Marya Shakil joins NDTV 24X7 as Executive Editor, National Affairs
Prior to this she was associated with CNN-News18
Marya Shakil, former Senior Political Editor and Special Bureau Chief at CNN-News18, has joined NDTV Group as Executive Editor - National Affairs.
Highly placed sources have confirmed this development to e4m.
Shakil is an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience. At CNN News-18 Shakil also helmed award winning shows -News Epicentre and Reporter’s Project.Her show on 'Muslim yearning to be part of the mainstream' earned her the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award in politics and government category in 2012. She also received the award in the same category for her coverage of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Her show NewsEpicentre has won multiple ENBA awards.
She joined CNN-News18 after completing her Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia’s AJK Mass Communication Research Centre in 2005. She also won the Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship in 2016.
