ITN foreign correspondent and news presenter
- Andrew Gardner – presented the first News at Ten with Alastair Burnet in 1967; following his retirement from ITN, he worked on Thames Television during the 1980s; died in 1999
- Kate Garraway – currently presents Good Morning Britain; previously Daybreak and GMTV
- Martin Geissler – Africa correspondent for ITV News since May 2006; joined ITV News in April 2002 from STV Central's regional news programme Scotland Today, where he was a news reporter and presenter
- Shiulie Ghosh – journalist and reporter for ITV News, 1998–2006
- Anne Gregg – reporter and presenter on Ulster Television's Roundabout; also worked for Anglia Television; later co-presented the BBC's Holiday programme during the 1980s; died in 2006
- Krishnan Guru-Murthy – presenter for Channel 4 News and new presenter for ITV News for 2016
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- Sam Hall – on-screen reporter, occasional newscaster; later, newscaster, reporter and Washington correspondent for TV-am
- Will Hanrahan – presenter of Serve You Right for Meridian TV
- Gerry Harrison – in 1985 took over as Head of Sport at Anglia TV; left in 1993
- Julie Harrison - Reporter and Presenter at ITV Tyne Tees News
- Andrew Harvey – presenter on the ITN News Channel with Lucy Alexander; moved on to his own programme after breakfast, Live with Andrew Harvey
- Julian Haviland – ITN Political Editor, 1975–1981
- Dominic Heale – former presenter of Central News East, later moved to the BBC to present East Midlands Today
- Gerald Hine-Haycock – known by his then-broadcasting name Gerald Haycock; left ITN in 1981, to report for and present HTV News at HTV West, followed by BBC Points West at BBC West
- Derek Hobson – ATV continuity announcer and presenter of ATV Today during the 1970s; hosted quizzes, such as New Faces, That's My Dog and Jeopardy!
- Bruce Hockin – long-serving main anchor on HTV News
- Alison Holloway - worked initially as an announcer for Westward Television before joining HTV West, where she worked as an announcer and main presenter on HTV News during the 1980s.
- Eamonn Holmes – presenter on Ulster Television's Good Evening Ulster, 1982–1986; presented GMTV, 1993–2005; hosted a number of quiz and game shows; currently a regular presenter on This Morning
- Gordon Honeycombe – newscaster at ITN, 1965–1977; twice voted the most popular newscaster in Britain, by readers of the Daily Mirror and of The Sun; returned to regular newsreading, 1984–1989, as chief newsreader at TV-am, becoming Britain's longest-serving ITV newscaster; died in 2015
- Nina Hossain – main newscaster on ITV Lunchtime News and ITV News London since 2010; regular relief newscaster on all main ITV News bulletins since 2004
- Robin Houston - main newscaster of lunchtime and late Thames News bulletins, 1978-1992
- Gloria Hunniford – presenter on Ulster Television's Good Evening Ulster, 1979–1982; became a chat show host with her own Sunday Sunday, and a quiz show host and panellist; now presents Rip Off Britain for the BBC; mother of the late Caron Keating, a presenter on Blue Peter and This Morning
- Alex Hyndman – freelance newscaster and reporter on ITV News London and ITV News weekend bulletins
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- John Irvine – ITN's Washington correspondent; before joining ITN in 1994 as a Northern Ireland correspondent, worked for UTV News.
- Jayne Irving - worked on Good Morning Britain from 1983 until 1986, originally reading the news bulletins, then as a main anchor. She left to join the BBC, where she presented Open Air from 1986 until 1990.
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- Catherine Jacob – editorial trainee at ITN from September 2000; news presenter for Granada Reports and ITV News Tyne Tees in 2013
- Becky Jago - News presenter at ITV Anglia.
- Peter Jay - main presenter of Weekend World from 1972–77, he then became the founding chairman of TV AM in 1983. He later joined the BBC.
