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Punya Prasun | |
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| Born | 18 March 1964 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | News Anchor, journalist, editor, author |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Employer | Former Executive Editor at Aaj Tak |
| Notable credit(s) | DusTak on Aaj Tak Master Stroke on ABP News |
| Height | 5'7” |
| Father | Manikant Vajpayee |
| Website | prasunbajpai |
Punya Prasun Bajpai is an Indian journalist, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Surya Samachar. He has worked at several news networks in his career, including Aaj Tak, where he hosted the weekday show known as 10 तक,[1][2][3] and ABP News, where he hosted Masterstroke for four months in 2018.
Bajpai is a well-known name in the field of electronic media, with more than 29 years of experience in electronic and print media. Bajpai has worked with various reputed media agencies such as Jansatta, Sunday Observer, Sunday Mail, Lokmat, Zee News and NDTV.
Career
Bajpai started his career in electronic media with Aaj Tak in 1996 and worked there until 2003. He then moved to NDTV for a tenure of fourteen months. In 2007–2008, he was Editor-in-Chief of Sahara Samay.[4] He worked at Zee News for four years as a prime-time anchor and editor before returning to Aaj Tak.[5][6] Bajpai began hosting Masterstroke on ABP News in April, but he resigned four months later on August 1, 2018, due to alleged political pressure on the news channel. [7]. In February 2019, he joined Surya Samachar as Editor-in-Chief, where he also hosts the shows Jai Hind and Satta.
In 2015, Bajpai was one of the ten most active Indian journalists on Twitter.[8]
Publications
Bajpai has published six books, including राजनीति मेरी जान (Raajneeti Meri Jaan), डिजास्टरः मीडिया एंड पॉलिटिक्स (Disaster: Media and Politics), संसदः लोकतंत्र या नजरों का धोखा (Sansad: Loktantra ya nazron ka dhokha), आदिवासियों पर टाडा (Aadivasiyon par TADA), and others. He writes articles for a number of daily and weekly news and literary publications in Hindi, several of which are also published on his blog.[9]
Awards
- He received recognition of his work during the 2001 Indian Parliament attack when he anchored live for five consecutive hours.
- He won the Ramnath Goenka award for Hindi print and electronic media in 2005-06 and 2007–08. He is the only journalist to have received this award in TV and print twice.[10][11]
Punya Prasoon Vajpayee receiving the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2006
Controversy
Bajpai hosted a prime-time show on ABP News called Masterstroke. In July 2018, the channel elicited criticism from the government for its story about a video interaction on June 20, 2018, between Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and beneficiaries of various government programmes. A participant from Chhattisgarh, Chandramani Kaushik, told Modi on the show that her income had doubled after she switched from cultivating paddy to growing custard apples. two weeks later, based on reports from ABP News journalists who later visited Kaushik to verify the claim, Masterstroke revealed that she had been tutored by BJP officials to make false claims.[12]
Following this, ABP News' satellite link started misbehaving during the airing of Bajpai's show. In an article written by Bajpai for The Wire,[13] he claims that some advertisers, including Patanjali, withdrew their advertisements from the channel. Under this pressure, Bajpai was forced to resign from the channel.
References
- ^ "10 तक show at Aaj Tak". Aajtak.
- ^ "Punya Prasun Bajpai, Aajtak". Aajtak.
- ^ "Punya Prasun Bajpai joins back Aaj Tak". The Economics Times.
- ^ "Punya Prasun Bajpai joins Sahara Samay". exchange4media.
- ^ "Punya Prasun Bajpai Returns to Aaj Tak". Exchange4Media.
- ^ http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/aug/aug469.php
- ^ "Punya Prasun Bajpai: 'India is witnessing social collapse'". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "10 Most active Indian journalists on Twitter in 2015". TechOne3.
- ^ "Punya Prasun Bajpai Blog". Blog.
- ^ "Goenka Award Winner 2005–2006". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Goenka Award Winner 2007–2008". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ https://facthunt.in/posts/122/Fact-check-of-Master-Stroke's-episode-which-got-Punya-Prasun-Bajpai-sacked-from-ABP-News
- ^ "Exclusive: Punya Prasun Bajpai Reveals the Story Behind His Exit From ABP News". The Wire. Retrieved 12 October 2018.