Naidu to present PCI's national awards for excellence in journalism

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will on Saturday present Press Council of India's national awards for excellence in journalism with Rajasthan Patrika group chairman Gulab Kothari to be honoured with the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy prize.

The award will be presented on the occasion of the National Press Day. The occasion will be marked by a discussion on "Reporting -- Interpretation: A Journey".

The Press Council of India (PCI) had on November 6 announced other winners of the National Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2019.

Sanjay Saini, Correspondent, Dainik Bhaskar, Mandi, and Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director, India Today, have been jointly named as winners of the award in the category of 'Rural Journalism'.

Shiva Swarup Awasthi, Senior Reporter of Dainik Jagran, and Anu Abrahim, sub-editor of Matrubhumi, Calicut, have been selected under the award category of Developmental Reporting, the PCI said in a statement.

Krishn Kaushik and Sandeep Singh of Indian Express have been selected as winners under the award category of 'Financial Reporting'.

P G Unnikrishnan, Senior Photographer, The Matrubhumi, and Akhil E S, News Photographer, Matrubhumi, were named as winners of the award in the 'Photo Journalism-Single News Picture' category.

Sipra Das, Consulting Editor (Photography), India Empire Magazine and Parliamentarian Magazine, has been selected in the category of 'Photo Journalism-Photo Feature', the statement said.

Under the 'Sports Reporting' category, Saurabh Duggal from the Hindustan Times has been named the winner.

Ruby Sarkar, Special Correspondent, Deshbandhu, Bhopal, has been selected for the award category of 'gender based reporting'.

The selection of awardees was carried out by a jury comprising eminent members of the PCI such as Jai Shankar Gupta, Balwinder Singh and Ashok Upadhyaya among others.