Author: Several Contributors
Foreword/Introductio: Viveck Goenka/ Fali S Nariman
Publisher: Roli Books
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 178
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788174365378
Description
As part of the centenary year celebrations of its founder Ramnath
Goenka, The Express Group instituted The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards.
The Awards for Excellence in Journalism honour journalists from both print and broadcast media – men and women who have relentlessly searched for and ferreted out the facts, sometimes under very hostile circumstances. Their stories range from hard-hitting investigations of corruption as in the Bihar flood or the Mahila Bank scams, exposes on human rights violations in Jammu, Kashmir and Manipur to thorough analysis of terrorism in Kashmir. Three are reports on the Gujarat riots and the appalling conditions under which miners live in Assam, moving accounts of the Tsunami or how Kokkare Bellur nurtures migrant birds.
The Awards pay tribute to journalists who encourage public trust in the media by practicing the highest standards of their profession in the face of political or economic pressures; journalists whose work is fair, accurate and tackle issues that affect the lives of reader, the well-being of the community, the nation. Journalists who do not just report facts but crusade for the truth.
This is a collection of the award-winning entries along with personal anecdotes by the winners, an initiative by the Express group celebrating ‘courage, enterprise and fairness’ of the following award winners:
Barkha Dutt
C.Vanaja
Menaka Doshi
Mir Ehsan
Praveen Swami
Punya Prasun Bajpai
Ramesh Menon
Ratna Bharali Talukadar
Shikha Trivedy
Somini Sengupta
Sopan Pandhiripande
Sutapa Deb
Swati Thyagarajan
Varghese K. George
Vicar Dhoot
Vikram Chowdhury
Review:
‘The awards are to celebrate the values of good journalism: enter-prise, fairness, and above all, courage.’
- Fail S. Nariman
Sr.Advocate, Supreme Court of India
‘For Ramnathji, getting the story was an award in itself, the search for answers, the sifting of nose from news, the last piece of puzzle falling into place.’
- Viveck Goenka
Chairman, The Express Group
Contents
Foreword
Viveck Goenka
Introduction
Fali S. Nariman
The Jury
The Award Winners
Nagappatinam Ravaged - Barkha Dutt
Janatana Sarkar - C. Vanaja
Family Matters - Menaka Doshi
J&K ‘Militants’ are not Militants - Mir Ehsan
Disturbed Doda - Praveen Swami
The Terrorism of TADA - Punya Prasun Bajpai
The Slow Poisoning of Punjab - Ramesh Menon
Labourers Spend Dark Days in Collieries
-Ratna Bharali Talukadar
Living in Hope - Shikha Trivedy
Virus Ravages India’s Poor, Stirs Call
For Counter-attack - Somini Sengupta
Mahila Bank in Trouble - Sopan Pandhiripande
State Violence in Manipur - Sutapa Deb
Born Wild - Swati Thyagarajan
The Bihar Flood Scam - Varghese K. George
The Curious Case at the PF Office - Vicar Dhoot
The Story of Munira begum - Vikram Chowdhury