The second IPI India Award for Outstanding Work in Journalism, 2004, has been awarded to the New Delhi Television (NDTV) for work done by it in investigative journalism during 2003. The first award for Outstanding Work in Journalism, 2003, was given to The Indian Express for its reporting of the Gujarat riots and its aftermath.
In a press release, the Indian Chapter of the International Press Institute announced that the work done by NDTV, in exposing the baby swapping racket in Hyderabad, and also in the corruption trail of the Telgi stamp scam, has been chosen as the best example of furtherance of public interest by a media organisation during 2003.