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  • NDTV’s ‘The Buck Stops Here’ nominated for 2015 Emmy Award

    NDTV’s ‘The Buck Stops Here’ nominated for 2015 Emmy Award

    MUMBAI: In a first of sorts, NDTV 24×7’s The Buck Stops Here – Srinagar Floods Coverage has been named as one of the eight international nominees for the 2015 News & Current Affairs categories at the 2015 International Emmy Awards. 

     

    The show has been nominated for its week long ground reportage and broadcasts on the floods in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first time that a channel from India has been nominated in the news category at the Emmy Awards.

     

    Reported and presented by Barkha Dutt, who has covered Jammu and Kashmir for nearly two decades, this special series of The Buck Stops Here saw the show travel to Srinagar and bring ground reports and interviews from the scenes of the unfolding tragedy. The team reported from some of the most inaccessible areas that could only be reached by boat, wading through water and jumping over walls and debris to bring the stories of horror and heroism in the worst floods to hit Jammu and Kashmir. 

     

    It also showcased the sterling courage of local Kashmiri volunteers and highlighted the role of the Military in the relief and rescue operations in a state, which has witnessed a two decade old insurgency in the Kashmir valley. 

     

    The eight nominees from seven countries and spanning four continents, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, will be presented medals at a ceremony on 27 September and winners will be announced in New York on 28 September, at a ceremony to be held at the Lincoln Center.

     

    The international winners will be recognized alongside their American news and documentary peers.  

     

    NDTV Group founder and executive co-chairperson Prannoy Roy said, “The nomination for news coverage by The Buck Stops Here team and Barkha at the 2015 International Emmy Awards is a matter of great pride for us at NDTV. Barkha is a wonderful journalist and we are honoured with the recognition given to her, her entire team and to NDTV.”

     

    “So very excited and honoured to be nominated for what is the world’s most coveted television award. It makes it even more special that this is the first time India has been nominated in this category. Am very proud of my team at NDTV that made this nomination possible working in extremely difficult conditions in flood ravaged Kashmir,” added NDTV Group consulting editor Barkha Dutt.

  • Barkha Dutt to step down as NDTV group editor

    Barkha Dutt to step down as NDTV group editor

    MUMBAI: After a stint spanning two decades, Barkha Dutt is now stepping down from her post as NDTV group editor to set up her own multimedia content company and policy group.

     

    Dutt will continue as consulting editor for the news network and will continue as host of her two on-going shows namely The Buck Stops Here (daily) and We The People (weekly).

     

    In an email to its employees, a copy of which is with Indiantelevision.com, New Delhi Television founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy wrote, “She (Barkha) will also be available as always for analysis and inputs on big news events and stories. While her TV relationship with NDTV remains unchanged, in her new role she will be setting up her own multimedia content company and policy group. We have literally seen Barkha grow from a child to an adult professional and look forward to our close bonds only strengthening further as she embarks on this new venture.”

     

    Having made her name reporting the war in Kargil, Dutt became one of NDTV’s most prominent faces as it went from a content provider for Doordarshan in its early days to being a media conglomerate that it is today.

     

    Dutt was 23 years old when she joined NDTV as a young reporter cum producer. Having won several awards in her 20 year stint with the channel, Dutt has worn several hats like: journalist, anchor and editor.