Sumi Aggarwal is an award-winning journalist and communications professional. She spent nearly a decade at CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” where she produced a wide variety of stories, including an investigation into a 50-year-old civil rights-related murder, a historical story about an Egyptian double agent, a profile of Tabasco and a deep dive into new scientific findings on the effects of sugar. She has worked as a booking producer at the “Today” show and led executive communications for Google’s search and maps teams. Aggarwal was an adjunct professor at the City College of New York, where she helped establish the broadcast journalism curriculum. She has also worked at a number of local television stations and papers in California and Oregon.
Aggarwal has received numerous journalism awards, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, several News Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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