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- Natasha Kaplinsky – joined ITV to present ITN News in 2011
- Robert Kee – anchor for ITN's first lunchtime bulletin First Report, 1972–1976; died in 2013
- Lorraine Kelly – started as a reporter for Scottish television; came to national attention by reporting on the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster in 1988; she has since presented Good Morning Britain, GMTV and Daybreak, continues to host her own show Lorraine to this day
- Lucy Kite – news presenter and producer on Central Tonight for ITV Central from 2002; entertainment correspondent from January 2006; from November 2008, appointed relief presenter on West Midlands edition of Central
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- Alastair Layzell – produced and directed documentaries for ITV network including Summer 1940, the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands
- Jan Leeming – presenter and reporter for Westward Television during the 1960s and a presenter on HTV News West during the 1970s, before becoming a newsreader for the BBC
- Martyn Lewis – news presenter for HTV and then ITN, where he was a regular presenter for News at Ten; joined the BBC in 1986 to front the new One O'Clock News
- Terry Lloyd – Middle East reporter; killed by US troops in 2003 while covering the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
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- Hamish MacDonald - Reporter for ITV
- Donal MacIntyre - presenter on ITV's London Tonight
- Barbara Mandell – first female newsreader in Britain, presenting ITN bulletins from 1956 to the late 1960s; died in 1998
- Penny Marshall – ITV News Social Affairs Editor
- James Mates – ITV News Europe Editor; relief newscaster for ITV News at 1:30, ITV News at 6:30 and ITV News at Ten; main newscaster for ITV News on Sundays
- Helen McDermott – television presenter, best known for her work at Anglia Television
- Trevor McDonald – ITN newscaster, 1973–2008; first black news anchor in the UK; joined ITN as a reporter in 1973 and rose to become a newscaster by the late 1970s; in the mid-1980s was diplomatic editor for Channel 4 News; main newscaster for News at Ten, 1992–1999 and 2001–2005; during this period he also hosted Granada Television's current affairs programme Tonight with Trevor McDonald; retired from newscasting in 2005, but returned to ITN to present the revived News at Ten for eleven months in 2008; knighted in 1999
- Lucy Meacock – presenter of Granada Reports
- Guy Michelmore – reporter on Anglia TV's About Anglia, 1983–1993; son of the late Cliff Michelmore
- Ivor Mills - ITN reporter and newscaster, 1965–78
- Ed Mitchell – reporter on ITN News
- Mike Morris – main anchor on Good Morning Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s; previously worked for Thames News; later worked on GMTV; main anchor on Calendar, 1996–2002; died in 2012
- Tony Morris – presenter of Granada Reports
- Nazanine Moshiri – newsreader and reporter on ITV's London Tonight and the ITV Morning News
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- Jennifer Nadel – ITN's Home Affairs Editor, 1994–1999
- Bill Neely – joined ITN in 1989, was Washington Correspondent for 6 years, Europe Correspondent for 5, International Editor for 12; covered many events including the fall of the Berlin Wall, break-up of the Soviet Union, both Gulf Wars, and September 11 attacks; left in 2014 to join NBC News
- Mike Neville – joined Tyne Tees Television in 1959 as a young reporter; later became presenter of regional news programme before leaving for the BBC; returned to ITV in 1996 with his own programme on Tyne Tees until 2005. He died in 2017.
- Michael Nicholson – former ITN senior foreign correspondent and newscaster; original host of ITN News at 5:45 when it was introduced in 1976; died in December 2016
- Mary Nightingale – main newscaster on ITV Evening News; joined ITV News in January 2001 and has since presented both the 6:30 pm bulletin as well as special ITN programmes on ITV
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- Rageh Omaar – joined ITV News in 2013 after being a newsreader on Al Jazeera English and a columnist for BBC News
- Nicholas Owen – joined ITN in 1984 as Channel 4 News business and economics correspondent; ITN's royal correspondent, 1994–2000; in 2003, he became the main presenter of ITV News at 1:30; left ITN in 2006 for the BBC, where he is currently a relief presenter for the BBC News at Six, as well as a main presenter on the BBC News Channel, and a radio presenter on Classic FM
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- Leonard Parkin – reporter and newscaster with ITN from circa 1973 to 1987; between 1976 and 1987 he was one of the main presenters for ITN's News at One; often hosted the News at 5:45 in the early 1980s; occasionally presented News at Ten; and retired in 1987; subsequently presented documentaries for Yorkshire Television until his death in 1993.
- Matthew Parris – former Conservative MP, who presented Weekend World from 1986 to 1988.
