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During [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]], Barkha was accused of being insensitive to the victim's families<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1210997 A human tragedy became a TRP race]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Blow-by-blow_breaking_news_breaks_viewer_patience/articleshow/3785897.cms Blow-by-blow breaking news breaks viewer patience]</ref>. The Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, held NDTV coverage responsible for the death of three soldiers during the Kargil conflict<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/03/stories/2008120360861300.htm Navy chief upset with electronic media]</ref>. He also indicated that the Mumbai blast coverage was similar in terms of compromising operational details. Barkha Dutt responded to criticism by citing Army sources (including from then Army Chief, V.P Malik's book on Kargil). <ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=COLEN20080075194&type=opinion On the record: Mumbai and media coverage]</ref>
During [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]], Barkha was accused of being insensitive to the victim's families<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1210997 A human tragedy became a TRP race]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Blow-by-blow_breaking_news_breaks_viewer_patience/articleshow/3785897.cms Blow-by-blow breaking news breaks viewer patience]</ref>. The Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, held NDTV coverage responsible for the death of three soldiers during the Kargil conflict<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/03/stories/2008120360861300.htm Navy chief upset with electronic media]</ref>. He also indicated that the Mumbai blast coverage was similar in terms of compromising operational details. Barkha Dutt responded to criticism by citing Army sources (including from then Army Chief, V.P Malik's book on Kargil). <ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=COLEN20080075194&type=opinion On the record: Mumbai and media coverage]</ref>


Ms Dutt is said to have behaved inappropriately at the state funeral of slain ATS Chief Hemant Karkare. <ref>http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21620&sectionid=4&issueid=82&Itemid=1</ref> She has also been accused of trying to hog air time in her TV appearances and perceived to have a constant need for the camera to look at her.<ref>http://www.withinandwithout.com/2008/12/media-and-mumbai/</ref> <ref>http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2008/12/02/random-thoughts-post-2611/</ref>
Ms Dutt is said to have behaved inappropriately at the state funeral of slain ATS Chief Hemant Karkare. <ref>http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21620&sectionid=4&issueid=82&Itemid=1</ref> Further, she has, in the past, been seen as treating human tragedy as a media story and lacking perspective.<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041230/asp/opinion/story_4188456.asp</ref>
She has also been accused of trying to hog air time in her TV appearances and perceived to have a constant need for the camera to look at her.<ref>http://www.withinandwithout.com/2008/12/media-and-mumbai/</ref> <ref>http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2008/12/02/random-thoughts-post-2611/</ref>


In a talk show on the [[Noida double murder case]] aired by NDTV, members of the audience and experts invited by Barkha, wrongly referred to ''India TV'' as the purported broadcaster of the pornographic MMS instead of ''India News''. Deepak Chaurasia, Senior Editor, Aaj Tak to complained to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry about the general misconception <ref>[http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14693333 'India TV did not air Aarushi photo']</ref>. Supreme Court bench, criticized the role of the media (including NDTV), in this case.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/19/stories/2008081960211100.htm Court to lay down norms for coverage of criminal cases]</ref>
In a talk show on the [[Noida double murder case]] aired by NDTV, members of the audience and experts invited by Barkha, wrongly referred to ''India TV'' as the purported broadcaster of the pornographic MMS instead of ''India News''. Deepak Chaurasia, Senior Editor, Aaj Tak to complained to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry about the general misconception <ref>[http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14693333 'India TV did not air Aarushi photo']</ref>. Supreme Court bench, criticized the role of the media (including NDTV), in this case.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/19/stories/2008081960211100.htm Court to lay down norms for coverage of criminal cases]</ref>

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Barkha Dutt
File:Barkha.jpg
Barkha Dutt at Asian Television awards
Born(1971-12-18)December 18, 1971
NationalityIndian India
EducationModern School, New Delhi, St. Stephen's College, Jamia Milia Islamia, Graduate School of Journalism
Alma materGraduate School of Journalism
EmployerNew 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, and this interview was telecast after Capt. Batra was killed in Drass. Since, then the focus of her work has been conflict reporting, covering areas ranging from Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.[3]

Currently, she is the Managing Editor of NDTV 24x7 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, Barkha was accused of being insensitive to the victim's families[4][5]. The Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, held NDTV coverage responsible for the death of three soldiers during the Kargil conflict[6]. He also indicated that the Mumbai blast coverage was similar in terms of compromising operational details. Barkha Dutt responded to criticism by citing Army sources (including from then Army Chief, V.P Malik's book on Kargil). [7]

Ms Dutt is said to have behaved inappropriately at the state funeral of slain ATS Chief Hemant Karkare. [8] Further, she has, in the past, been seen as treating human tragedy as a media story and lacking perspective.[9]

She has also been accused of trying to hog air time in her TV appearances and perceived to have a constant need for the camera to look at her.[10] [11]

In a talk show on the Noida double murder case aired by NDTV, members of the audience and experts invited by Barkha, wrongly referred to India TV as the purported broadcaster of the pornographic MMS instead of India News. Deepak Chaurasia, Senior Editor, Aaj Tak to complained to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry about the general misconception [12]. Supreme Court bench, criticized the role of the media (including NDTV), in this case.[13]

Awards

Her work has won her over twenty international and national awards including the Padma Shri Award (Journalism), 2008.

References

  1. ^ a b The Tribune Article
  2. ^ "She dares". Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  3. ^ Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri
  4. ^ A human tragedy became a TRP race
  5. ^ Blow-by-blow breaking news breaks viewer patience
  6. ^ Navy chief upset with electronic media
  7. ^ On the record: Mumbai and media coverage
  8. ^ http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21620&sectionid=4&issueid=82&Itemid=1
  9. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041230/asp/opinion/story_4188456.asp
  10. ^ http://www.withinandwithout.com/2008/12/media-and-mumbai/
  11. ^ http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2008/12/02/random-thoughts-post-2611/
  12. ^ 'India TV did not air Aarushi photo'
  13. ^ Court to lay down norms for coverage of criminal cases

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