The Media Development Foundation (MDF), the trust that administers Asian College of Journalism, will present the awards for investigative journalism in print/online and audio- visual categories on May 3, the World Press Freedom Day.
The awards will carry a citation and INR 2,00,000/ each in prize money.
The nominations are open till February 27.
Any journalistic work that was published or broadcast during the calendar year 2016 is eligible for nomination by a news organisation, working or freelance journalists.
There can be up to 5 members comprising a team that can be nominated for the award.
Other jury members are are economist Jayati Ghosh, senior journalist Krishna Prasad and filmmaker Madhusree Dutta.
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