News Broadcasting
British broadcast journalist Daljit Dhaliwal joins CNN International
British broadcast journalist Daljit Dhaliwal, formerly with ITN, is joining CNN International.
She will be based in the network’s Atlanta headquarters, an official release says. Starting in August, she will anchor the network’s signature World News program as well as host CNN’s World Report. Daljit will also be one of the anchors instrumental in launching a new sequence of co-anchored programs debuting in October.
“Daljit’s exceptional journalistic skills combined with her engaging on-screen presence reaffirms CNN International’s commitment to a highly-skilled and diverse anchor base,” comments CNN International executive vice-president and general manager, Rena Golden.
Previously, Daljit anchored ITN’s World News for Public Television, which was seen throughout the United States on PBS. In addition, Daljit co-anchored Britain’s primetime Channel Four News and served as a senior anchor on ITN’s 24-hour news channel. She will shortly be seen on PBS’s weekly international events documentary series, Wide Angle, which she will host with former US secretary of state spokesman, James P Rubin.
As a broadcast anchor, Daljit has reported on all the major international news stories of the last eight years, including the Balkans conflict, the on-going tensions in the Middle East, the genocide in Rwanda and the US war against terror. She has also interviewed political leaders such as Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams, US Senator George Mitchell, Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Daljit has moderated and hosted many prestigious conferences, including United Nations conferences in New York and at The Hague. She has also served as a judge for the Amnesty International Media Awards and Britain’s TV BAFTAS. In 1999, she was named one of People magazines’ “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” and was also listed in Esquire magazine’s “Women We Love” profile.
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.
