A Kashmiri journalist Danish Manzoor Bhat was appointed as Editorial Director (Asia) of Newsweek, a reputed international news and politics magazine on Thursday.
Danish is an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad and the Media Education Research centre of Kashmir University and Journalism Department of Osmania University.
“I'm delighted to announce that Danish Manzoor Bhat is joining Newsweek as Editorial Director, Asia. Based in India, he will be responsible for shaping our coverage of Asia and connecting us with important players in the region. He'll also help us leverage technology and refine editorial strategy for new regions,” Nancy Cooper, Global Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek, said in the announcement on Thursday.
According to a profile published by Newsweek, Danish is a prolific journalist who understands Asia deeply and gets the tech and business side of media as well. “He has been one of the youngest working journalists and editors in India and his experience ranges from print, broadcast, to digital/multimedia journalism. He has mainly worked at the intersection of news, media-tech and media entrepreneurship,” Cooper said in her announcement.
"Joining an iconic global publication like Newsweek is extremely humbling. I feel responsible for maintaining the impressive work done here by amazing journalists and editors before me. Given the new world order, there are thousands of stories from the Indo-Pacific region to be tell,” Danish told Newsweek.