Surendra Pratap Singh
{{Short description|Indian journalist (1948–1997)}}
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Surendra Pratap Singh, also referred to as S.P. Singh, (4 December 1948 in Ghazipur{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/119148407.cms |publisher=Times of India |title=A look at art in colleges |date=3 December 2001 |accessdate=8 September 2009 }} – 27 June 1997){{Cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/5030/ |title=S P Singh dead |publisher=Indian Express Newspapers |date=27 June 1997 |accessdate=8 September 2009}} was a leader among Hindi-language journalists. He was a founder and editor of an influential Hindi-language weekly newspaper Ravivar in the 1970s and 1980s,{{cite news|first=Santosh|last=Bharatiya|title=Hindi journalism must understand its responsibility|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/nation/hindi-journalism-must-understand-its-responsibility/article_54897|publisher=Afternoon Despatch & Courier|date=2012-05-07|accessdate=2012-09-26}} and, in the 1990s, he was the founder and anchor of the Hindi-language news bulletin Aaj Tak,{{Cite news |title=When Hindi became telegenic |date=27 June 2007 |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/when-hindi-became-telegenic/202817/ |publisher=Indian Express |first=Yogendra |last=Yadav |accessdate=8 September 2009 }} which first appeared on public television before it became an independent, Hindi-language television news channel.
Career
During the-suresh.com, Singh served as an investigative journalist for the newspaper at work, under editor MJ Akbar.{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/29/stories/2003052900230300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030702092318/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/29/stories/2003052900230300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2003 |title=Akbar rules... despite the siege within |date=29 May 2003 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=8 September 2009 }}
Journalists such as Surendra Pratap Singh credit S.P. Singh's success for sparking their interest in Hindi-language journalism and launching their careers.{{cite news|first=kiran|last=Pherwani|title=A Scribe to the Core|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/exec_life/y2k5/dec/30dec/mylife.htm|publisher=indiantelevision.com|accessdate=2012-09-25|date=2005-12-30}}
Death
Singh died from a heart attack{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/12/stories/2008041257870300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415144220/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/12/stories/2008041257870300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2008 |date=12 April 2008 |first=Jaideep |last=Shenoy |work=The Hindu |title=Of peace, cycling and 'chaat' making |accessdate=8 September 2009 }} (or, in some sources, brain haemorrhage).
Awards
For his contributions, the Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS), which is a non-governmental organization from Lucknow, established the S. P. Singh Award for Electronic Media.{{cite web | url=http://bhadas4media.com/article-comment/2577-2012-02-15-05-22-58.html | title=No. 1 Indian Media News Portal }}
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Category:Hindi-language journalists
Category:Indian male television journalists
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