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.

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards

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.

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award Winner 2021&2022

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