Raju Narisetti (born 1966) is a journalist and former newspaper editor who has been the global publishing director at

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since 2020. From July 2018 to December 2019, he was a professor of professional practice and director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.Raju Narisetti
Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University in the City of New York (Accessed: June 6, 2019) In October 2017, Narisetti was appointed to the board of trustees of the

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. He is one of the Young Global Leaders of the

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and a board member of an American nonprofit publishing entity, Rest of World.

Career

Narisetti holds a B.A. in

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from

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, an

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from the

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and an M.A. in journalism from

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. He started as a journalist at ''

The Economic Times ''The Economic Times'' is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper. Owned by The Times Group, ''The Economic Times'' began publication in 1961 and it is sold in all major cities in India. As of 2012, it is the world's secon ...

'' in India before commencing his U.S. career at the ''

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'', where he was a staff reporter from 1991 to 1994. He first joined ''

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'' as a reporter specializing in global media, technology and consumer products trends in 1994; over the next twelve years, he was promoted to deputy national editor of the American edition; managing editor (2003–2004) and editor (2004–2006) of ''

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''; and deputy managing editor (2005–2006) in charge of

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, the

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and

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for the newspaper's global brand. As the founding editor of ''

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'' from 2006 to 2009, Narisetti facilitated the publication's emergence as India's second-largest business newspaper. It is owned by

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, which also publishes the ''

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''. Narisetti was managing editor, digital of ''

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'' from 2009 to 2012 before briefly rejoining ''The Wall Street Journal'' (as head of ''The Wall Street Journal'' Digital Network) in 2012. As senior vice president of growth and strategy for

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from 2013 to 2016, he helped the media group cultivate new revenue opportunities, particularly in Asia. He was named president and chief executive officer of

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following its acquisition by

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in September 2016. He remained in the role until April 2018. According to ''

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'', Narisetti was forced out by Univision amid staff cuts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narisetti, Raju Indian male journalists Indian newspaper editors 1966 births Living people 20th-century Indian journalists Journalists from Andhra Pradesh Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees members