The Prize Stories: Best In The Indian News Business 2005-2006

As part of the centenary year celebrations of its founder Ramnath Goenka, The Express Group instituted The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. The Awards for Excellence in Journalism honour journalists from both print and broadcast media - men and women who have relentlessly searched for and ferreted out the facts, sometimes under very hostile circumstances. Their stories range from hard-hitting investigations of corruption as in the Bihar flood or the Mehila Bank scams, exposes on human rights, violations in Jammu, Kashmir and Manipur to thorough analysis of terrorism in Kashmir. There are reports on the Gujarat riots and the appalling conditions under which miners live in Assam, moving accounts of the tsunami or how Kokkare Bellur nurtures migrant birds. The Awards pay tribute to journalists who encourage public trust in the media by practicing the s of their profession in the face of political or economics pressures; journalists whose work is fair, accurate and tackle issues that affect the lives of readers, the well-being of the community, the nation. journalists who do not just report facts but crusade for the truth. This is a collection of the award-winning entries alongwith personal anecdotes by the winners, an initiative by The Express Group celebrating ' courage, enterprise and fairness' of the following award winners: Barkha Dutt, C. Vanaja, Menaka Doshi, Mir Ehsan, Praveen Swami, Punya Prasun Bajpai, Ramesh Menon, Ratna Bharali Talukdar, Shikha Trivedy, Somini Sengupta, Sopan Pandhripande, Sutapa Deb, Swati Thyagarajan, Verghese K. George, Vikas Dhoot, Vikram Chowdhury.