New Delhi: Two of the six reports published by The Wire and shortlisted for the 2022 Redink Awards have won in the ‘politics’ and ‘women empowerment and gender equality’ categories, for stories that appeared on print.The awards are given by the Mumbai Press Club.Report on prisoners’ rightsย Sukanya Shantha’s nominated story on the lives of imprisoned transgendered persons has won in the women empowerment and gender equality (print) category.Congratulations ๐ฆ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ on winning the #RedInkAwards2022 for the category ‘๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ & ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐’.Story: https://t.co/4rv7CIZ1vC@sukanyashantha | @thewire_in pic.twitter.com/WLKdHdKANCโ Mumbai Press Club (@mumbaipressclub) December 16, 2022The report โ part of the โBarredโThe Prisons Projectโ produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting โ found that many trans women were forced into male prisons where they faced physical and sexualย violence. In gritting testimonies Shantha had recorded, trans prisoners said that their complaints are routinely overlooked by prisonย authorities, as were their medical needs.The report also highlights the complete absence of redressal systems for transgender persons who are in prisons.Also nominated in this category was Jahnavi Sen’s report on the particular struggles of women in prisons.Read the report here: Misgendering, Sexual Violence, Harassment: What it Is to Be a Transgender Person in an Indian PrisonIn the same category for TV, Aishwarya S. Iyer has won the award for The Quint.Introductory Pegasus articleThe Wire‘s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan’s curtain raiser on the Pegasus Project โ a global reporting initiative which established the extent to which governments around the world, including India, could be using surveillance tools against journalists, activists, those in the political opposition and others โ has won in the politics (print) category.The report essayed how 10 Indians’ phones were found to have been infected with Pegasus. Pegasus sellers, Israel’s NSO Group, says its clients are “vetted governments.”The Union government refused to shed light on the matter as the Supreme Court heard petitions, citing “national security.”Read the report here: Pegasus Project: How Phones of Journalists, Ministers, Activists May Have Been Used to Spy On ThemVaibhav Walunj has also won the award in the same category for Indiejournal Media LLP.Congratulations ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป & ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐๐ป๐ท on being the ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ง ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฆ of the #RedInkAwards2022 for the category: ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ (๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง).#VaibhavWalunj–@indiejmag | @svaradarajan–@TheWire pic.twitter.com/8Z28RgWxKyโ Mumbai Press Club (@mumbaipressclub) December 16, 2022Also read: The Wireโs Reports Which Are Nominated for the 2022 Redink AwardsThe full list of awardsJournalist of the year – Om Gaur, National Editor of Dainik BhaskarThe Arts (Print) – Vinay Aravind for fiftytwo.inThe Arts (TV) – Namdev Anant Katkar for BBC MarathiBusiness and Economy (Print) – Anu Abraham for MatrubhumiBusiness and Economy (TV) – Sonali Shinde for SAAM TVCrime (Print) – Angana Chakrabarti for The PrintCrime (TV) – Anurag Dwary for NDTVEnvironment (Print) – Sushmita for The CaravanEnvironment (TV) – Tridip Kanti Mandal and Dominic Savio Diengdoh for The QuintHealth and Wellness (Print) – Aatreyee Dhar for Down To EarthHealth and Wellness(TV) – Barkha Dutt for The Mojo StoryHuman Rights (Print) – Kirti Dubey for BBC HindiHuman Rights (TV) – Aravind Venugopal for Malayala ManoramaLifestyle and Entertainment (Print) – Jane Borges for Mid DayPolitics (TV) – Jugal Purohit for BBC News HindiScience and Innovation (Print) – Karishma Mehrotra for Scroll.inThe Big Picture – T.P. Sooraj for The New Indian ExpressThe Big Picture – Jins Michael (Runner-up) for Malayala ManoramaSports (Print) – Bhavya Dore for Mint LoungeSports (TV) – Vandana for BBC News Hindi