The 17th edition of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards was conferred to journalists in 13 categories in a ceremony held in New Delhi on 19 March 2024. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari was the chief guest of the award ceremony.
The 4 member jury which selected the winners in various categories included former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi, former Supreme Court Judge Justice B N Srikrishna, K G Suresh and Dr C. Raj Kumar.
The Indian Express Newspaper instituted the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in memory of the newspaper founder Ramnath Goenka. The annual award was first given in 2005.
The Awards celebrate excellence in journalism, recognise courage and commitment and showcase outstanding contributions and individuals every year.
The prestigious annual award in the Indian media pays tribute to journalists from print/digital and broadcast media who maintain the highest standards of their profession.
Following is the list of the winners in the various categories.
S.No |
Award Category |
Winner of 2021 |
Winner of 2022 |
1 |
Print (Hindi) |
Kiriti Dubey, BBC News Hindi |
Anand Choudhary, India Today Magazine |
2 |
Print (Regional) |
Shabitha MK, Mathrubhumi Daily |
Anand Madhusoodan Sowdi, Kannada Prabha Daily |
3 |
Environment, Scientific and Technology Reporting |
Jayshree Nandi Hindustan Times |
Basant Tiwary and Ayush Kumar Newslaundry |
4 |
Uncovering Invisible India |
Monica Jha Freelancer for FiftyTwo.In |
Rupa Chakraborty The Indian Express |
5. |
Business and Economic Journalism |
Aditya Kalra and Steve Stecklow Reuters News Agency |
Twesh Mishra The Economic Times |
6 |
Reporting on Politics and Government |
Ritika Chopra The indian Express |
Prawal Bhatt The News Minute |
7 |
Sports Journalism |
Mahender Singh Manral and Mihir Vasavada The Indian Express |
Andrew Amsan The Indian Express |
8 |
Investigative Journalism |
Devesh Kumar and Arun Godana Lok Satta |
Zoya Hassan TRT World |
9 |
Feature Writing |
Vandana Menon The Print |
Raj Chengappa India Today magazine |
10 |
Foreign Correspondent Covering India |
Joannna Slater and Niha Masih The Washington Post |
|
11 |
Prakash Kardaley Memorial Award for Civic Journalism |
Vinod Kumar Menon Mid- Day |
Azeefa Fathima,Balakrishnan Ganeshan and Prjwal Bhatt The News Minute |
12 |
Photojournalism |
Gurinder Osan Press Trust of India |
Abhinav Saha The Indian Express |
13 |
Books (Non-Fiction) |
The Long Game Vijay Gokhale |
The Life and Times of George Fernades Rahul Ramagundam |
14 |
Broadcast (Hindi) |
Jugal Purohit BBC Hindi News |
Hriyadesh Joshi Newslaundry |
15 |
Broadcast (Regional Language) |
Sofia Bind Media One TV |
Tejas Vaidya BBC News Gujarati |
16. |
Broadcast (Environment, Scientific and Technology Reporting) |
Princess Giri Rashir East Mojo |
Down to Earth Web Multimedia Team Down to Earth Web Portal |
17. |
Broadcast (Uncovering India Invisible) |
Vishnukant Tiwari The Quint |
Vikas Trivedi BBC Hindi News |
18 |
Broadcast(Reporting on Politics and Government) |
Brut India |
Abhishek Bhatia Indiatoday.com |
19. |
Broadcast (Investigative Reporting) |
Meghnad Bose The Quint |
Saurabh Shukla NDTV |