NEW DELHI: IBN Network Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai was today re-elected President of the Editors Guild of India for a second term at the elections held here.

Coomi Kapoor, a senior journalist who is also a columnist with The Indian Express Group, has been elected General Secretary.

Kapoor succeeds Resident Editor in Delhi for ‘the Week’, K Sachidananda Murthy, who told indiantelevision.com that he had already done three terms and therefore felt the norm of two terms should be followed. India TV COO Rohit Bansal was re-elected Treasurer for another term.

Sardesai made a clarion call driven by a concerted campaign in the first quarter of 2010 on multiple platforms against the growing menace of paid news masquerading as genuine news/editorial comment.

This will form part of the Resolution being issued tomorrow that will attempt to summarize the discussion held today on the subject of paid news. Details of the campaign will be spelt out.