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During [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]], she was accused of being insensitive to the victim's families<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1210997 DNA India]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Blow-by-blow_breaking_news_breaks_viewer_patience/articleshow/3785897.cms Times Of India]</ref>. |
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The Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, held NDTV coverage responsible for the death of three soldiers during the Kargil conflict. He also indicated that the Mumbai blast coverage was similar in terms of compromising operational details. Senior journalists have criticized the Mumbai blast coverage and Ms Dutt came in for specific criticism for having given away details of positions where potential hostages were possibly hiding from terrorists.<ref>http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200812051121.htm</ref> |
The Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, held NDTV coverage responsible for the death of three soldiers during the Kargil conflict. He also indicated that the Mumbai blast coverage was similar in terms of compromising operational details. Senior journalists have criticized the Mumbai blast coverage and Ms Dutt came in for specific criticism for having given away details of positions where potential hostages were possibly hiding from terrorists.<ref>http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200812051121.htm</ref> |
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Barkha Dutt | |
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| File:Barkha.jpg Barkha Dutt at Asian Television awards | |
| Born | December 18, 1971 |
| Nationality | Indian  |
| Education | Modern School, New Delhi, St. Stephen's College, Jamia Milia Islamia, Graduate School of Journalism |
| Alma mater | Graduate School of Journalism |
| Employer | New Delhi Television |
Barkha Dutt (born December 18, 1971) is a reputed senior TV journalist with New Delhi Television (NDTV).
Early life
Barkha Dutt was born to S.P. Dutt (called "Speedy" because of his initials) and Mrs Prabha Dutt (nee Behl).[1] Dutt was an official in Air-India and Prabha was Chief of Bureau of the Hindustan Times for some time. Her childhood days were spent shuttling between New Delhi and New York.[2]
Barkha credits her journalism skills to her mother, Prabha, a pioneer among women journalists in India. Prabha Dutt graduated from the Chandigarh School of Journalism with honours and did her inhouse training with the Hindustan Times, Delhi in 1964. Prabha Dutt died in 1984, when she was in her prime, due to a brain haemorrhage. At that time Barkha was just thirteen.[1]
Education
Dutt was educated at the Modern School, New Delhi. She then did her Bachelor's degree in English literature from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi. After this, she did her Master's degree in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia's Mass Communication Research Center New Delhi.
She was a 1997 winner of the Inlaks Scholarship, which sends six Indians abroad annually for graduate work. Barkha took two years off from work and got a master's in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, New York.
Career
Barkha Dutt's frontline reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999 rose her to prominence in India. She had interviewed Capt. Vikram Batra during the Kargil conflict. Since then, Dutt has reported on a large number of conflicts, covering areas ranging from Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Currently, she is the Managing Editor of NDTV 24x7, India's premiere satellite television network, and the host of We the People, a discussion show covering current events.
She also writes a weekly column for The Hindustan Times and Khaleej Times.
Controversies
During November 2008 Mumbai attacks, she was accused of being insensitive to the victim's families[3][4].
The Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, held NDTV coverage responsible for the death of three soldiers during the Kargil conflict. He also indicated that the Mumbai blast coverage was similar in terms of compromising operational details. Senior journalists have criticized the Mumbai blast coverage and Ms Dutt came in for specific criticism for having given away details of positions where potential hostages were possibly hiding from terrorists.[5]
Social Network Sites, which were major contributors to Citizen Journalism during the Mumbai Blasts, have heavily criticized Ms Dutt, calling her reports shoddy journalism. [6][7]
Ms Dutt responded to criticism.[8]
Awards
Her work has won her over twenty international and national awards including the Padma Shri Award (Journalism), 2008.
References
External links
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