Amrita Cheema is an Indian journalist. She has been working since 1999 as a news presenter with the German international TV broadcaster Deutsche Welle-TV. From 2005 to 2008, she spent some years with the Australian broadcaster SBS Television.[2][3][4]
Cheema was an editor and anchor of Star News SundayinDelhi. This 60-minute programme with investigative reports and live interviews had the highest television rating points for a news and current affairs show in the country.[4] She also anchored prime time Star News English bulletins, Newshour and election specials.[1] In 1994, she was part of a team which launched India's first news and current affairs television channel Television International (TVI), under the Business India TV umbrella.[4]
Cheema moved to Berlin in 1998 to become one of the hosts of the German international broadcasters Deutsche Welle English language edition of the Journal,[1] their television news program. She also produced People and Politics and European Journal.[4] In 2000, she worked on the DW-TV's documentary The Truth Is in No Hurry.
As a journalist, she has interviewed world leaders,[vague] dissidents, and newsmakers.[citation needed]
Cheema had lived in Europe for more than sixteen years.[4]