- Apla Patel – presenter and reporter for ITV Anglia News; freelance reporter for ITV News; now the main weekend presenter of World News Today on BBC World News, BBC Four, BBC News Channel and BBC London
- Robert Peston – ITV News' Political Editor since January 2016, replacing Tom Bradby; formerly BBC News' Business and Economics Editor
- Fiona Phillips – main anchor on GMTV, presented GMTV Today, 1997–2008
- Ian Payne – Lead news anchor of ITV News Border
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- Gaby Rado – journalist who died in Iraq during the 2003 invasion; joined BBC News as a radio reporter, then ITN in 1985 as a writer for ITV bulletins, before transferring to ITN's Channel 4 News in 1988
- Jeff Randall - produced television documentaries for ITV
- Phil Reay-Smith – general correspondent for ITV News until August 2010; now Consumer Editor on ITV Breakfast show Daybreak since its launch in September 2010
- Pam Rhodes - presenter of Anglia Television’s About Anglia during the 1970s and 1980s. She is now best-known as a long-serving presenter of the BBC's Songs of Praise.
- Steve Rider – English sports presenter and anchorman of ITV's football coverage, having previously been a long-serving main anchor on the BBC's Grandstand
- Dan Rivers —international correspondent for ITV News
- Nick Robinson – Political Editor for ITV News, 2002–2005
- Chris Rogers – presented and reported for ITV News
- Tim Rogers – first Wales Correspondent for ITN, joining from the BBC in 1997; Moscow Correspondent, 2001–2002; North of England Correspondent, 2002–2008; London-based until late 2008; now Head of Training for the Thomson Foundation, a charitable foundation supporting media development and training journalists across the world
- Pam Royle - Lead news anchor on ITV News Border
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- Annie St John - announcer for HTV West, Tyne Tees and LWT during the 1980s, and later a main presenter on HTV News West. She died from a drugs overdose in 1990.
- Angus Scott - regular sports presenter for HTV during the 1980s and 1990s: he frequently presented sports news on HTV News. He is the brother of Steve Scott.
- Selina Scott – presenter of Grampian Today; in 1980 moved to ITN to replace Anna Ford on News at Ten; left to present the BBC's Breakfast Time; later co-hosted The Clothes Show
- Steve Scott – sports editor and newscaster for ITV News from ITN; began his television career as Industrial Correspondent with West Tonight on ITV West; joined ITN in 1993. He is married to the former HTV News presenter Patricia Yorston, and is also the brother of Angus Scott.
- Chris Ship – Royal Editor for ITV News and occasional weekend news presenter
- Peter Sissons – joined ITN in 1964 and became their Industrial Editor after being wounded covering the Nigerian Civil War; became alternate presenter of the News at One in 1976; presented the first edition of Channel 4 News in 1982; left in 1989 to join BBC News
- Jon Snow – journalist and presenter for ITN, best known for presenting Channel 4 News; cousin of fellow-journalist Peter Snow
- Julia Somerville – joined ITN in 1987 to co-present the Lunchtime News; presenter of ITV News at Ten until it ended in 1999; remained at ITN until October 2001, presenting the ITV News at 1:30 and was the launch newscaster for the ITN News Channel
- Owen Spencer-Thomas – senior reporter on Anglia Television's regional magazine programme About Anglia,[3] 1978–1995; presenter of Reflections
- Judi Spiers - Regular presenter and announcer, initially for Westward Television, then TSW, from 1977 until 1991, when she left to join the BBC.
- Alastair Stewart – Main newscaster on ITV Lunchtime News, relief newscaster on ITV Evening News and relief newscaster on ITV News at Ten
- Ian Stirling (broadcaster) - long-serving announcer and presenter on Westward Television, TSW and Westcountry Television. He died in 2005.
- Janet Street-Porter – joined LWT in 1975; reporter on The London Weekend Show from 1975 until 1979
- John Suchet – newsreader for ITN, 1972–2004; reporter, 1972–1982, when he became a weekend news presenter; main lunchtime presenter, 1987–1992; best known for his presenting the ITV News at 6:30, 1992–1999; during these years he was also a relief presenter for News at Ten; retired from ITN in 2004; brother of the actor David Suchet
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- Joan Thirkettle – joined ITN in 1974 as one of their first female reporters; died in 1996
- Huw Thomas – Joined ITN in 1956
- Owen Thomas – worked for many years at ITN, presenting the now defunct ITV News Channel, the networked ITV Morning News and the regional ITV programme London Tonight.
