Journalism of Courage
The winners of the Ramnath Goenka Awards 2020 and 2019 were felicitated at this year’s function in New Delhi on Wednesday. The categories covered the print, digital and broadcast media spectrum, investigative, political and sports journalism, to books, feature writing and regional language. (Express Photo)
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud was the chief guest at the event. (Express Photo)
Through their stories that revolved around the overburdened health infrastructure, migrant exodus, the plight of frontline workers, unemployment, rumours and unreported deaths, winners of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards focused, among other issues, on the impact the pandemic had on the lives of ordinary Indians. (Express Photo)
In the category Reporting on Art, Culture & Entertainment 2020, Tora Agarwala of indianexpress.com was awarded for her story on ‘diggers’ scouring hills of Manipur to look for remains of soldiers who died in WWll. (Express Photo)
Jyoti Yadav and Bismee Taskin from The Print were awarded for their story on the migrant exodus across rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, under the Category ‘Print: Hindi 2020.’ (Express Photo)
Ashutosh Mishra from Aaj Tak was awarded for his story on the bodies floating in the Ganga in May 2021, under the Hindi Broadcast category. (Express Photo)
Arun Mohan Sukumar, the author of Midnight’s Machines and Tripurdaman Singh, author of Sixteen Story Days, were awarded in the Books: Print category for 2019 and 2020 respectively. (Express Photo)
Srikant Bangale of BBC News Marathi was awarded under the Regional Languages Broadcast (2020) category, for his story on the fall and rise of ‘Masala Queen’ in a tiny Maharashtra village. (Express Photo)
The Caravan’s Zishan A Latif won the Photo Journalism (2019) award, for his photographs documenting the people’s struggle for inclusion in Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) list. (Express Photo)
Photo Journalism Award for 2020 was won by Tarun Rawat of The Times of India, for his photograph of the juvenile who shot at Jamia students protesting peacefully against CAA on January 30, 2020. (Express Photo)
Shiv Sahay Singh of The Hindu was awarded in the ‘Uncovering India Invisible Print (2019)’ category, for his story on digital exclusions in Jharkhand due to the state linking the public distribution system with Aadhaar cards. (Express Photo)
