PN Vishnu: A Leader in Digital Sports Journalism
PN Vishnu has carved out a clear niche in the busy world of digital sports journalism. A core member of the LiveMint Sports team, he spends most of his time tracking cricket, football and other headline events, bringing nearly a decade of newsroom experience to a fast-moving beat.
Sport has been a constant in his life for more than 10 years, and that long-term obsession shapes his work. Cricket and football sit at the heart of it. His weekends and late nights have often revolved around Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL and Manchester United in the Premier League, loyalties that grew long before they became part of his professional routine.
The foundations were laid at the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) in Chennai, where he completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism in 2017. From there, he moved quickly through some of India’s leading newsrooms. Stints at Deccan Chronicle and Firstpost helped him develop the versatility demanded by modern sports desks: live blogs one day, long-form features the next.
By 2025, he added a spell at CricXtasy to his resume, sharpening his digital instincts before joining LiveMint in February 2026. Across these roles, he has followed some of the biggest stages Indian sport can offer, reporting extensively on the IPL and ISL and tracking the pressure, form swings and tactical shifts that define them.
His work has also taken him beyond the press box. Interviews with India cricketers Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhruv Jurel are part of a growing list of conversations with players who sit at the centre of the stories he tells. Those exchanges, built on preparation and curiosity, feed into his broader philosophy: that sport is never just about the scoreline.
Away from the constant churn of fixtures and deadlines, Vishnu turns to books, music and long television binges to reset. The result is a reporter who brings both lived fandom and professional distance to his coverage—a combination that continues to shape his voice at LiveMint.
Aachal Maniyar
Aachal Maniyar operates at the intersection of global sport and sharp, real-time storytelling. As Senior Content Producer at LiveMint, she leads coverage of US sports, tracking major leagues and marquee events while also keeping a close eye on cricket and the wider international calendar.
Her approach is rooted in more than five years of frontline journalism. She has worked across some of India’s most prominent newsrooms, including Thomson Reuters, India TV, BTVI, ET NOW and CNBC TV18. Each stop added a layer: breaking news urgency, live match coverage, long-form features, on-air anchoring, and the ability to switch formats without losing clarity.
That multi-platform grounding now shapes her daily work. She scripts, edits and produces for both television and digital audiences, tailoring the same core story to different screens and attention spans. Whether it’s a late-night NBA thriller, a high-stakes NFL clash, or a cricket series that grips two nations, she looks for the angles that go beyond the obvious.
Her portfolio reflects that range. She has delivered in-depth explainers, athlete profiles and data-led analysis, but also pieces that lean into the emotional weight of fandom and the personal battles behind an athlete’s rise. Exclusive interviews with figures such as India cricketer Dhruv Jurel, Indian women’s hockey captain Savita Punia and industrialist Ratan Tata underline both access and trust.
A Master’s degree in Journalism from Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune, anchors her work in strong fundamentals: accuracy, context and clean storytelling. For Aachal, numbers and narratives are inseparable. The pressure moments, the split-second decisions, the off-field choices—those are the details she believes truly explain why a game unfolds the way it does, and what it means for the people who live it.
