Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of The Wire , will receive the Shorenstein Journalism Award for 2017 at Stanford University on April 16. The award is given annually by Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and alternates between recipients from the West and Asia.
“Siddharth Varadarajan’s original perspective and courageous accounts of India’s domestic and foreign policies have for years received high acclaim, informing readers in India, the U.S., and around the world. His initiative in independent, web-based journalism as founding editor of The Wire , his distinguished body of well-researched reports, and his profound commentaries exemplify journalism excellence and innovation,” said Nayan Chanda, jury member for the award.
