
Labanya J. M. has been appointed Deputy Chief Content Editor, Business Desk, at ETV Bharat. She returns to the digital news platform after serving as Senior Copy Editor at Times Network.
Labanya brings more than 16 years of experience in editorial operations, business reporting, content editing, SEO and breaking-news coverage. Her career spans digital newsrooms, television networks and regional publishing.
At Times Network, she worked as Senior Copy Editor. Her responsibilities included editing and publishing business, infrastructure and national news stories, creating SEO-friendly headlines and digital copy, managing breaking-news desk operations and ensuring editorial accuracy and deadlines.
Before that, she served as Copy Editor at Times Network and she was Content Editor at ETV Bharat, working in Hyderabad on editorial and content operations.
Labanya also worked as Assistant Executive Content Writer at Odisha Television Limited. She began her journalism career at NavaBharat, where she worked for more than seven years as a Reporter-cum-Sub Editor.
Her early experience includes a role as Subeditor at Sanmarg Hindi Danik Private Limited from November 2009 to November 2012. She edited hyperlocal crime news, reported on crime and business stories and proofread local pages.
ETV Bharat is a digital national news platform from the Ramoji Group, offering news services across 23 states in 13 Indian languages. Its coverage spans video-led reporting through its mobile app and web portal.













