Senior journalist Ayesha Khanum to head Karnataka Media Academy

Ayesha Khanum.

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The state government on Wednesday appointed senior journalist Ayesha Khanum as chairperson of the Karnataka Media Academy.

Ayesha was chief correspondent - South India at Doordarshan. The government also appointed senior journalists M N Ahobalapathy (Chitradurga), K Nigajja (Koppal) and senior news photographer K Venkatesh as Academy members. This is the first time a photojournalist has been nominated as a member of the Academy, sources in the chief minister’s office said.