News Broadcasting
Zee News’ investigative show ‘Inside Story’ completes 150 episodes
NEW DELHI: Zee News today announced the successful completion of 150 episodes, of the first ever-investigative programme on Indian television, Inside Story.
Launched on 29 July 2000, with an episode on Bangladeshi immigrants, the programme will celebrate the phenomenal success of its investigative efforts by airing a two – episode special on 10 and 17 August.
Commenting on the completion of 150 episodes of Inside Story, Zee Telefilms Ltd, director-News Group, Laxmi Narayan Goel said: “The Inside Story is just another reaffirmation of our commitment to unveil the truth and get to the bottom of the real story. Inside Story is an effort to bring to light issues that affect the lives of the common man. The programme has been very well received by the audience and their overwhelming response to the show has encouraged us to tackle a host of sensitive issues of national interest.”
The 150th episode would be divided into two segments, with the first segment airing the best of investigative stories on the show and the second segment showcasing select interviews. The second part of the two episode special will be further divided into Best of Inside Story: Social Issues and Best of Inside Story: Crime.
This special package will once again place on the anvil the hard- hitting stories tackling social issues like NRI marriages, starvation and excess food and the crime orgies like Nepal Royal killings and Bihar arms factory.
Zee News’ Inside Story has successfully put many grave issues under the microscope and presented facts hitherto hidden from the common man. Extensive research, uncompromising objectivity made Inside Story win the trust of its viewers.
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.
