The Prize Stories: Best in the Indian News Business 2006- 2007

The Prize Stories: Best in the Indian News Business 2006- 2007 Book Description

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'.
As part of the centenary year celebrations of its founder, Ramnath Goenka, The Express Group instituted the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2004. The awards aim to celebrate excellence in journalism, recognise courage and commitment, and showcase outstanding contributions and indivisuals every year.
The Excellence in Journalism Awards honour journalists from both print and broadcast media who have shown extraordinary strength of character and integrity while reporting news accurately under dangerous or difficult circumstances. This edition includes reports that exposed major issues or problems like the plight of women scavengers, stings on our politicians taking money, courageous tales of children living with HIV-AIDS, to the people of Chagliyar community who are treated worse than animals. These are stories that provoked the public to recognise a major wrong and raised public awareness of the issue
This year, the awards also include a new category, namely, excellence in HIV-AIDS reporting. This is part of the media advocacy initiatives of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heealth and US Agency for International Development in collaboration with The Express Group.
The award pay tribute to journalists who encourage public trust in the media by courageously practising the highest standards of their profession in the face of political or economic pressures.
INDIAN EXPRESS GROUP

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Best in the Indian News Busines 2006-2007  
By Sumeet, 07/08/2009 10:11:56

This may not be the most recent books to have hit the stands; yet is something that I recently laid hands on. The book titled 'The Prize Stories: Best in the Indian News Business 2006- 2007' is essentially a collection of award winning entries. The book is indeed special and the personal anecdotes provided by the winners add to its popularity. It was a result of an initiative put forth by the Express Group that celebrated courage, enterprise and fairness.

The entries are worthy of accolades as they expose issues that revolve around the plight of female scavengers, bribery and an overview of the sting operations carried out on our politicians. The courageous tales of children living with HIV-AIDS is well presented.

The stories are truly special as they invoke a sense of responsibility among the Indians. They contribute in creating awareness amongst the public, by throwing light on the major social wrong and injustice that remained camouflaged in the name of rituals. The prize stories are therefore a must read for all responsible Indians.

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