Shahina K. K.

Shahina was born in Konathukunnu, a small town near Kodungallur in Thrissur District, Kerala. She hails from a middle-class Muslim family. She was born to Kayamkulam Kunjumarakkar, a school teacher, and Nafeesa, a housewife. == Work ==

In 1997 she started her career at Asianet Television, the first Malayam-language satellite TV Channel. She has worked as news presenter, reporter, and broadcast journalist for ten years. She gained popularity with her unique style of live television anchoring and field reporting. She played a leadership role in intervening in the problems of women in visual media in Kerala and building a community. In 2002, she won the state government award for the best TV reporter. However, Shahina rejected the award in protest of the atrocities committed by the then government against Asianet Wayanad correspondent Ramdas and Madhyamam correspondent PK Prakash. She covered the rural areas of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with unique investigative stories. The story on Thalaikkoothal–a geronticide practice in rural Tamil Nadu–won Shahina the Chameli Devi Jain award for the best woman reporter of the country in 2010. The story is cited in several international academic journals. She joined OPEN magazine in 2011 as Associate Editor. She did a spectrum of stories ranging from the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to the menstrual apartheid practices among the tribal hamlets of Kerala as an out station correspondent of a national magazine. She joined the federal as Associate Editor in 2020. She is now working as a Senior Editor at Outlook magazine. == Family ==

Shahina is settled in Kakkanad, Ernakulam. Her husband, Rajeev Ramachandran is an author, veteran sports journalist and an audio-visual translator. ==References==