Intriguing list
Samachar4media.com’s Media Maharathi event on July 20 was intended to honour 50 big names in Hindi journalism. The ranking is eyebrow-raising. Owner-editors figure at the top including a father and son duo, with the exception being Harivansh chief editor of Prabhat Khabar. At number 11 is one of the members of the jury. And if you thought the big TV anchors would figure high up, they don’t. Ravish Kumar of NDTV India ties at number 27 with Milind Khandekar of ABP News and CNN IBN’s Ashutosh is at no. 22. Sundry “senior journalists” from the print fraternity, not doing anything much these days, are way ahead of them.