Manu Raju

Manu Raju: Biography in Details

Who is Manu Raju?

Manu Raju is a prominent American Journalist, a political analyst, and a Senior Congressional Correspondent at CNN, covering the United States Congress and Campaign Politics.

Manu Raju has successfully covered many big political occasions and has interviewed big political figures like Paul Ryan, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, and Harry Reid.

He has a very steady career. He has been going strong in his career with many honors and awards.

Manu Raju: Net worth 2024, Salary

Manu Raju has been able to build a successful career in the political journalism community. Reportedly, he earns about $100,000 per year.

His net worth is approximately $3 million as per data from 2024.

His primary source of income is reporting.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Manu Raju has black colored eyes and dark hair. He has an average body length and body mass.

Manu Raju: Bio, Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Manu Raju was born into an Indian family in Downers Grove, Illinois on the 9th of February, 1980.

How old is Manu Raju?

His current age is 43. His parents are Dr. Tonse N. K. Raju(a neonatologist and a former professor at the University of Illinois) and Vidya Raju who immigrated from Kolkata, India in the 1970s.

Raju’s Grandfather is Gopalakrishna Adiga, who is a legendary South Indian poet. He has a sibling, Sharat Raju, who is a filmmaker.

Manu Raju’s parents are originally from India however, Raju was born in the U.S.A. and thus holds the citizenship of America. His ethnicity is Indian.

Social Media

Raju is very active on social media such as Twitter. He tweets quite frequently.

Moreover, Manu Raju has a total following of almost 273K on Twitter likewise 2.8K on Instagram.

In which school did Manu Raju attend?

Raju grew up in a very educated family; a family with a legendary poet. He finished his schooling at Hinsdale South High School in 1998.

Manu Raju attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration.

During his time at the university, he worked in The Badgers Herald student newspaper as the sports editor.

Manu Raju: Professional Life, Career

Manu started his career by working at the assignment desk at NBC-15 in Madison, Wisconsin. Raju later joined Inside Washington Publishers in 2002.

Manu Raju worked for Congressional Quarterly, The Hill Newspaper, and politico before coming to CNN in September 2015.

Even before joining CNN, Raju was part of many other programs on different networks like NBC’s Meet the Press, and CBS’s Face the Nation.

In 2013, Raju broke major stories during the Government Shutdown and in 2014.

Once again in January 2017, Raju broke the news with his detailed reports of the stock trade that subsequently raised ethical and legal questions to Tom Price and President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Service nominee.

The Trump Administration called retractors. However, Raju’s reports were found to be accurate.

Meanwhile, Manu Raju appears regularly on different television networks and radio broadcasts giving his political analysis.

Awards, Nomination

With a great career comes great honors. In 2012, he was honored with the Merriam-Smith Award for presidential reporting with a team of politico reporters for the covering of the debt ceiling crisis.

Manu Raju won the first prize from the Society of Professional Journalists in D.C. for beat coverage of the 2014 midterm elections, in 2015.

Similarly, in the same year, he also won the Folio Eddie Award for a feature profile he co-authored on Senator Elizabeth Warren.

In 2017, Raju was honored with the 2016 Joan Shorenstein Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based reporting of Congressional and political affairs for his coverage of Congress and campaign politics.

Is Manu Raju involved in any rumors and controversies?

CNN had to retract one of the exclusive reports of Raju. Which reported that the Trump Campaign, including Donald Trump Jr, had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks however it was found to be incorrect.

Subsequently, this led Donald Trump Jr and Julian Assange to criticize Raju. They demanded disciplinary actions against Raju.

However, CNN rejected it because Raju had particularly followed CNN’s editorial standards process.

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