Here's a list of some of the most senior journalists of South Asian origin in the US & Canada.
Most of these folks are also in the Profiles section.
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last updated: Sept. 20, 2002

Newspapers Krishnan Anantharaman, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition Moni Basu, reporter, Atlanta Journal & Constitution Rekha Basu, columnist, Des Moines Register Peter Bhatia, executive editor, The Oregonian Satya Das, columnist, The Edmonton Journal Nikhil Deogun, editor, The Wall Street Journal Porus Cooper, asst. editor, Philadelphia Inquirer Thalif Deen, NY bureau chief, Inter Press Service & Jane's Defense Weekly Pranay Gupte, editor-in-chief, The Earth Times Minal Hajratwala, perspectives editor, San Jose Mercury News Neal Justin, TV critic, Minneapolis Star Tribune Arul Louis, asst. news editor, New York Daily News Stephanie Mehta, asst. news editor, The Wall Street Journal Anis Mirza, retired columnist Bina Murarka, executive editor, India West V. Raman Narayanan, editor, "Atlanta & the World" section, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Raju Narisetti, editor, deputy national news editor, The Wall Street Journal Late Ron Patel, Sunday editor, Philadelphia Inquirer Chidanand Rajghatta, Washington correspondent, The Times of India Gopal Raju, editor-in-chief, India Abroad Reena Rao, executive editor, India Post Zahid Sardar, architecture and design editor, San Francisco Examiner Sunday Magazine Ritu Sehgal, assistant managing editor, Miami Herald Geeta Sharma-Jensen, books editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Kim Singh,editor, Asia News Viji Sundaram, reporter, India-West Prakash M. Swamy, associate editor, News India-Times Tunku Varadarajan, editorial writer, The Wall Street Journal Television Asha Blake, former co-host, NBC Later Today Satinder Bindra, New Delhi bureau chief, CNN Gurvir Dhindsa, anchor, WUSA, DC Rena Golden, executive VP & GM, CNN International Riz Khan, former anchor, CNN International Karl Khandalavala, ITN, New York Fred de Sam Lazaro, Minneapolis reporter, Lehrer Newshour Renu Lobo, ITN, New York Roger Mathai, sportscaster & sports director, KNTV, San Francisco Anand Naidoo, anchor CNN International Uma Pemmaraju, former anchor, Fox News Channel Ash-har Quraishi, CNN Islamabad bureau chief Rohit Vyas, news director, TV Asia Vineeta Sawkar, weekend anchor, Minneapolis Zain Verjee, anchor, Q&A, CNN New Media Syed Adeeb, editor-in-chief, Information Times Gita Amar, executive producer, Fox Digital Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, former managing editor, Slate.com Gitesh Pandya, founder, BoxOfficeGuru.com Om Malik, NY correspondent, Red Herring Jai Singh, executive editor, News.com C.J.S. Wallia, editor-in-chief, Indiastar.com Some of these folks are also in the Profiles section. See separate list of all SAJA members.

Magazines Subrata Chakravarty, senior editor, Institutional Investor Ramu Damodaran, editor-in-chief, United Nations Chronicle Shandana Durrani, senior editor, Cigar Aficionado Pico Iyer, writer, Time Amrit Kakaria, former bureau chief, India Today Narayan Keshavan, former NY correspondent, Outlook Javed and Zeba Khan, executive editors, Zarposh Manjeet Kripalani, Mumbai bureau chief, BusinessWeek Achal Mehra, editor, Little India Bhaskar Menon, editor, UN Diplomatic Times Amitabh Pal, editor, Progressive Media Project Mukul Pandya, editor, Knowledge@Wharton Roxanne Patel, managing editor, Philadelphia Magazine Vibhuti Patel, letters editor, Newsweek International Chitra Ragavan, correspondent, US News & World Report Raj Rangarajan, editor and freelance writer Pavan Sahgal, editor-in-chief, Global Investment M.K. Srinivasan, managing editor, Masala Vijay Vaitheeswaran, energy correspondent, The Economist (London) Jaikumar Vijayan, senior editor, ComputerWorld Fareed Zakaria, managing editor, Newsweek International Radio Rahul Bali, producer, WSB, Atlanta Brij Lal, anchor, Bharat Vani Ambalika Mishra, correspondent, Voice of America Sweeny Murti, Yankees reporter, Sports Radio 66 WFAN Snigha Prakash, reporter, National Public Radio Arun Rath, producer, On The Media, WNYC Freelancers Marina Budhos Melvin Durai Amitav Ghosh Udayan Gupta Nina Mehta Suketu Mehta Lavina Melwani Arthur Pais Raj Rangarajan Srikumar Rao R. Senthilnathan Prakash Swamy J-school Professors Anantha Babbili, head of jour. dept, Texas Christian Pradyumna Chauhan, chair of comm. dept, Beaver College Shelton Gunaratne, chair, Moorhead State Vikram Kapur, prof, Seattle Central Community College Manjunath Pendakur, dean, Western Ontario Shafiqur Rahman, chair of comm. dept, Alcorn State Univ Sreenath Sreenivasan, Columbia J-school George Thottam, chairman, mass comm, Rowan University, NJ Rama Tunguntala, head of comm. dept, Grambling State