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'The Statesman' Announces Awards for Rural, Environment Reporting in 2017

The last date for accepting entries is July 30, 2018.

New Delhi:  To encourage a better awareness of the social, political and economic challenges taking place in rural India,  as well as for creating awareness on issues related to environment, English language newspaper, The Statesman, and the C.R Irani Foundation has sought entries from journalists across the country for prizes in “excellence” in reporting in the year 2017.

The last date for accepting entries for the three prizes in rural reporting, instituted in 1979, is July 30, 2018, according to a statement issued by the English daily, which is published simultaneously from Kolkata, New Delhi, Bhubaneswar and Siliguri. The three prizes are of Rs 15,000, Rs 10,000 and Rs 7,500.

In the ‘rural reporting’ category, all entries will be evaluated on the “criteria of social relevance, factual accuracy, professional dedication and stylistic merit” read the statement, adding that the competition was open to Indian journalists.

“We invite journalists to send in their investigative articles and reports concerning rural India, in English or any regional language (with or without translations into English), and published during 2017 in any newspaper, news website or periodical in the country,” it said, adding that all entries. should be marked “Rural Reporting” and sent in the form of original clippings (photocopies will not be accepted) clearly showing the date and name of the publication to the address given below.

The prize for environment reporting, set up in 2011 by the C. R Irani Foundation, a not-for-profit body involved in improvement of journalistic standards, carries a sum of Rs 25,000, and is open Indian journalists.

“We invite journalists to send in their investigative articles and reports concerning the environment in English or any regional language (with or without translations in English), and published during 2017 in any newspaper, news website or periodical in the country…. All entries should be marked “Environmental Reporting” and sent in the form of original clippings (photocopies will not be accepted) clearly showing the date and name of the publication.

Journalists wishing to submit the same reports under both categories would need to send separate entries.

In 2016,  the first prize for ‘rural reporting’ was bagged by Priyanka Kakodkar of the Times of India, Mumbai, and the second prize went to Mini Thomas from the magazine, The Week. The third prize went to Manish Kumar of the Orissa Post.


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