- Glen Thompsett – Presenter on ITV region Meridian in the South East England and London Weekend
- Debbie Thrower – presented ITV Meridian's news programme Meridian Tonight (southern edition) from its inception in 1993 to 2009; also a BBC newsreader and a presenter on Songs of Praise
- Philippa Tomson – joined ITV News Central as newsreader in 2002; co-presenter of ITV News Tyne Tees from 2006; joined Good Morning Britain in 2010, where she is a news reporter and occasional newsreader
- Denis Tuohy – reporter and newscaster for ITN during the 1990s
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- Geraint Vincent – political correspondent for HTV's Wales Tonight; joined ITN in April 2002 as a news correspondent for ITV News; presented ITV News at 6:30 and ITV News at Ten; Middle East Correspondent for ITV News
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- Brian Walden – former Labour MP; presented many current affairs shows such as Weekend World, Walden and The Walden Interview during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He died in 2019.
- Bob Warman – long-serving main anchor on ITV's news programmes in the Midlands, including ATV Today and Central News
- Mark Webster – former ITN Moscow Correspondent, Business Editor, Political Correspondent and Industrial Correspondent; joined [[five news]] in 2004 (when the programme was produced by Sky News)
- Romilly Weeks – employed by ITN to cover events worldwide for ITV News
- Charlene White – ITV News presenter
- Richard Whiteley – reporter and presenter for Yorkshire Television's Calendar, 1968–1995; best known for his 23-year stint as presenter of Countdown; died in 2005 following a short illness
- Keith Wilkinson – reporter and correspondent for ITV since 1984
- Tim Willcox – worked for ITN News for many years as a presenter and correspondent
- Jonathan Wills – in late 2007, joined ITV Anglia to present the East edition of Anglia Tonight; in 2009, he became the main presenter of ITV News Anglia
- Richard Wyatt – HTV news anchor; presented BBC Radio Bristol's breakfast show, 2007–2009[4]
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- Yao Chin – video journalist reporting on the ITV Morning News, 2009–12; joined ITN as an Assistant News Editor and Westminster Producer, having won a scholarship from ITV News for his post-graduate journalism qualification
- Kirsty Young – joined STV in 1992 to present the main evening news programme, Scotland Today; moved to join ITV in 1999 and briefly became a co-presenter of the ITV News at 6:30 with Dermot Murnaghan in 2001, as well as the Channel 5 News; now presents Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4
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NDTV India
This 24-hour Hindi news channel stands strong as one of India’s leading credible news channels – preferred by an audience which seeks quality programming and pure news, rather than sensational infotainment.
NDTV India’s credo is best captured in its tagline –Khabar Wahi Jo Sach Dikhaye
The Key ShowsPrime Time 21:00-22:00 – A hard debate show with the top newsmakers of the day, hosted by Ravish Kumar
Newspoint @ 10 – A live debate where a live audience ask direct questions to politicians, newsmakers and experts, hosted by Abhigyan Prakash
Badi Khabar – The first take on the day’s biggest story with the players themselves as the news develops. 6:00 PM weekdays hosted by Nidhi Kulpati
Hum Log – A panel of eminent personalities from various walks of life are thrown in to face an audience with burning questions and a strong desire for straight answers on vital issues facing the country, hosted every Sunday by Ravish Kumar.
Mukabla – The week’s big fight between the people who made the most important and controversial news in the week, hosted on Saturdays by Abhigyan Prakash.
Key Personnel & AnchorsAunindyo Chakravarty – Senior Managing Editor, Aunindyo Chakravarty holds the responsibility of heading both NDTV India and NDTV Profit. Aunindyo was part of the original team that launched NDTV Profit and took it to No.1 in its second week when he helped set up the network's business news channel. Since 2008, when he was appointed Managing Editor of NDTV India, Aunindyo has been an integral part of the channel and has already taken it to a leadership position, along with a very talented team. Aunindyo started off as a political and business reporter in 1999 and has worked in every editorial department - research, news desk and anchoring at NDTV.
Devna Dwivedi – Devna has been with NDTV for the last 17 years and is currently Head of Operations and Programming with NDTV India. Having been part of the channel ever since its inception in 2003, Devna is responsible for day-to-day operations, monitoring and evaluating the quality with focus on overall growth of the channel.
