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Network18 appoints Palki Sharma as managing editor

New Delhi, 20-September-2022, By IBW Team

Network18 appoints Palki Sharma as managing editor

Network18 has appointed senior broadcast journalist and editor Palki Sharma as Managing Editor. Sharma will launch a new multi-platform video project for the group.

This will be her second innings at Network18, where she has earlier worked in different capacities.

As per the company’s press release, the new video project to be built and led by Sharma will straddle all formats of news reporting and presentation. The news product will aim to capture a new generation of audiences for the group.

Sharma, who joins Network18 from the WION News channel, has over 21 years of experience across several media, including the ITV Network, Network18, Doordarshan News, and The Hindustan Times.

She was the host of ‘Gravitas’, a popular prime-time English news program, as well as the highly regarded digital program ‘Gravitas Plus’ on WION.

Additionally, she conceptualized and oversaw the WION Global Summit, a channel event held annually in Dubai.

In her career spanning over two decades, Palki has interviewed several national and international heads of state. She has also covered important stories and events on the ground, including the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the Quad Summits in Tokyo and Washington DC, and many others.

Commenting on onboarding Sharma, Smriti Mehra, CEO, Business News, Network18 group, said, “Palki is a distinctive journalist and editor, thanks to her persona, voice, and audience connect.

“The news product she will lead will cater to audiences across platforms. It will help the network expand its footprints, along with imagining new formats of showcasing news content,” Smriti added.

Commenting on her appointment, Sharma said, “I am excited to join hands with Network18, India’s largest news network, to launch a futuristic project with a global footprint, that will transform the news experience and make India proud. It will be a content innovation lab that challenges traditional news formats and experiments with the latest technology and interactive tools to make news stories intelligent, interesting, and accessible for the global audience.”


8 Comments on “Network18 appoints Palki Sharma as managing editor

  1. It is an amazing & well thought through decision by NETWORK18 to have Mrs P Sharma to lead Nw18 into a Tech platform based era with intelligent , relevant n precise content !!

    All the very best to NW18 team !!

    📌 Looking forward to absolute content n NO Clutter !!!

  2. It is an amazing & well thought through decision by NETWORK18 to have Mrs P Sharma to lead Nw18 into a Tech platform based era with intelligent , relevant n precise content !!

    All the very best to NW18 team !!

  3. Great and releived to hear this much awaited news of Palki Sharma Upadhyaya’s return to her much loved domain. Wishing her all the best and to Network 18.

  4. She will definitely be looked forward to by a large section of the audience.
    Palki is no Halki ..Her strength is her experience to smartly express and present the Truth beaitifully.
    Good wishes to her

  5. Smt. Palki Sarma is a highly regarded journalist and I was regular listener of her Gravitas program.
    I felt that she tended to lecture on that program but that can be easily avoided.

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