Krishna Prasad (journalist)

Krishna Prasad(born 12 October 1968) is an Indian journalist.  He is currently the Group Editorial Officer in The Hindu Group Publications Private Limited since April 2021. In this designation, he plays a guiding role on content management across all the publications, working with the editors and the business and technical teams to drive THG’s digital transformation.
Previously, he has served as Editor-in-Chief of the news magazineOutlookbetween 2012 and 2016. He also publishes three different blogs:Churumuri,Sans SerifandKosambari.He is known for having exposedmatch-fixinginIndian Cricketalong withAniruddha Bahal.
Krishna Prasad was born inMysoreinto aTelugu-speakingsouth Indianfamily. He attended the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) school. He then enrolled in an engineering college to study electronics engineering, but dropped out without completing the program.
While he was still a student of engineering, Krishna Prasad began his media career as a stringer for theNew Indian Express, under the editorship ofT. J. S. George. He later worked for theSunday Observer(now defunct) and theTimes of Indiain Mumbai. From August 2006 to June 2007, Krishna Prasad edited the English-language dailyVijay Times(a sister publication ofTimes of India, which was later converted intoBangalore Mirror).He then joined Outlook as a reporter and later became the magazine's special issues editor.
In March 2006, a few months before joiningVijay Times, Krishna Prasad started publishing the Churumuri blog, after drawing inspiration from a speech delivered in colloquialKannadabyCaptain G. R. Gopinath.He later started the media blogSans Serif,a media blog, andKosambari,a blog focused on south Indian Vegetarian cuisine.
In October 2008, Krishna Prasad was appointed editor ofOutlook,theprogressive, current affairs magazine published from New Delhi. He was appointed editor-in-chief of the magazine with effect from 1 February 2012. He was replaced by Rajesh Ramachandran with effect from 16 August 2016. His removal has been attributed to the publication, in the 29 July issue of the magazine, of a story alleging the trafficking of 31 underageAssamesegirls by organizations associated with theRSS.The story had resulted in a criminal case being filed against the magazine for defamation.
He is currently the Group Editorial Officer by The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited effective from 16 April 2021. A position first of its kind in Indian media, he is tasked with leading and enabling greater synergies across different print publications and digital offerings, by coordinating content efforts across all publications of The Hindu Group.
Krishna Prasad has lectured onjournalismat various colleges and universities in India and abroad. From August to October 2007, he traveled in theUnited States, lecturing on the topic of "Indian media" atCentral Michigan University,Ball State University,University of Wisconsin-River Falls, andPenn State University. He has also lectured at theIndian Institute of Management, Bangalore; theNational Defence College, New Delhi;Asian College of Journalism,Chennaiand theLal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration,Mussorie.
Krishna Prasad recently instituted theT S SatyanMemorial Awards for Photojournalism in association with Karnataka Photo News, a regional photo news agency.
Thomas L. Friedmandescribed Prasad as "one of the brightest young journalists I met in India" during a 2004 visit from theUnited States.