The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
Express Chief of Bureau is joint winner of Chameli Devi award
THE INDIAN Express’s Chief of National Bureau (govt) Ritika Chopra and independent journalist Greeshma Kuthar have been jointly awarded the Chameli Devi Jain Award 2024 for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year.
The Media Foundation, in a statement, said Chopra, who is also the national education editor at The Indian Express, “is known for her in-depth investigative stories in the fields of education and government policy”.
Commending Kuthar for her “deeply-researched long-form investigative reporting from conflict areas such as Manipur”, the Foundation in its release said that her reportage has a strong focus on the social and cultural impact of national political narratives on India’s marginalised communities.
An independent jury comprising senior journalist and columnist Radhika Ramaseshan (Chair), award-winning journalist and author Mariyam Alavi, and Down to Earth managing editor Richard Mahapatra selected the winners from more than 65 entries of women journalists.
The award presentation will take place at 6 pm on Friday at the India International Centre, New Delhi (CD Deshmukh Hall). It will be followed by the BG Verghese Memoriallecture,tobedelivered bytnninan,editorandauthor,on ‘Workandwages:oldchallenges in the Age of Automation and AI’.
Set up by the Media
Foundation in 1980, the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year is named after Chameli Devi Jain, a freedom fighter and community reformer, who was imprisoned during India’s independence movement.
The first award was given in 1982 and since then, it has been presented every year to those practising impactful journalism in fields such as social development, politics, gender justice, human rights, health, conflict and consumer values.
Past winners include Barkha Dutt, Neerja Chowdhury, Usha Rai, Pamela Philipose, Sunita Narain, Nirupama Subramanian, and Patricia Mukhim. The award has also recognised women journalists from rural areas whose stellar work often goes unnoticed.
The Media Foundation was instituted in 1979 with the aim of upholding freedom of speech, expression and information and enhancing the quality of life through media and communication.