The IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2014, has been awarded jointly to Hindustan Times and The Week for “outstanding journalistic work” during 2013.
Hindustan Times has been chosen for the award for a series of stories it did last year on acid attacks on women, sufferings of the victims and how some of them carried on with the fight. The series culminated in a campaign called “Stop Acid Attacks” to enlist the support of society for the cause.
The award went to The Week for an investigative feature on the plight of widows of Dardpora in Kashmir, who lost their husbands in the strife in the Valley.
Justice A.S. Anand, former CJI, headed the jury. N. Ravi, Chairman, International Press Institute-India (IPI-India), and Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu ; M.K. Razdan, Editor-in-Chief, PTI; and Riyad Mathew, Senior Assistant Editor, Malayala Manorama ; were the jury members. The award, comprising a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh, a trophy and a citation for each winner, will be presented at a function here in December.
