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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian journalist (born 1981)}}<br />
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| image = Faye D'Souza (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = D'Souza in 2017<br />
| birth_name = Faye Elvira D'Souza<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|8|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chikmagalur]], Karnataka, India<br />
| death_date = <br />
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| education = [[Mount Carmel College, Bangalore]]<br/>Convergence Institute of Media, Management and Information <br />
Technology Studies<br />
| spouse = Sagar Gokhale<br />
| children = 1<br />
| occupation = [[News presenter]]<br />
| organization = BOOM<br />
| years_active = 2003–present<br />
| credits = ''The Urban Debate'', ''Investor's Guide'', ''All About Stocks'' and ''The Property Guide''<br />
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'''Faye Elvira D'Souza''' (born 8 October 1981) is an Indian journalist and [[news presenter]]. She worked as the executive editor of [[Mirror Now]], which is owned by [[The Times Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/mirrornow/expert-views/profile/faye-d-souza/20705|title=Expert profile – Faye D'Souza|publisher=Times Now|accessdate=7 November 2017|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226020144/https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now|url-status=dead}}</ref> She rose to fame with the show ''The Urban Debate'' on Mirror Now, where she anchored on subjects of corruption, communal violence and independent press.<ref name="Faye1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/06/20/faye-dsouza-mirror-now-tv-journalism|first=Shruti|last=Menon|title=This TV news anchor is trying to rescue news from noise|website=newslaundry.com|date=20 June 2017|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref> D'Souza has previously worked as an anchor and editorial lead on ''Investor's Guide'' on [[ET Now]] a member of the [[CNBC TV18]] newsroom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/author/fayedSouza/|title=Faye D'Souza – The times of India blog|work=The Times of India|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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She has been awarded the RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ in 2018.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Faye Elvira D'Souza was born on 8 October 1981 in [[Chikmagalur]], Karnataka into a family of [[Mangalorean Catholics]] and grew up in [[Bangalore]] where she studied journalism at the [[Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru|Mount Carmel College]].<ref name="Faye2">{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/1092878/the-nation-wants-to-know-how-an-anchor-is-winning-indian-tv-news-without-yelling/|author=Bhavya Dore|title=How an anchor is winning Indian TV news without yelling|work=Quartz|via=scroll.in|date=3 October 2017|accessdate=7 November 2017|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226020143/https://qz.com/india/1092878/the-nation-wants-to-know-how-an-anchor-is-winning-indian-tv-news-without-yelling/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and English literature and a master's degree in Mass Communication. She completed her [[Postgraduate education|post graduate]] studies from Commits in Bengaluru.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
===Career beginnings===<br />
D'Souza started her journalism career with [[All India Radio]], while she was a student.<ref name=Faye1 /> She then worked as a post graduate journalist at [[CNBC TV18|CNBC TV 18]] in 2003 and later moved on to reporting about mutual funds, insurance and personal finance.<ref name=Faye2 /> She ran three weekly shows on ET Now – ''Investor's Guide'', ''All About Stocks'' and ''The Property Guide''.<ref name="Faye3">{{cite web |title=Inspirational Women – Faye D'Souza |url=http://wearethecity.in/inspirational-woman-faye-dsouza-editor-personal-finance-real-estate-et-now/ |accessdate=7 November 2017 |website=wearethecity.in}}</ref><br />
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=== Mirror Now and ''The Urban Debate'' ===<br />
The Times network launched the English news channel [[Mirror Now]] in April 2017. D'Souza was made its senior editor. The flagship show on Mirror Now, ''The Urban Debate'' was started, according to her to "shine an uncomfortable spotlight on apathy, inefficiency and corruption which is the root cause of most problems that we face as Indians today.".<ref name="Faye4">{{cite web|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/50107_Times-Network-launches-second-English-general-news-channel---Mirror-NOW|title=Times network launches second general news channel|website=www.afaqs.com|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref><br />
In 2018 The RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ was awarded to Faye D’Souza. She has been awarded for her blistering coverage of issues that touch the lives of common people. Her style of handling subjects like corruption, political opportunism, price rise and communalism over calendar 2017 has made her and her programme ‘The Urban Debate’ extremely popular with the masses. She resigned from Mirror Now's daily operations on 9 September 2019. Vinay Tewari replaced her as the new Managing Editor at the news channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.mashable.com/culture/6576/faye-dsouza-resigns-as-executive-editor-from-mirror-now|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190910121951/https://in.mashable.com/culture/6576/faye-dsouza-resigns-as-executive-editor-from-mirror-now|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2019|title=Faye D'Souza Resigns as Executive Editor From Mirror Now|last=months|first=Afiya Qureshi 5|date=2019-09-09|website=Mashable India|language=en-in|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref><br />
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=== New ventures ===<br />
In January 2020, Faye D'Souza teamed up with an online video platform named FireWork, to produce and release short video clips in which she speaks about the current news.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/faye-d-souza-launches-news-channel-on-firework-200123|title=Faye D'Souza launches news channel on FireWork|last=|first=|date=2020-01-23|website=INDIANtelevision|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306053726/https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/faye-d-souza-launches-news-channel-on-firework-200123|archive-date=6 March 2020|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref><br />
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