Palki Sharma Upadhyay, the face of WION TV news channel, resigned from the channel on Friday, Exchange 4 Media reported.
Palki has been a journalist for over 20 years and has worked with CNN-IBN, Hindustan Times and Doordarshan in the past. Citing unnamed sources, Exchange 4 Media reported that she announced her resignation as WION managing editor and anchor during a meeting with the team in the afternoon.
She’ll reportedly host the last installment of her primetime show Gravitas tonight on WION, where she has been since 2017.
WION has been a staple of Newslaundry’s coverage of the Indian broadcast media in recent years. Here’s some of our coverage.
How News18 and WION anchors imagined a ‘western media bias’ in Covid reporting
YouTube blocks WION for ‘trivialising’ Russia-Ukraine war
MJ Akbar returns to newsroom, courtesy Zee Media’s WION
German broadcaster partners with Sudhir Chaudhary's WION News, the man who made a 'jihad chart'
Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free, independent news outlet based out of New Delhi. Support their journalism, here.
