WHO WE ARE

Charmeela Bhagowat

Poynter-trained Charmeela Bhagowat has over 16 years' experience in print, broadcast and electronic media. Her passion for life-long learning took her from news editor at The Star to senior information officer for the Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) of the United Nations in Southern Africa and in Central Asia, where she gained experience in international newsroom management. She returned to South Africa to news edit This Day newspaper before working at the Sunday Times as assistant editor. Charmeela was former foreign editor of the SABC where she oversaw initial plans for the public broadcaster's bureaux expansion into Africa, the US and Europe.