News Broadcasting
Emmy nominees for news coverage announced
NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the International Emmy in the category of news coverage on 31 July.
This year, for the first time, the International Emmy Award for News Coverage will be presented at the National Television Academy’s News and Documentary Emmy Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, 3 September 2003 in New York City.
The International Television Academy President Fred Cohen, in a statement, has plugged these awards as a global event for news professionals worldwide where the international nominees will be honoured alongside their American news and documentary colleagues.
The four nominees in the news coverage category for the 2003 International Emmy Awards are:
Radioactive Ammunitions: Deployed Again Despite Scientists’ Warnings
ARD/WDR, Germany.
Gulf War II
Associated Press Television News, United Kingdom.
20 Heures: Evening News Looting at Baghdad Museum
France 2 Television, France.
The Fall of Saddam
ITN for Channel 4 News, United Kingdom.
Nominees for the remaining seven international Emmies in the categories of arts programming, children and young people, documentary, drama series, popular arts – non-scripted, popular arts scripted and TV movies/mini-series will be announced at MIPCOM in Cannes on Friday, 10 October 2003.
They will be presented on Monday, 24 November 2003 in New York City at the 31st International Emmy Awards Gala.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a division of the National Television Academy, was chartered in 1969 with a mission to honor and encourage excellence in television programming outside the United States through the International Emmy Award.
The Academy is an independent organisation of television and media leaders from all over the globe with representatives from over 50 countries on its board. It is a forum for the representatives for exchanging ideas, discussing common issues, and promoting new strategies for the future development of quality global television programming.
News Broadcasting
Rajesh Sundaram joins NDTV Profit as senior editor, assignment
The 32-year newsroom veteran has launched channels on three continents and covered everything from 9/11 to South African television
MUMBAI: NDTV Profit has bolstered its newsroom with a hire who has done rather more than most. Rajesh Sundaram, a journalist with over three decades of editorial, managerial and consultative experience across India and international markets, joins as senior editor, assignment, tasked with sharpening the network’s newsgathering and real-time response.
Sundaram’s career reads like a tour of Indian media’s most formative moments. He began at Businessworld in 1994, moved to Zee News as bureau chief across Mumbai and Chennai, then joined NDTV in 2002 as part of its political bureau during a particularly febrile period in Indian politics. A stint as India correspondent for Al Jazeera International followed, where he covered key geopolitical developments and got his first serious taste of the global newsroom.
What sets Sundaram apart, however, is his serial channel-launching habit. At NewsX, he helped get the operation off the ground. At Headlines Today, part of the India Today Group, he served as editor. At News Nation, he helped launch the Hindi news channel and its digital ecosystem. He then crossed continents to lead the launch of ANN7 in South Africa as editor-in-chief, overseeing both television and digital. Back in India, he launched Tamil news channels News7 Tamil and Cauvery News, and later served as principal consultant for the launch of Marathi channel Lokshahi. Most recently, he helped build and lead the Press Trust of India’s video service and content studio, before stints consulting for Business Today and The Himalayan Times.
Rahul Kanwal, chief executive and editor-in-chief of NDTV, left little doubt about what Sundaram is expected to deliver. “The assignment desk is where a newsroom’s intent becomes action,” he said. “Rajesh brings a rare combination of field experience and leadership in building news operations at scale.”
Sundaram has reported from across India and the world, covering elections, civil conflicts, the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the 2008 US presidential election.
At NDTV Profit, he will lead the assignment desk, driving editorial coordination and real-time response across markets and breaking developments. For a business news network sharpening its focus on speed and multi-platform delivery, it has hired a man who has built newsrooms from scratch on three continents. The assignment desk is in good hands.
