Anurag Kumar

Anurag Kumar Sason is an Indian journalist with experience in newspaper (print media), news agency, broadcast media, news app (short video sharing app), and digital journalism. Sason has covered mammoth events like Maha Kumbha 2013, Lok Sabha elections 2014, Lok Sabha polls 2019, many state elections, and Farmers’ Protest (Kisan Andolan). Three years after the Kedarnath tragedy (2013), Sason traveled to Badrinath and Kedarnath in June 2016 to do two exclusive news stories. He went to both the places to see what changed since then. Sason is also a guest article writer. Sason has also done two sting operations—one on the Lajpat Nagar sex racket and another on Demonetisation related case. Even after so many years, the first one is still on top in search on Google. He has won three ‘Award for Excellence’ during his tenure in ABP News channel (Best investigative reporting, best opinion article and best election coverage). He loves to travel. He also loves to record his journeys and share the same via vlogs with the public. He has done his MA in Journalism and Mass Communication (1st division/gold medalist) from Allahabad University. Here, as Deputy News Editor, he is working for the Financial Express website of the prestigious Indian Express Group. His forte is political beat. However, here he writes on beats like Infra, Lifestyle, World, and others.