Award Categories

• REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST

  This award will recognize outstanding journalistic efforts from two of the most challenging regions in India for any reporter: J&K and the Northeast.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• HINDI

  This award will go to a journalist each in Print & Broadcast media whose coverage of an event or issue stood out for excellence, independence, depth, quality and impact in the national language.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• REGIONAL LANGUAGES

  This award will go to a journalist each in Print & Broadcast media whose coverage of an event or issue stood out for excellence, quality, independence, depth and impact in the regional languages.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

  This award will be given to an author of an article or series in a newspaper, magazine or television that makes an exceptional contribution to public awareness & understanding of environmental issues. The report/series of reports must be a substantive work that covers a story completely & raises public consciousness & awareness about environment.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE

  The award will honour substantive Print or television reporting that covers rural issues intelligently. It may be awarded for explanatory or expository journalism & will be judged on general excellence, quality of writing, forcefulness & importance to the public interest.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC JOURNALISM

  The award will go to a journalist who shows the highest standards of independence, rigour, depth & analysis while covering any aspect of business or economy.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

  This award will go to a journalist each in Print & Broadcast media whose coverage helps develop a unique understanding of politics & the political process.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• SPORTS JOURNALISM

  This award will go to a journalist each in Print & Broadcast media whose coverage explores new avenues & finds a new direction in reporting sports.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• ON-THE-SPOT REPORTING

  This award will go to a journalist each from Print & Broadcast whose coverage of a news-break (of a nationally significant event) stands out for speed, maturity, sensitivity, depth, details and investigative skills.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

  This award will go to a journalist from Print & Broadcast category whose report investigates an issue of public interest to reveal an aspect/element which has not yet been covered/explored in the media. The report/reports should be substantive work that is original, forceful and has made an impact.

  Print/Digital & Broadcast - The prize money for each category is 1,00,000/-

• FEATURE WRITING

  This award will honour a print journalist for the best news feature that blends rigor of reporting with beauty of prose.

  The prize money is 1,00,000/-

• FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT COVERING INDIA

  This award will go to foreign correspondents in print media for coverage that portrays India to a foreign audience most accurately & sensitively.

  Print/Digital - The prize money is 1,00,000/-

• COMMENTARY & INTERPRETATIVE WRITING

  This award will go to a print journalist/commentator, whose work stands out for clarity, depth, analysis, style and forcefulness of idea/opinion expressed.

  The prize money is 1,00,000/-

• BOOKS (NON-FICTION)

  This award will go to a writer/writers whose published work, through in-depth research & investigation, covers an issue/idea on a scale which newspapers or television channels with their limited space & time cannot aspire to tackle. This award will be for Books published in English language.

  The prize money is 1,00,000/-

• PRAKASH KARDALEY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR CIVIC JOURNALISM

  This award, instituted in memory of The Indian Express's former Resident Editor in Pune, Prakash Kardaley, will honour a print journalist whose sustained effort highlights a civic issue and forces the authorities to find a solution to it. The award aims to recognize proactive local reporting that makes a difference to the lives of the citizens.

  Print/Digital - The prize money is 1,00,000/-

• PHOTO JOURNALISM

  This award will honour a photo journalist for news photograph that captures, in a frame, the drama of an entire story.

  Print/Digital - The prize money is 1,00,000/-