Sunetra Choudhury (Journalist)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sunetra Choudhury

• Sunetra made a headstart to her career in 1999 with The Indian Express newspaper.

• She was then promoted to Deputy Chief Reporter and was given the responsibility of handling the city section Newsline.

• She entered the electronic media industry in 2002 as Hindi-reporter at STAR News.

• A year later, she shifted to NDTV, New Delhi and since then, she has been working over there as an anchor and reporter.

• She covers politics, investigations, crime and natural disasters genre in her reporting.

• Her detailed report on how voters cast their vote based on religion and caste was an exclusive work done by her, which was, later on, broadcasted as a show titled “The Election Express.”

• Sunetra has penned a book titled “Braking News,” which was published by Hachette India. The book is based on a two-month scenario prior to May 2009 general elections. 

• Her stupendous work on “disabled children being adopted by Indian families for the first time” made her won the Red Ink Award in 2015.

• Here’s her interview with Karan Bharadwaj, in which she has talked about her book, interests, and opportunities in journalism:

• In 2017, her book entitled “Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famous” was published.