Mahrukh Inayet is a journalist, news anchor, and a Managing Partner at Studio Talk, a media training, research, and production company.[1] Her work as a journalist includes coverage of the Taj hotel attacks during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for Times Now, a 24-hour Indian news channel.

Early life and education

Inayet was born and raised in Kashmir,[2] India. She has a Master's degree in journalism from American University.[2] In 2012, she completed the Georgetown Leadership Seminar at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.[3]

Career

Her journalism career began during the September 11 attacks in the United States.[2] She previously worked for National Geographic and Headlines Today before her work for Times Now in Mumbai.[2] After the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, Mahrukh was in the field for nearly 62 hours.[2] The Quint described her as reporting "at the centre of it all."[4] She was praised in the Hindustan Times for doing "a fine job" during the crisis, as compared to other reporters.[5]

Inayet also co-anchored the prime time news show The Newshour with the Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. In 2010, The Hindu reported on social networks, and the responses of some users to Times Now, including "Ethnic-Kashmiri anchor Mahrukh Inayet comes in for unprintable abuse targeting her gender."[6]

In 2012, Inayet resigned from her position as senior editor at Times Now and began work at Studio Talk.[7]

In 2014, she used her Twitter account to help authorities find areas in need of rescue during the massive flooding in Jammu and Kashmir.[8][9]

Commentary

In addition to her work as a journalist, Inayet has engaged in public commentary, such as to SheThePeople.TV in 2017 about sexism in the media, where she stated that male journalists do not experience the same intensity of "trolling" as female journalists.[10]

In 2019, The Times of India reported that she repeatedly tweeted during the telephone and internet blackout after the Kashmir territory was designated, including, "How will Dogras & Kashmiris know it's a great day for them if their phones are not working? And how are we going to know that they are ok? Can I pls talk to my mother? #Kashmir" and "Day 5: No news from my mother. I pray she is fine but can I pls know that she is. How is this even being allowed? #Kashmir #OpenPhoneLines."[11] Scroll.in also reported one her tweets during this time.[12]

In 2021, she provided commentary to The News Minute about independent media and democracy.[13]

Honors and awards

Personal life

Inayet is Muslim.[15][16] She is divorced.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Studio Talk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Talati-Parikh, Sitanshi (12 January 2009). "Off The Beat… On The Job". Verve Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Alumni Network". Georgetown Leadership Seminar. Georgetown University. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Virk, Aviral (27 July 2015). "In Gurdaspur, Did the Indian Media Repeat Its 26/11 Mistakes?". The Quint. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Saxena, Poonam (19 December 2008). "Oye! It's Saturday...and new shows". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Swami, Praveen (24 July 2010). "The ugly world of Kashmir's online rebels". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Wagle, Archita (30 March 2012). "Mahrukh Inayet quits Times Now, starts school for anchors". MXM India. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ↑ FP Staff (9 September 2014). "J&K floods: How Twitter, Facebook are helping the military in their rescue ops". FirstPost. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Borges, Andre (8 September 2014). "How Twitter Users Are Lending A Helping Hand To Victims Of The #KashmirFloods". Buzzfeed India. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Khandelwal, Tara (8 March 2017). "#SheLeadsIndia: How Sexist Is The Media?". SheThePeople.TV. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Ajmal, Anam (10 August 2019). "'Communication cut, we don't know what's happening there'". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Subramanian, Nithya (9 August 2019). "Apart from Kashmir, where else in the world have phone lines been snapped by the authorities?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Mantri, Geetika (9 January 2021). "Independent media in the US and India are key to keeping democracy alive". The News Minute. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "eNBA 2013: Mahrukh Inayet wins 'Best Spot News Reporting' award". Aaj Tak. YouTube. 24 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  15. ↑ Chowhan, Sanjana (5 June 2015). "No Flats to Let, No Friends to Keep: Mumbai Muslims". The Quint. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  16. ↑ Goswami, Seema (29 July 2018). "Let's talk". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  17. ↑ Inayet, Mahrukh (24 April 2016). "Ban 'Talaq, talaq, talaq'". DNA. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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