Seema Mustafa elected as president of Editors Guild of India
The announcement came after the results of an online election held on October 16 were declared.
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New Delhi: Seema Mustafa, the Editor of The Citizen, has been elected as President of the Editors Guild of India, a statement by the top body of editorial leaders said Saturday
This follows the announcement of the results of an online election held on October 16.
Until this election, members were chosen by consensus. The Editors Guild is considered the top body of editors, critically looking at both the media and the state. It was founded in 1978 with the two primary objectives of protecting press freedom and raising the standards of editorial leadership of newspapers and magazines.
In the same election, Sanjay Kapoor, Editor of Hardnews, was elected as General Secretary.
Anant Nath, Editor of The Caravan, was elected unopposed as Treasurer.
Ms. Mustafa will succeed Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint, while Mr. Kapoor and Mr. Nath will take over from A.K. Bhattacharya, Editorial Director of Business Standard, and Sheela Bhatt, Contributing Editor of Rediff.com, respectively.
Seema Mustafa began her career in journalism with The Pioneer (a Lucknow-based newspaper).
