Mumbai Press Club to confer Redink Journalism awards on June 7

Mumbai Press Club has extended till March 31 the last date for inviting entries for the All India Redink Journalism awards 2017 in various categories.
The awards would be presented at a ceremony here on June 7, the Club said in a release today.
Entries are elicited in 11 categories that include politics, business, crime, science and innovation, and environment.
Entries from print/web and television will be judged separately by juries that are set up for each of the categories, it added.
This year a special drive is being made to elicit entries from regional media, and the response from Hindi publications has been especially encouraging, the release said.

Since the last 2 years a new category - Journalist of the Year - has been introduced, and it has witnessed a new spate of entries. Last year, NDTV India's Ravish Kumar won the award and in 2015, the award was conferred on Srinivasan Jain of NDTV.

The awards will be presented to winners at a function at Jamshed Bhaba Hall, NCPA, here.
The Redink awards have been created to raise the bar of news and feature writing in India and to encourage fair play and high ethical standards in media, the release said.
In the past, doyens of journalism including Vinod Mehta, Kuldip Nayar, N.Ram, Mrinal Pande, Dr Prannoy Roy and last year T.N.Ninan have been honoured with the 'Redink Award for Lifetime Achievement' for their long and consistent service to the profession.

The presenting partner along with the Mumbai Press Club for the awards is Star India, while 'The Hindu Group' is the 'Print Media Partner'. Other associates include Glenmark Pharma, the Aditya Birla Group, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Eros International, it said.