2. Rajdeep Sardesai Consulting Editor, India Today
Television
Ravish Kumar Senior Executive Editor, NDTV
India
Barkha Dutt
Contributing Columnist,
Washington Post
Contributing Editor, The Week
Dibang Senior Journalist and News
Anchor, ABP News
Sudhir Chaudhary Editor-in-Chief, Zee News
3. Title Demonetization (2016) Punjab Elections (2017)
Sound bytes/
Interviewee(s)
Students, farmers, carpet
factory owner, bank
employee, traders,
shopkeepers
Shopkeepers, Navjot Singh Siddhu, Sukhbir
Singh Badal, drug addicts, journalism
women students, Capt. Amarinder Singh
Location Allahabad, Varanasi (rural as
well as urban)
Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana
Language Hindi
Questions More of close ended questions, investigative.
Communication Voice modulation, hand gestures, eye contact, formal wear.
PTC In English. Introduced the
story politically.
In English. Introduced the story culturally
and politically.
Strengths Connected well with the
audience.
Friendliness with the interviewees.
Loopholes Bytes from women. Bytes from AAP’s leader, women.
Rajdeep Sardesai
4. Title Untouchability still prevalent in
Varanasi? (2014)
How Muslim youth choose their leader?
(2014)
Sound bytes/
Interviewee(s)
Lower caste residents Students of Jamia Milia Islamia
Location Katari village, outskirts of
Varanasi
Okhla, Delhi
Language Hindi (picked up the accent of
villagers)
Hindi
Questions Mostly close ended questions . Open ended as well as close ended
questions.
Communication Voice modulation, eye contact, hand gestures, posture not straight, formal
wear (sleeves folded).
Strengths Made the villagers comfortable
with his content and accent.
Got familiar with the backgrounds of the
interviewees.
Loopholes Bytes taken only from 2 women. Not all interviewees were comfortable
while answering (lack of eye contact).
Ravish Kumar
5. Title Kargil war (1999) Lok Sabha Elections (2014)
Sound bytes/
Interviewee(s)
Army soldiers Arvind Kejriwal
Location Tiger Hill, J&K Varanasi
Language English Hindi
Questions Open ended. Open ended as well as close ended.
Asserted her points very well.
Communication Eye contact, formal wear. Voice modulation, good eye contact,
hand gestures, formal wear.
PTC Quick, sense of urgency (at war site)
Calm, composed (after recapturing
Tiger Hill).
PTC in English, Introduced the story
with reference to culture.
Strengths When revisiting 10 years later, PTC
is confident and elegant.
Background research done very well.
Attacked Kejriwal with statements he
made in the past.
Barkha Dutt
6. Title Kathmandu earthquake (2015) Lok Sabha elections (2014)
Sound bytes/
Interviewee(s)
Kanakmani Dixit (journalist,
Nepal)
Women, Kumar Vishwas, students,
Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Shiv Kumari
(Dalit), men, Raj Khanna (journalist)
Location Kathmandu, Nepal Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Language Hindi
Questions Open ended as well as close ended, investigative.
Communication Voice modulation, eye contact, hand gestures, formal wear.
PTC - Opening PTC starts historically and
politically.
Strengths Tried to get familiar with Nepal’s
culture and surroundings.
Byte from Raj Khanna was a well thought
effort to give a better insight.
Loopholes Bytes from victims, their families,
concerned authorities.
Byte from BJP spokesperson.
Dibang
7. Title Siachen- World’s Highest Battlefield
(2016)
Asaduddin Owaisi’s (AIMIM)
statement that every child is born
Muslim
Sound bytes/
Interviewee(s)
Bytes shown- One army officer,
maintenance department of
helicopters.
Asaduddin Owaisi
Location Siachen Hyderabad
Language Hindi
Questions - Close ended questions.
Communication Special jacket provided by Air Force
camp in Leh, eye contact, hand
gestures.
Voice modulation, eye contact,
hand gestures, formal wear.
Strengths More of an experience sharing. Sharp and witty when Owaisi tried
to dodge questions.
Loopholes More bytes could have been shown. -
Sudhir Chaudhary
8. References (YouTube Videos)
• Rajdeep Sardesai
– Ground Report With Rajdeep Sardesai On Demonetization From Uttar Pradesh
– Elections On My Plate: Ground Report From Punjab By Rajdeep Sardesai
• Ravish Kumar
– Prime Time: Untouchability still prevalent in Varanasi?
– Prime Time: Understanding how Muslim youth choose their leaders
• Barkha Dutt
– Barkha Dutt interview of Indian Army during Kargil war
– Tiger Hill: Kargil's Turning Point
– Assault at Tiger Hill (Kargil War)
– Priority is to defeat Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi: Arvind Kejriwal to NDTV
• Dibang
– Ground Zero with Dibang from Amethi
– ABP LIVE: Watch Kathmandu from the camera of ABP News with Dibang!
• Sudhir Chaudhary
– DNA: Special report from world's highest battlefield Siachen: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
– Zee Media Exclusive: Sudhir Chaudhary interviews MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi
