Sanjeeb Mukherjea is an Indian sports Journalist and Cricket Editor of DD Sports and CNN-News18 channel.[1] He has over a decade long experience in the industry having made a mark for himself in investigative journalism.
Mukherjea has to his credit, multiple path breaking stories including the story he broke in 2010 on the Indian Premier League controversy surrounding the ouster of former IPL boss Lalit Modi and the subsequent resignation of Shashi Tharoor, a Member of Parliament representing the Indian National Congress.[2]
He hosts popular cricket shows like 'Kings of Cricket'[3] on television and regularly contributes articles to publications such as Business Standard[4] and Mint.[5]
Mukherjea hails from the city of Kolkata and used to be a radio jockey with Red FM in the early 2000s.[6]
Awards
editIn 2016, Mukherjea won two major awards, rewarding him for his work in sports broadcast journalism. On 29 June, he won the Best Sports News Show Presenter award at the News Television Awards 2016.[7] Later in November that year, he also bagged the prestigious 'Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism' in the category of Sports.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Sanjeeb Mukherjea: Exclusive News Stories by Sanjeeb Mukherjea on Current Affairs, Events at News18". News18. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "IPL saga: BCCI likely to scrap Kochi team". News18. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "News18 - Sanjeeb Mukherjea gets you #KingsOfCricket with... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ Standard, Business. "Author - Sanjeeb Mukherjee | Business Standard". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Livemint - Search Results". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Radio-InterView". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Network18 wins big at the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards". 3 November 2016.