R K Misra

A field journalist with over four decades of experience working for some of the top news publications in India and abroad. Presently the Roving editor of The Free Press Journal of Mumbai, I am also the State Correspondent of the New York based international news agency, Associated Press (AP), news dailies Hitavada of Nagpur, Daily Post of Chandigarh and Outlook magazine of Delhi , to name a few. Beginning my professional career with The Times of India in Ahmedabad, I have worked as Senior Assistant Editor with Probe India and it’s sister hindi publication ‘Maya’ in Delhi and as Special Correspondent and later Roving Editor of The Pioneer and the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). Specialising in cross-country coverage of conflict areas like Punjab and Kashmir at the height of militancy , I have also done stints for the Gulf News of Dubai and the Arab News of Saudi Arabia besides the Tribune of Chandigarh, and Vijay Times of Bangalore. My specialization, however remains, Gujarat. I am presently based in Gandhinagar, the state capital of Gujarat state, India.