Express lensmen get PCI awards

Indian Express Neeraj Priyadarshi and Ravi Kanojia have been awarded by the Press Council of India’s ‘National Awards for Excellence in Journalism’.

National Photo Editor of The Indian Express Neeraj Priyadarshi has been awarded the Press Council of India’s ‘National Awards for Excellence in Journalism’ in the Single News Picture category. Express photographer Ravi Kanojia has been chosen for certificate of creative excellence in the Photo Feature category.

Eleven journalists and four photojournalists in all have been chosen by the PCI for these awards. Corenlius Minz of Khabar Mantra, Jhakhand, and R Samban of Deshabhimani, Malappuram, have been chosen for the award in the Rural Journalism category. M Shajil Kumar of Malayala Manorama and Uttam Sengupta of Outlook will receive certificates for creative excellence in the same category.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava of Down to Earth will get the award for Developmental Reporting while Rahi Gaikwad of The Hindu and Neha Bhatt of Outlook will receive certificates for creative excellence in the same category. Priyadarshani Sen of Outlook has been awarded in the Stree Shakti category while Davis Paynadath of Deepika Daily, Kerala, will get the certificate of creative excellence in the same category.

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In photo feature category, the award will be received by Piyal Adhikary of Europan Pressphoto Agency. Kamal Kishore of PTI will get a certificate of creative excellence in Single News Picture category.

In Urdu Journalism category, the award will be shared by Wasimul Haque of The Daily Akhbare-E-Mashriq, Delhi, and Muhammad Atif of Sahafat, Delhi.

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