Journalism is regarded as the fourth estate, there are few female journalists who not only stayed loyal to their profession but also made sure that they are the fourth and most essential pillar of democracy.

Here comes the list of 5 outstanding Indian Women Journalists, they have surely carved an effective space in the broader world of media and journalism.

Rana Ayyub

Initiating the journey with Tehelka as an investigative journalist, Rana Ayyub depicts her excellence in stories based on uncovering the political cover-ups. Rana Ayyub is not only an outstanding journalist but she is an Indian novelist too. The ‘Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a cover-up’ is proudly authored by Rana Ayyub.  Rana Ayyub was rewarded as the most resilient Global Journalist in Hague in the year 2018 at the Peace Palace. This wonder lady owns the McGill award in 2020 for her journalistic courage.

YashicaDutt

YashicaDutt has been working as an Independent Journalist for Hindustan Times, The wire, LiveMint and Scroll.in. For the sunday edition of The Hindustan Times and Brunch Yashica launched several campaigns based on the social media platforms. Her memoir named as ;Coming Out as a Dalit’, in 2019 is marked as a turning poinf in her career.

Chitrangada Choudhury

She is a prominent member of ‘People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), and worked as an independent journalist mainly focusing on the issues based on the indigenous as well as rural communities. The excellence of the word has been witnessed by different platforms such as The Hindu, The Caravan, PARI and many more. Based on the increase in deforestation, land mining and Talabira coal mines Chitragada penned down a path breaking article.

Sangeeta BarooahPisharoty

Sangeeta focuses mainly on politics, culture as well as the North-East. Earlier she was a part of The Hindu, currently Sangeeta serves as a Deputy Editor At The Wire. The Wire received some of the brilliant works of Sangeeta BarooahPisharoty based on the issue stemming such as ‘National Register of the citizens’ and ‘Citizenship Amendment Act’.

Faye D’Souza

All India Radio was her first step in the wide world of journalism. Faye D’Souza was rewarded as the ‘Journalist of the year’ in the Redink Award in the year 2018. She proved her ability as an Anchor in the Mirror Now on ‘The Urban Debate’ show. In the year 2019 D’Souza decided to quit Mirror Now in order to start her own independent channel.