Bobby Ghosh, the editor-in-chief, of Hindustan Times has quit the organization for "personal reasons" and will be returning to New York. The news was broken through an email to staff by the chairperson of HT Media Shobhana Bhartia. She added that Ghosh agreed to stay on “for a while” in his capacity as editor-in-chief to help with the process of transition and complete the projects he had launched. He was appointed editor-in-chief in of the Hindustan Times in December 2016 following the departure of Sanjoy Narayan, who had run the newspaper since 2008. Note it is unclear the exact reason for Ghosh's departure but Outlook Magazine, citing a source in the company, said that pressure from the government" could be a reason behind his resignation. However, other sources termed it as speculation and that the announcement came as a shock to the newsroom. Ghosh was brought onboard to head HT Digital Streams Ltd where he led a transformation of various news products. His stint in the media organization was 14 months. He previously managing editor of the business news website Quartz and TIME Magazine's World Editor. He was the first non-American to be named World Editor in TIME's more than 80 years and had previously been TIME's Baghdad bureau chief, and one of the longest-serving correspondents in Iraq. He has written stories from other conflict areas, like Palestine and Kashmir. This year has been tumultuous for HT Media as it pulled shutters on four editions and three bureaus, including its business bureau in Mumbai and Delhi, laying off an unknown number of journalists. Many estimate that…
