Ajit Anjum

Ajit Anjum
Born (1969-04-07) 7 April 1969 (age 55)
Begusarai, Bihar, India
Alma materBihar University, Muzaffarpur
OccupationJournalist
Years active1989–present
SpouseGeeta Shree
AwardsRamnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2010

Ajit Anjum is an Indian journalist. He has worked as managing editor at News 24 and India TV news channels.[1] He was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2010.[2] He is known as a Center-Left journalist who is known for critical reporting of BJP.

Early life

Anjum, named Ajit Kumar at birth, was born in the Begusarai district of Bihar. His father, Ramsagar Prasad Singh, was in the Bihar Judicial Services as a judge at Patna.[3] Anjum had his early education at Begusarai and Darbhanga. He obtained his bachelor's degree from Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur, affiliated to Bihar University.

Anjum started his career as a journalist while pursuing his studies at Muzaffarpur. He changed his last name from Kumar to Anjum while working as a local reporter at the Patliputra Times. Working as freelance journalist in Patna, he wrote for Dharmyug, Saptahik Hindustaan, Dinmaan and Ravivar. He went to Delhi in 1989 and started working at Amar Ujala.[4]

Career

In 1994, Anjum began his career in journalism by joining BAG Films as director of the talk show Rubaru hosted by the Congress leader Rajeev Shukla. He worked for fifteen years with BAG Films and produced many shows in that period. He then moved to Aaj Tak as a senior producer but did not stay there very long. He rejoined BAG Films and, as an employee of BAF, he spearheaded the launch of News 24 in 2007. While with News 24, he was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Award for his reporting of the flood in Bihar in 2010. Anjum managed a campaign on News 24 that resulted in truckloads of relief materials reaching the victims. As a result, Fem magazine mentioned him in its list of 50 most powerful people of Bihar in its survey conducted in 2016.[5]

He left News 24 in 2014 and joined India TV as its managing editor, working under editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma.[6] While Anjum was working at India TV, a senior correspondent of the same TV news channel, Imran Shaikh, accused Anjum of pressurising him to tweak news in favour of a political party.[7] Anjum denied the charge through a Facebook post.

While working with Star News (Now ABP News), he conceptualized shows like Red Alert, Sansani and Pol Khol.[8]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Ajit Anjum set to join India TV as managing editor". Indian Television. 14 July 2014.
    - "India TV appoints Ajit Anjum as Managing Editor". India TV News. 13 August 2014.
    - "India TV appoints Ajit Anjum as Managing Editor". Exchange4media. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
    - "न्यूज24 से अजीत अंजुम का इस्तीफ़ा, इंडिया टीवी ज्वाइन करेंगे". Bhadas4 Media. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad left a live TV show because he didn't like the questions". Scroll. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
    - "Why did Ajit Anjum leave TV9 Bharatvarsh?". Exchange4media. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ "कई बार ज़िंदगी को बिना प्लान किये छोड़ देना चाहिए". Bolozindagi. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. ^ "दिल्ली में रिपोर्टिंग का ज़िम्मा मिला और लगा कि ज़िंदगी का एक सपना साकार हो गया". Media Khabar. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Ajit Anjum reporting with social responsibility during Bihar". YouTube. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
    - "Hall of Fame". Fame India. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
    - "For this new Hindi channel, 6 Indian armed forces veterans are turning journalists". The Print. 29 March 2019.
    - "'nirbhaya's friend took money from channels to recount horror story'". Outlook India. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
    - Cristina Waterflowers (29 April 2021). "Ajit Anjum – Senior Journalist". Global Achievers.
    - "TV9 Bharatvarsh launched; to focus on investigative journalism". Indian Television. 1 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Ajit Anjum interviews BJP president Amit Shah on Delhi Assembly Election". India TV News. 21 January 2015.
  7. ^ Dasgupta, Subhabrata. "Former India TV Journalist accuses channel of forcing him to "fabricate" news". Newslaundry. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  8. ^ "After the sting, the pain". Business Standard. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  9. ^ "31 journalists get Ramnath Goenka Awards". Hindustan Times. 23 July 2010.
    - "B.A.G. Films & Media Ltd – Ajit Anjum B.A." Investing Businessweek. Retrieved 8 July 2012.