December , 2006
They Also Serve, Who are on Standby to Report
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Ask many journalists, but particularly television journalists, what their most "alive" professional moment was- and the ugly dark truth - it's likely to be a catastrophe or a disaster of some sort. Bombings, typhoons, riots, death, destruction - real breaking news. Stuff only the most immediate medium (that includes the web) can convey in real time. So many men and women in the profession I know have, over the years, become as carefully tuned to deal with something really big that could be just around the corner- as the best in any disaster management service. They are on standby for the worst- and in those times- getting out accurate timely information isn't just a calling- it's also a service. Does that make us ugly dark people- who just seem to mark time between one disastrous event and another? No- I think- you can't fault journalists any....
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Suhasini Haidar is the Deputy Foreign Editor and Prime-Time anchor for CNN-IBN, regularly anchoring its award-winning show India@9. She entered the world of journalism in 1994 with an internship at the CNN’s United Nations Bureau in New York. She worked with the CNN in New Delhi after that, as a producer and then as a correspondent until she moved to CNN-IBN in 2005. Suhasini regularly covers the sub-continent, frequently reporting from Pakistan. She has also traveled with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cover his official visits to the US, France, Russia, NAM, SAARC and CHOGM and is the only journalist to have interviewed Singh, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, and their daughters. Suhasini's also been in the field covering elections in Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir for CNN-IBN. She received her Bachelor's degree at Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College and her Master's at Boston University's College of Communication. When not at work Suhasini turns off the TV and loves to read, swim and walk. When she is lucky, her two daughters, dogs and husband join in.
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