American women journalists of Indian descent

The list American women journalists of Indian descent includes Vinita Nair, Uma Pemmaraju, Syma Chowdhry, Priya David and Lakshmi Singh. The list consists of 25 members.

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Vinita Nair

American television journalist

Overview: Vinita Chandra Nair is an American television journalist currently working for an NBC News affiliate in Texas. Nair is the former co-host of CBS This Morning Saturday alongside Anthony Mason. She was ...

Date of birth: 8 March 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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CBS News people 242T

American women television journalists 720T

Medill School of Journalism alumni 253T
2.

Uma Pemmaraju

American journalist (1958–2022)

Overview: Uma Devi Pemmaraju (March 31, 1958 – August 8, 2022) was an Indian-American journalist and television anchor. She was one of the original hosts on the Fox News cable network at their 1996 premiere. Pe ...

Date of birth: 31 March 1958

Date of death: 8 August 2022

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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2022 deaths 5,681T

21st-century American women 6,584T

African-American women journalists 182T
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Syma Chowdhry

American model and reporter

Overview: Syma Chowdhry is an award-winning television host, reporter, producer, news writer, model and actress. Currently she is a television news reporter in Detroit at WXYZ-TV.

Date of birth: 16 November 1980

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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Toms River High School North alumni 10T

Actors from Raleigh, North Carolina 22T

Female models from New York (state) 189T
4.

Priya David

American journalist

Overview: Priya David Clemens (also known by her maiden name, Priya David; born December 23, 1974) is an American journalist based in San Francisco, California.

Date of birth: 23 December 1974

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

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Writers from Chennai 70T

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni 93T

CBS News people 223T
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Lakshmi Singh

American Journalist

Overview: Lakshmi Singh is known for being NPR's national midday newscaster.

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women 4,137T

21st-century American journalists 721T

20th-century American journalists 2,165T
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Swati Mia Saini

American journalist

Overview: Swati Maria Saini, popularly known as Mia Saini, is a financial journalist and video host who has also interned for CNBC and worked as a freelance reporter for TheStreet.com. She is currently a Hong K ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

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American male journalists of Indian descent 25T

CNBC people 113T

American journalists of Indian descent 26T
7.

Sukanya Krishnan

American, TV News

Overview: Sukanya Krishnan (Tamil: சுகன்யா கிருஷ்ணன்; born August 2, 1971) is an American news anchor. She was the morning news anchor on Good Day Wake Up, the early addition before Good Day New York on Fox 5 NY ...

Date of birth: 2 August 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Partner: Eric Schroeder (Married)

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New Dorp High School alumni 20T

21st-century American women 15,896T

American women television journalists 740T
8.

Maya Keyes

American activist

Overview: Maya Jeane Marcel-Keyes (born May 23, 1985) is an American social and political activist and daughter of Alan Keyes, a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Despite her staunch co ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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21st-century American non-fiction writers 3,037T

Indian women bloggers 13T

American women bloggers 421T
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Reena Ninan

American, TV News

Overview: Reena Ninan (born April 18, 1979) is an American television journalist currently working for CBS News, based in New York City.

Date of birth: 18 April 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

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George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs alumni 18T

CBS News people 239T

American women television journalists 714T
10.

Asra Nomani

American journalist

Overview: Asra Quratulain Nomani (born September 7, 1965) is an American author and former Georgetown University professor. Born in India to Muslim parents, she earned a BA from West Virginia University in liberal ...

Date of birth: 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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American women memoirists 620T

20th-century American non-fiction writers 3,627T

American progressive Muslims 14T
11.

Mish Michaels

American meteorologist (1968–2022)

Overview: Mish Michaels was an American broadcast meteorologist, environmental reporter and author. Michaels was born in Kolkata, India. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Cornell Uni ...

Date of birth: 1968

Date of death: 17 March 2022

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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2022 deaths 1,698T

American male journalists of Indian descent 25T

21st-century American women 5,878T
12.

Maneet Chauhan

Indian chef

Overview: Maneet Chauhan (born 27 October 1976 in Ludhiana, Punjab) is an Indian American chef and television personality. Previously the Executive Chef of several notable restaurants in Chicago, Nashville, and ...

Date of birth: 27 October 1976

Age: 47

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

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Businesswomen from Jharkhand 2T

Businesspeople from Jharkhand 9T

American businesswomen of Indian descent 36T
13.

Sue Manteris

American journalist

Overview: Sunanda Tripathi-Manteris (born June 20, 1962) is an Indian-born American account executive and former journalist at the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, Nevada, KSNV-DT.

Date of birth: 20 June 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: American

Occupation: Accountant

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Journalists from Las Vegas 21T

Journalists from Nevada 22T

American women television journalists 565T
14.

Shibani Joshi

American, Journalist

Overview: Shibani Sona Joshi (born October 4, 1975) is a reporter for the Fox Business Network.

Date of birth: 4 October 1975

Age: 48

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Fox Business people 34T

Writers from Oklahoma City 48T

American women writers of Indian descent 87T
15.

Niharika Acharya

Overview: Niharika Acharya is the Executive Director at The Hill. She leads the event content team in ideation, strategy setting and speaker recruitment. In taking events from concept to execution, she works closely ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

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American women television journalists 573T

Lady Shri Ram College alumni 38T

Women radio journalists 137T
16.

Deepti Hajela

American journalist

Overview: Deepti Hajela is an American journalist who has been a newswoman for the Associated Press since 1996. She works in the New York bureau of the AP, covering a wide range of stories in the metropolitan region ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

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Medill School of Journalism alumni 228T

Journalists from New Jersey 70T

American writers of Indian descent 118T
17.

Sonia Shah

American journalist

Overview: Sonia Shah (born 1969 in New York City, United States) is an American investigative journalist and author of articles and books on corporate power, global health and human rights.

Date of birth: 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Indian-American feminists 1T

20th-century American women 4,137T

American women writers of Indian descent 74T
18.

Deepa Fernandes

American journalist

Overview: Deepa Fernandes is the former host of the WBAI radio program Wakeup Call. She has formerly hosted the nationally syndicated Pacifica radio news show Free Speech Radio News on the politically independent ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

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20th-century American women 4,137T

21st-century American journalists 721T

20th-century American journalists 2,165T
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Lylah M. Alphonse

American journalist

Overview: Lylah M. Alphonse (born 1972 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American journalist.

Date of birth: 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Historians from New York (state) 493T

Princeton Day School alumni 20T

American women non-fiction writers 2,184T
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Kavita Daswani

American writer

Overview: Kavita Daswani is an Indian-American author. All three of her novels deal with the Indian practice of arranged marriages, and features heroines that refuse to go along with tradition.

Date of birth: 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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21st-century American non-fiction writers 3,037T

American women novelists of Indian descent 16T

American women writers of Indian descent 74T