News Broadcasting
Rahul Shivshankar takes the editorial affairs director’s position at CNN News18
MUMBAI: The baton has been passed, the desk cleared, and Rahul Shivshankar is moving from behind the camera to behind the curtain too. The veteran journalist and host of The Hard Facts, CNN News18’s 9 pm bulletin, has been appointed editorial affairs director at the network—a promotion that sees him add strategic decisions apart from pointed questions to his daily routine.
Starting Monday, Shivshankar will oversee the channel’s entire news operation, from input to output, production to off-platform content. Every team will now report to him, a consolidation of power that reflects his years of newsroom leadership across multiple networks.
“The baton of leadership of CNN News18 will pass to Rahul Shivshankar, a journalistic veteran,” said Network 18 chief content officer Santosh Menon in an internal memo. “He has a track record of having led many TV newsrooms with aplomb, and I am sure he’ll consolidate and expand CNN News18’s leadership as its editorial affairs director.”
Shivshankar is no stranger to the grind. An archetypal journalist—prolific columnist, published author, prime-time interrogator—he now faces his toughest assignment yet: keeping a 24-hour news machine running smoothly whilst maintaining the edge that made him a household name.
