Raju Narisetti
Raju Narisetti (born June 26, 1966) was named Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and a Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal effective February 15, 2012, marking a return of this 23-year news executive to WSJ, where he had spent 13 years (1994-2006) in the U.S. and Europe (http://online.wsj.com/article/APf061f500b3d844d5b3d6a078aaf86180.html) Until June 2006, he was the Editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe and a Deputy Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal, reporting to Paul Steiger, with overall responsibility of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Narisetti graduated with an MA in Journalism from Indiana University in 1991.[1]
In January 2009, Narisetti was named a managing editor of The Washington Post, the first outsider to be hired in that role at the Post. As one of two Managing Editors, he was responsible for all content, staff and digital content strategy for Washingtonpost.com as well as Post's mobile and tablet platforms. He manages the Post's Social, Search and Engagement teams as well as the Post's Presentation Team (photo, graphics, design, video and multimedia). He reported to Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli. Raju was responsible for overseeing the Post's 2009 print redesign, the creation of an integrated organization from separate print and online operations, combining two separate newsrooms/organizations, effective November 2009, and also the 2011 rollout of the Post's new print and web publishing system, Eidos Methode, and a redesigned washingtonpost.com. On April 12, 2010, The Washington Post won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for work done in 2009, the most for any single newspaper for that year, including two for the Post Magazine (Gene Weingarten) and for Style (Sarah Kaufman), both sections then headed by Raju. On April 18, 2011, The Post's only 2011 Pulitzer Prize went to its photography team for pictures of Haiti http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/haitis-profound-sorrow/2011/04/18/AFziYR0D_gallery.html. The photo team is part of Presentation group headed by Narisetti.
In a May reshuffle of responsibilities announced by Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli, Raju took over all digital content initiatives at the Washington Post, including mobile, as well as the Post's Universal News Desk staff, while giving up all his print section responsibilities. He is also responsible for content in the Post's new conferences business, Washington Post Live, as well as its new business weekly, Capital Business, both new ventures launched in 2010. washingtonpost.com was redesigned in March 2011 with significant changes to content and presentation.
Raju resigned from the Post in January 2012. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ask-the-post/post/raju-narisetti-the-posts-managing-editor-to-rejoin-wall-street-journal/2012/01/20/gIQA1G7JEQ_blog.html)
In a January memo to Post staff announcing Raju's departure, Marcus Brauchli thanked Narisetti for record digital audience growth at the Post http://jimromenesko.com/2012/01/20/narisetti-leaves-washington-post/
Prior to joining the Post, from 2006-2008 Raju Narisetti was the founding editor of Mint, India's only Berliner format business newspaper and its web site(www.livemint.com) that was launched by him on 1 February 2007 for HT Media Ltd, which is also the publisher of Hindustan Times and is headquartered in New Delhi, India. Mint has an exclusive partnership in India with News Corp's The Wall Street Journal. Raju was the Editor of Mint until end-2008 before resigning to join the Post. Until June 2009, he was also an Editorial Advisory Director for HT Media.
According to Indian Readership Survey, Mint is now the No. 2 business daily in India and available in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. Mint's website is www.livemint.com. It also offers a mobile website m.livemint.com. Raju's 2008 blog for Mint, A Romantic Realist, is archived and available at http://blog.livemint.com/aromanticrealist
Raju Narisetti was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007. He is a life member of South Asian Journalists Association and is on his second elected term on the board of the World Editors Forum of IFRA/World Association of Newspapers. He is also on the board of trustees of Institute of International Education (IIE) which administers the Fullbright Scholarships.
Raju was married in 1993 to Kim Barrington Narisetti, a former journalist who co-founded Urban Crayon Press, which publishes children's books and family-friendly travel guides. They are parents of two lovely daughters, Leila and Zola.
Raju tweets under @rajunarisetti
[edit] References
SAJAforum report on Raju Narisetti stepping down as editor of Mint, Dec. 27, 2008
SAJAforum report on Raju Narisetti becoming a Washington Post managing editor, Jan. 13, 2009
