WOMEN JOURNALISTS IN INDIA THAT CHANGE THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM

·Faye D’Souza- Undoubtedly one of the most recognized faces of Indian journalism, she started her career in journalism with All India Radio. She won the 2018 RedInk Award for “Journalist of the Year”, and rose to fame as the anchor for The Urban Debate on Mirror Now. In 2019 she quit Mirror Now to start her independent channel. She has constantly called out inaction by government figures over corruption, religious intolerance and incompetent governance.

·Rana Ayyub- She started her career as an investigative journalist with Tehelka. Under Tehelka, one of her most famous assignments was to uncover political cover-ups, if any, of the 2002 Gujrat riots. Though Tehelka did not publish her finding, she authored the book Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover-up of Godhra Train Burning on the basis of her finding. She was rewarded the most Resilient Global journalist at the Peace Palace in Hague in 2018 and also received the McGill Award for journalistic courage in 2020. Currently, she is associated with The Washington Post as a Global Opinions Writer.

· Nidhi Razdan- Author of the book, Left, Right and Centre: The Idea of India, She started her career with NDTV and is currently an executive editor with them. She has been awarded the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, the International Press Institute award for excellence in journalism and the Teacher’s Achievement Award for Communication.

·Shaili Chopra- Founder of SheThePeople. TV-India's first platform for stories on women-Shaili Chopra has worked with NDTV-profit and ETNOW and authored four books. She has covered events like the G-20, and WEF@Davos, and was also one of the reported to report live from outside the Taj Hotel during the 26/11 attacks. In 2012, she won the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Business Journalism.

· Madhu Trehan- Founding editor of news magazine India Today, She started her career by working in the press department of the United Nations. In 1977, she handed over the stewardship of the company to her brother, and in 1986, she produced and anchored India's first video magazine, Newstrack. She is also one of the founders of Newslaundry.

·Shereen Bhan- She is synonymous with corporate and economic news in India. She started her career as a news researcher with Infotainment television and is currently the Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18. Over an 18-year-long career, She has produced and anchored prominent shows like Young Turks, India Business Hour, The Nation Business etc. She is the recipient of the 2005 “FICCI Woman of the Year” Award and the World Economic Forum named her one of the Young Global Leaders of 2009.

· Sharda Ugra- To date, sports journalism remains a largely male-dominated field. But she was one of the first journalists to break this particular glass ceiling. Despite the struggles she faced at the start of her career, she continued on. Today, 23 years later, she is a senior editor with ESPNcricinfo and a leading face of sports journalism. She also called out the prevalent sexual harassment in Indian sports.