MUMBAI: The Broadcast Editors’ Association (BEA), the apex body of editors of news TV channels, elected its office bearers recently. The election process took place at an AGM held in New Delhi. The BEA decided to retain the status quo and unanimously took the decision and re-elected Shazi Zaman (ABP News) as the president of the body while Arnab Goswami (Times Now) was re-elected as vice president.  Deepak Chaurasia from India News was elected as the vice-president of BEA .

Live India's editorial boss NK Singh  was elected general secretary. There was good news for the India Today Group as well with  Supriya Prasad of Aaj Tak  being  elected treasurer of BEA.

The 15-member executive committee of the BEA comprises: Shazi Zaman (ABP News), NK Singh (Live India), Arnab Goswami (Times Now), Deepak Chaurasia (India News), Ashutosh (IBN7), Sonia Singh (NDTV), Ajit Anjum (News 24), Vinay Tewari (CNN-IBN), QW Naqwi (India TV), Shailesh Kumar (News Nation), Supriya Prasad (Aajtak), Vinod Kapri (News Express), Dibang (senior journalist), Satish K Singh (senior journalist), and Pranjal Sharma (senior journalist).

The BEA also constituted a credentials committee for inducting new members as the news industry has been proliferating with channels seeking to become members . The committee consists of: :  Shailesh Kumar (News Nation), Sanjeev Paliwal (IBN7) and Supriya Prasad (Aajtak).