Bhubaneswar: Noted journalist Basudev Mahapatra breathed his last in Odisha capital on Monday. He is survived by his journalist wife Sujata, who works as a senior reporter with Kalinga TV, and son .
Born at a village of Balugaon in Odisha’s Khurda district, Basudev started his career as a print journalist and worked with different newspapers including Dharitri. He shifted to broadcast medium and also served for some time as Editor of Naxatra News. Subsequently he ran his own web news portal and freelanced with various national and local news platforms.
A bilingual journalist with fluency in Odia and English, Basudev was known for his grassroots-level development reports and analysis.
Family sources said he was not keeping too well for some time and complained of discomfort this morning. He was taken to Capital Hospital, where he was declared dead.
Basudev also wrote a few articles for Odisha Bytes.
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