Top 10 Highest Paid Journalists In India That Every Indian Should Know About

Last updated on January 23rd, 2024 at 03:42 pm

Media is the fourth pillar of democracy. There are many famous journalists in India. They make a huge amount of money through reporting. Today, we present to you the list of the top 10 highest paid journalists in India.

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Top 10 highest paid journalists in India 2024

1. Arnab Goswami

Arnab Goswami’s salary is around Rs 12 Crore per annum. He is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Republic Media Network. He is one of the wealthiest news anchors in India. His net worth is around Rs 262 crore.

2. Nidhi Razdan

Nidhi Razdan is a consulting editor for NDTV. She has an annual salary of Rs 10 Crore. She has experience in ground reports, documentation, and anchoring. She is one of the famous Indian journalists and television personalities.

3. Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt is one of the most famous journalists in India. She is the owner of the YouTube news channel MoJo Story. She is an opinion columnist with The Hindustan Times and The Washington Post. Her annual salary is around Rs 5 Crore per annum.

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4. Rajat Sharma

Rajat Sharma’s salary is around Rs 5 Crore per annum. He is Chairman and Editor-in-chief of INDIA TV. He is famous for his television show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to journalism.

5. Rajdeep Sardesai

The net worth of Rajdeep Sardesai is $6 Million. He covers reports on the ground level outside media and posts them on Twitter. He has an annual salary of Rs 5 Crore, which he earns from his reports. He was an advisory editor for India Today. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Broadcast News.

6. Anjana Om Kashyap

Anjana Om Kashyap is an Indian news anchor. She is working with the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak as a Senior Executive Editor. Her annual salary is around Rs 4 crore. She is famous for her charismatic personality.

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7. Sudhir Chaudhary

Sudhir Chaudhary’s annual salary is Rs 4 Crore. He is the editor-in-chief and CEO of Zee News, WION, and Zee Business. He is famous for his prime-time show Daily News & Analysis on Zee News.

8. Shweta Singh

Shweta Singh’s annual salary is around Rs 3 crore. She is a news anchor and Senior Executive Editor of Special Programming at Aaj Tak. Before joining Aaj Tak, She also worked at Zee News and Sahara News.

9. Prannoy Lal Roy

Prannoy Lal Roy is an Indian economist and journalist. He is the executive co-chairperson of NDTV. he earns around Rs 7 lakh per month. He was India’s first journalist to interview Bill Gates in India.

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10. Vikram Chandra

Vikram Chandra’s salary is Rs 2 and a half lakh per month. From 2011 to October 2016, he was the CEO of the NDTV Group. Later on, he founded Editorji Technologies, a multilingual video news platform.

This is the list of the top 10 highest paid journalists in India. Who is your favourite Indian journalist?