About the Book: Good News, Bad News: A Life in Television
A MEMOIR SPANNING THIRTY YEARS OF A CAREER IN TELEVISION NEWS, GOOD NEWS, BAD
NEWS UNRAVELS THE LIFE AND FORM OF TV JOURNALISM IN INDIA THROUGH THE YEARS.
1989: ONE OF INDIAS FIRST-EVER TELEVISED ELECTION RESULTS COVERAGE WAS TO GO
LIVE, AND MAYA SHARMA STOOD AT THE READY, AN EARNEST EXPRESSION ON HER FACE AND
A FIRM GRIP ON HER MIKE.
Maya reported live for the first time then-and would do so thousands of times in
the years ahead.
As a senior reporter for NDTVs Bangalore bureau, she would go on to cover more
elections, dramatic political