Sutapa Deb

{{Short description|Indian journalist}}

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Sutapa Deb is an Indian television journalist.{{cite news|title=16 stories that needed excellence and how they got it|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/16-stories-that-needed-excellence-and-how-they-got-it/2326/|accessdate=30 November 2010|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=13 April 2006|author=Devyani Onial }}{{cite news|title=Short Notes on Indian Cinema – 01|url=http://www.nation.lk/2007/09/02/eyefea4.htm|accessdate=30 November 2010|newspaper=The Nation on Sunday (Sri Lanka)|date=2 September 2007|author=K.N. Sivakumaran}} Her journey as a journalist began with Indian Express and India Today in Delhi. She made the transition from print to television when she joined NDTV.

She has a postgraduate in English literature,{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}. As a television journalist she has reported on education, women, children, health, labour, disability and unemployment. She traveled to villages in West Bengal, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and other states to bring the voices of the rural to mainstream news coverage.

She is a part of series India Matters on NDTV. In certain cases, the reports have made the administration take action.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} In, 2002, her documentary on the Unsung Heroes of the Gujarat earthquake won her the Indian Telly Award for the best documentary of the year.

Sutapa Deb has been honoured with the 'Commonwealth Broadcasting Association-Thomson Foundation Journalist of the Year' award at the CBA's Broadcasting Awards for 2008.{{cite web|title=2008 CBA Broadcasting Awards|url=http://www.cba.org.uk/awards_and_competitions/2008_CBA_awards.php|publisher=Commonwealth Broadcasting Association|accessdate=30 November 2010}}