Manoranjan Bharati (Baba) – Senior Executive Editor – Political, NDTV India. After graduating with both a Batchelor’s and Master’s degree in Science from Patna University, Manoranjan did a Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication in New Delhi and joined Parakh, a weekly current affairs magazine produced by Vinod Dua and telecast on Doordarshan. Manoranjan then joined NDTV and has been a core member of NDTV’s programming since 1996. He has been covering Parliamentary proceedings for the last 14 years, from the 1996 General Elections till date. As a journalist he has reported all the political ups and downs; fall and rise of governments. With his deep rooted sources in political parties in power as well as in Opposition, he reports with insight and accuracy which only experience and political acumen can bestow. Manoranjan has also reported extensively on the socio-economic conditions of the country. His dedication to his job was exemplified when he became one of the few journalists who had the opportunity to cover both the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and the Parliament attack of 13 December 2001. While covering the carnage at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai he, along with other colleagues, came under fire from terrorists; lying on the ground to save his life, Manoranjan continued with his live reporting from the spot. Manoranjan has received the Bhikhari Thakur Award for his contribution to journalism.
Kamal Khan – Resident Editor, Lucknow, has a post graduate degree in English literature and has studied Russian language and Philology at Moscow University. His career has included working as Russian interpreter and a stint with a Hindi daily of the Times Group 'Navbharat Times'. He has been with NDTV since January 1995 and is now in charge of U.P and Uttarakhand states. He has received the Ram Nath Goenka Award from the President of India, the 'Ganesh Shanker Award', the biggest award for Hindi journalism instituted by the Union HR Ministry, also from the President of India. In addition he has received the NT Award as the best Hindi TV reporter and for Best Documentary on Environment Awareness. Kamal was honoured with an international award from The Federation of SAARC Writers and Literature for his contribution to Hindi TV journalism.
Manish Kumar – Executive Editor NDTV India, Manish started his broadcast career with NDTV’s Bihar bureau in 1995 as a Correspondent. Since then he has covered one of the most volatile decade in the state history which marked over 50 caste massacres and about a dozen scams including the fodder scam which ultimately led to the resignation of Laloo Yadav. He has extensively reported on Eastern India and is an expert on Nepal where he covered almost all the major happenings since IC 814 hijack. Manish strongly believes that no channel covers the news the way ‘NDTV India’ does.
Sunil Saini – Senior Executive Editor, has been in TV journalism for over twenty years, starting as a print journalist with the India Today group. He then moved to news television in the ‘90s when private channels opened up for news broadcasting. He was a part of the core team that launched leading news channels like AAJ TAK in the beginning of 2000 and later Star TV’s news channel in 2002, when Star TV switched to the Hindi medium. Sunil has familiarized himself with operations in a number of major news networks like Sky TV and BBC in London; CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg TV, Cspan and Fox News in the USA, which has helped him in understanding how international news TV works. Sunil has been with NDTV for over six years and in 2010 was selected for a management programme for senior industry professionals by the Swedish Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a science graduate from Punjab University and has additional professional degrees in journalism and business journalism from Times School of Journalism, New Delhi.
Abhishek Sharma – Resident Editor, started his career in 1991 with the largest selling daily in India. After an enriching experience of reporting, and copy editing in various cities Abhishek got a Fellowship from the National Foundation for India for Studying ‘SAVE THE MAJULI ISLAND’ in the North East. He has covered all the major events in Mumbai City and is currently writing on the ‘Political Mobilisation in India – Methodology and Impact’.
