Challenging Disinformation | Arfa Khanum Sherwani | TEDxVersovaWomen

Arfa Khanum Sherwani, a renowned journalist based in New Delhi, who focuses on politics, narrates her life journey and how her experiences led her to report on the disempowered and underrepresented sections of Indian society. Through this talk Arfa underlines the deep-rooted communalism in Indian society that has also infected Indian newsrooms. India can transcend these problems, but only if Indian journalism is fearless and independent in the face of those who seek to divide the people. An award-winning journalist, Arfa Khanum Sherwani has been in the news broadcast sector for the last 19 years. She currently occupies the post of a Senior Editor at the digital news portal TheWire.in. Arfa was a founding member of Rajya Sabha TV. Arfa worked with NDTV and was also associated with Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan for his TV blockbuster ‘SatyamevJayate’. She participated in ‘Global Media Forum’ in Germany’s Bonn city. She has delivered the TEDxlecture on Fake News in India. Arfa won this Year’s Red ink award. A winner of Senior Journalists Seminar Fellowship from East-West Centre, Hawaii for 2018, the news broadcaster along with some of the world’s finest journalists, represented India in the international seminar. Chosen as Robert Bosch Indian Media Ambassador to Germany for the year 2017, Arfa worked on the Rise of Right-Wing politics in Germany. Recently, she was awarded the prestigious SahityaSamman from Hindi Academy, instituted by the Delhi government. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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