Mysore, Oct. 15:

Rohini Mohan, contributor to The Caravan magazine has won the first prize of Rs. 50,000, Ramachandrareddy Patil of The Week the second prize of Rs.30,000 while Supriya Sharma of The Times of India and Soma Basu of The Statesman shared the third prize of Rs. 20,000 each of this year’s All India Journalist Competition for the best print media article on humanitarian issues. The award distribution event was held in Delhi on Oct. 12 after a panel discussion on the theme, “Reporting on the fate of victims of armed violence – Humanitarian stories.”

H.K.Dua, MP and senior journalist, was the moderator and chief guest. The panelists and jury members included Pamela Philipose, Director, Women’s Features Service; Amitabha Roy-chowdhary, senior editor, Press Trust of India and M. Gandhi, Professor, Jindal Law School.

The awards, which have now been bestowed for five years running, were instituted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Press Institute of India (PII) for articles published in an Indian national or regional ne-wspaper or magazine in English or any of the Indian languages.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / October 15th, 2012