Abhigyan Prakash – Senior Executive Editor Abhigyan Prakash is easily one of the best known faces of Indian news television. A prolific anchor, reporter and political analyst, he has, over the years, acquired the distinction of being a tough TV interviewer and a political commentator. As one of the main faces of NDTV India, he has hosted some of the Channel’s top rated shows; NEWSPOINT an hour of news and analysis on weekdays, grilling the key players of the day’s top stories; MUKABLA, a weekend talk show which presents a fiery debate on the week’s top issue in the reviews mindscape. Dubbed by Prannoy Roy, NDTV’s Chairman as ‘magical’ and ‘charismatic’ on air, Abhigyan’s style of presentation is direct, honest and credible. Despite the changing world of the Hindi news space, often accrued of sensation, Abhigyan has uncompromisingly stuck to the core values and ethics of journalism in the shows he hosts. In a career spanning nearly one and a half decades Abhigyan Prakash’s core strength is his ability to host shows with top political readers, movie stars, sportsmen and businessmen with effortless ease; a fact when he was chosen as one of the top 50 young achievers in the country. As a political commentator, Abhigyan Prakash has done live election analysis for every State and Parliamentary elections since 1996, interviewing Prime Ministers and the top political leaders of the country. In 2003 when NDTV India was launched Abhigyan went to Mumbai, where he set up the channel’s operation in the Western hub, including the number one rated show on the channel, then “Mumbai Central “ which continues to be a key brand of NDTV India’s programming. It was his team which broke the Telgi Scam, and for this they were given the President’s Medal. With his expertise of looking at Indian Politics, he has also done specialised election programming like “ELECTION POINT “and “VOTE KI JUNG”. His shift from English to Hindi in 2003 made him one of the best bilingual presenters in the country. Abhigyan is also the winner of several prestigious awards as an “Anchor” and for shows like “JAI JAWAN”, “ NEWSPOINT” and “INDIA ROCKS”.
Ravish Kumar – Senior Executive Editor, Ravish has been with NDTV for over 15 years and currently hosts Prime Time on week nights. Born in Bihar and brought up in Delhi, he speaks both Bhojpuri and Hindi. This multi-talented journalist is an avid blogger with his own blog site ‘naisadak.blogspot.com’, he is a ‘tukbandi kavi’, a story teller, author of a book ‘Dekhte Rahiye’, writes a column, is a film critic and still finds time do sensitive reporting on ordinary issues, reflecting his love of meeting the man on the street. Ravish can be contacted on his tweet @ravishndtv.
Nidhi Kulpati – Senior Editor and a Senior Anchor Nidhi has been with NDTV India since its inception. She has anchored shows like 'Mukhyamantri Chale Gaon', Yuva Sansad’, 'Dilli Durbar’, a talk show dealing with issues of the Capital and 'Prime Time' with discussions on any political issues. She is currently anchoring 'Badi Khabar' which debates important political developments of the day. She started her career with 'Newstrack', and as a reporter has covered the Babri Masjid demolition for international prime time networks. Nidhi has trained with Sky TV London and has also been associated with DD, TVI, Zee News and BBC. News anchoring is a passion for her and she has keen interest in social issues. Nidhi was awarded the INB (Best Hindi News Anchor) and NT Award (Hindi News Anchor of the Year) in 2010
Naghma Sahar – Senior Editor and Senior Anchor with NDTV India, Naghma has been working as a television journalist since 1999. Some of the big events that Naghma has extensively covered have been spending a fortnight in Tamil Nadu in the worst hit areas of Tsunami, Mumbai serial train blasts, Kashmir elections, the opening of the Delhi-Lahore bus service amongst others. Naghma received a UGC scholarship for Rural Development and has done projects with UN agencies like the Population council. Through her show, Salaam Zindagi, the only talk show of its kind that covered sensitive topics like transgender, drug abuse, etc. Naghma managed to carve a niche for herself with a dedicated audience. She spent a month crossing the country on a bus for the ‘Election Express’ programme and has anchored many election shows including the mini series ‘Vote Yatra’. Naghma currently anchors the popular show International Agenda on week nights.
Sikta Deo - Senior Editor and Senior Anchor with NDTV India, Sikta began her career in 1995 in broadcast journalism with Aaj Tak and joined NDTV in 2003. Her in-depth work on cricket match-fixing got the national dailies to follow her reportage. Her in-studio discussions and live reporting on a range of topics like 9/11 terror attack, IC814 hijack, the Parliament and Akshardham terrorist attack, Abu Salem’s extradition,Samjhauta Express Blast have also been very well received. Sikta compelled the Maharashtra Chief Minister and local administration to take stock of the Vidharba farmers’ suicides even before the Prime Minister’s visit in 2006. Sikta has won awards for her special shows, including the National Telly Award for Best Current Affairs Programme (Home & International) for the show ‘Aman Ka Pull’, which was was unique in its concept. She made the families in India and Pakistan interact who have been separated during partition and had never met. And recently she won Indian Television Academy Award for her reportage on the coastal environment. Sikta travelled for two & half months from Gujrat’s Rann of Kutch to the Bay of Bengal, to create awareness and also make the then Enviroment Minister Jairam Ramesh, ,state governments and local administrations respond to the sorry state of the polluted coastal environment of India.