Sutapa Deb

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Sutapa Deb
Sutapa Deb (right), IFFI (2005)
NationalityIndian
OccupationJournalist

Sutapa Deb is an Indian television journalist.[1][2] Her journey as a journalist began with Indian Express and India Today in Delhi. She made the transition from print to television when she joined NDTV.

She has a postgraduate in English literature,[citation needed]. As a television journalist she has reported on education, women, children, health, labour, disability and unemployment. She traveled to villages in West Bengal, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and other states to bring the voices of the rural to mainstream news coverage.

She is a part of series India Matters on NDTV. In certain cases, the reports have made the administration take action.[citation needed] In, 2002, her documentary on the Unsung Heroes of the Gujarat earthquake won her the Indian Telly Award for the best documentary of the year.[2]

Sutapa Deb has been honoured with the 'Commonwealth Broadcasting Association-Thomson Foundation Journalist of the Year' award at the CBA's Broadcasting Awards for 2008.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Devyani Onial (13 April 2006). "16 stories that needed excellence and how they got it". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b K.N. Sivakumaran (2 September 2007). "Short Notes on Indian Cinema – 01". The Nation on Sunday (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  3. ^ "2008 CBA Broadcasting Awards". Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 30 November 2010.