Appan Menon
{{Short description|Indian journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Appan Menon
| image = Appan_Menon.jpg
| caption = Appan Menon, captured by The Times of India photographer in New Delhi on 7 September 1990
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1947|09|17}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|06|28|1947|09|17}}
| death_place = New Delhi, India
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = The World This Week
| occupation = News editor and anchor NDTV
| spouse = Kamala Menon
| children = 2
}}
Appan Menon (17 September 1947 – 28 June 1996){{cite book|author=A Journalist beloved Appan Menon|title=Frontline, Volume 13, Issues 13–20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ5KAQAAIAAJ|publisher=S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons, 1996|access-date=25 April 2012|date=July 1996}} was a senior Indian print and television journalist, most known News editor and anchor with NDTV. He anchored the international news show The World This Week on Doordarshan in 1980s and moved to NDTV when it was established in 1988.{{IMDb name|1504953}}{{cite news |title=Thank you, Doordarshan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/radio-and-tv/article27878.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2 October 2009 }}
Career
Starting as an agency reporter, Menon worked with news agencies PTI and UNI, and also covered the United Nations Headquarters for Inter Press Service and specialized in Latin American politics. Then he moved to print media working with The Hindu newspaper and Frontline magazine. Eventually he moved to television, where he anchored The World This Week first with state-run Doordarshan and subsequently with NDTV and became its leading news anchor along with Prannoy Roy{{cite news|author=Special Correspondent|title=Appan Menon award for EPW journalist|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2453166.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=25 April 2012|date=14 September 2011}}
He died in his sleep early morning on 28 June 1996 at the age of 48, at the time of death he was news editor with NDTV.{{cite journal |title=none |journal=Vidura |year= 1996|volume=33 |page=19 |publisher=Press Institute of India }} He was survived by his wife Kamala Menon and two children.{{cite journal |title=none |journal=Communicator |volume=31 |year= 1996 |publisher=Indian Institute of Mass Communication }} Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami has said that he owed Menon a lot for his career.{{cite web |title=Frankly Speaking with Arnab Goswami |url= http://www.indiantelevision.com/exec_life/y2k6/feb/10feb/mylife.htm |publisher= indiantelevision.com |access-date=25 April 2012|date= 10 February 2006 }}
Appan Menon Memorial Award
After his death, the Appan Menon Memorial Trust was set up in 1996 in memory of Menon. The Appan Menon Award for Journalism is awarded annually by the trust to journalists "having special interest in international affairs or developmental issues with an Indian viewpoint". The award is announced on 17 September, coinciding with his birth anniversary.{{cite news|author=Staff Reporter|title=Appan Menon award presented|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/14/stories/2005091404711500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021062203/http://hindu.com/2005/09/14/stories/2005091404711500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2007|access-date=25 April 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 September 2005}}{{cite news |title=Appan Menon award |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/18/stories/2003091804011200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031027134512/http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/18/stories/2003091804011200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2003 |newspaper=The Hindu |date= 18 Sep 2003 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.openspace.org.in/appan Appan Menon Journalist Award, webpage]
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Category:Indian male television journalists
Category:The Hindu journalists
Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni