The Prize Stories: Best in the Indian news business 20072008 ss

As Part Of The Centenary Year Celebrations Of Its Founder, Ramnath Goenka, The Express Group Instituted The Ramnath Goenka Excellence In Journalism Awards In 2006. Now, In Its Third Year, The Annual Awards Celebrate Excellence In Journalism, Recognise Courage And Commitment, And Highlight Outstanding Contributions By Journalists. The Prize Stories Is A Compilation Of The AwardWinning Articles Accompanied By Personal Testimonials. Among The 20072008 Winners Are P Sainath, Karan Thapar, Neelesh Misra, Nagendar Sharma, Nidhi Razdan, Sreenivasan Jain, Sandeep Dwivedi, Mridu Bhandari And Vaishali Sood. The Excellence In Journalism Awards Honour Journalists From Both Print And Broadcast Media Who Worked, Often Under Difficult Circumstances, To Bring These ThoughtProvoking Stories. In This Edition The Stories Focus On A Variety Of Issues Which Include: The Salwa Judum PeopleS Movement, The Rape By Police Of Tribal Women Blamed For Helping Naxalites, Farmer Suicides In Vidharbha, Scarcity Of Water In Bundelkhand, The Impact Of Mercury On Health, Unwarranted Hysterectomies Of Young Girls In Andhra Pradesh, The Media Business, And The Rise Of Corporatised Politics. This Is A Collection Of The AwardWinning Entries Along With Personal Anecdotes By The Winners, An Initiative By The Express Group Celebrating Courage, Enterprise And Fairness. The 20072008 Award Winners Are: Abhishek Upadhyay, Dnyanesh V Jathar, Joseph Johnson, Karan Thapar, Ms Raghavender, Mridu Bhandari, Muzamil Jaleel, Nagendar Sharma & Neelesh Misra, Nidhi Razdan, P Sainath, Pk Prakash, P Vaidyanathan Iyer, Punya Prasun Bajpai, Ramachandra Guha, Ravik Bhattacharya, Rudraneil Sengupta, Sandeep Dwivedi, Savita V Harkare, Sayli Udas Mankikar, Shital Morjaria, Shoma Chaudhury, Sonu Jain, Sreenivasan Jain, Subrata Nagchoudhury, Swati Thiyagarajan, Umashankar Singh, Vaishali Sood, Vk Shashikumar.