Red Ink Awards Explained
The Red Ink Awards, also known as the Red Ink Awards for Excellence in Indian Journalism, are a set of annual awards given by the Mumbai Press Club in India to recognize excellence in journalistic achievements as assessed by a special jury.[1] Instituted in 2010,[2] the award grants national recognition to journalists by a professional body.[3]
2013
| Category | Rank | Name | Publication | |
|---|
| 1 | Sports | Winner | Aditya Iyer | | [4] [5] |
| 2 | Health & Environment | Joint Winner | Santosh Andhale | |
| Vinod Kumar Menon | |
| 4 | Science & Innovation | Winner | Priyanka Pulla | |
| 5 | Picture of the Year | Winner | Raju Sinde | |
| 6 | Entertainment & Media | Winner | Samanth Subramaniam | |
| 7 | Politics | Joint Winner | Samanth Subramaniam | |
| Nauzer Bharucha | The Times of India |
| 8 | Business | Winner | Joe C Mathew | |
| 9 | Crime | Winner | Priyanka Dubey | Tehelka | |
2014
| Category | Rank | Name | Story Titles | Publication | |
|---|
| 1 | Business | News | Jwalit Vyas and Ranjit Shinde | Operating profits of big cos like Essar, Jaypee not enough to service debt on their books | | [6] [7] |
| Lola Nayar | The Great Gas Heist | Outlook |
| Feature | Arpit Parashar | How to keep a castle up in the air | Fountain Ink Magazine |
| Mehboob Jeelani | Under The Influence: Ponty Chadha's potent mix of liquor and politics | The Caravan |
| 2 | Crime | Print | Zeeshan Shaikh | Dhule, a town divided | |
| Vinod Kumar Menon | Bhandara Rape: Cops make headway | Mid-Day |
| Feature | Arpit Parashar | Nailing the lies of Nithari | Fountain Ink Magazine |
| Alia Allana | The Phantom of Opera House | Fountain Ink Magazine |
| 3 | Healh & Wellness | | Vinod Kumar Menon | Barely 150 km from Mumbai, 15 children died of malnutrition in the past 2 months | Mid-Day |
| Swagata Yadavar | Wombs and the Wolves | The Week |
| Neha Bhatt | Dark As This City | Outlook |
| Madhavi Irani | Are your fave beauty products safe? | Beauty Books |
| 4 | Human Rights & Environment | | Vivekananda Nemana | The Great Escape | Yahoo! |
| Urmi Bhattacharjee | Inside Kaziranga's One-Horned Dream | Yahoo! |
| Govind Krishna V | Tailored for Tyranny | Fountain Ink Magazine |
| 5 | Lifestyle & Entertainment | | Akshay Manwani | The Show of Shows: Producing India's greatest television show ever | The Caravan |
| Trisha Gupta | Difficult Loves: Hope and heartbreak on the fringes of urban India | The Caravan |
| 6 | Politics | Feature | Krishn Kaushik | Inside Man: The convenient opinions of Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati | The Caravan |
| Niranjan Takle | A Case of Exploding Onions | The Week |
| Print | Bhavya Dore | US group that opposed Modi starts campaign against him | Hindustan Times |
| P R Ramesh | BJP may field Narendra Modi from Varanasi to win over UttarPradesh | The Economic Times |
| 7 | Science & Innovation | | Virat Markandeya | Forbidden Symmetry: The quest for a radically new form of matter | The Caravan |
| Jaimon Joseph | Why JP Singh is every Indian farmer's best friend | Yahoo! |
| Srinath Perur | The origins of Indians | Fountain Ink Magazine |
| 8 | Sports | Print | Gaurav Gupta | NDA stopped match-fixing probe: Former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar | |
| Amit Kamat | SAI of no relief for leading athletes | Mid-day |
| Feature | Bharat Sundaresan | The one who dropped the ball: Before Sachin Tendulkar, there was Anil Gurav | The New Indian Express |
| Pulasta Dhar | Running from bombs: The stunning story of Afghan footballer Zohib Amiri | Firstpost |
| 9 | The Big Picture | | Narendra Bisht | Muzaffarnagar Riots | |
| Raju Shinde | Acid Attack Victim | Mumbai Mirror |
| Nilesh Waikar | Leopard Attack at Aarey Milk Colony | Outlook |
| 10 | Best TV Story of the Year | | Priyali Sur | Girls In Bondage | CNN-IBN |
| Anubha Bhonsle | Kashmir after Afzal | CNN-IBN |
| Umesh Kumawat | Water loot from Trains | ABP News | |
Life Time Achievement Award
Journalist Of The Year
Award-winners | Year | Name | Ref. |
|---|
| 1 | 2015 | Sreenivasan Jain | |
| 2 | 2016 | | |
| 3 | 2017 | Raj Kamal Jha | |
| 4 | 2018 | Faye D'Souza | |
| 5 | 2019 | Rachna Khaira | |
| 6 | 2020 | | |
| 7 | 2021 | | |
| 8 | 2022 | | |
| 9 | 2023 | | | |
2020
The tenth edition of the award was presented by the Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana in a virtual event.
- Danish Siddiqui was posthumously awarded 'the Journalist of the Year' for 2020. . During the event CJI Ramana stated, "He was a man with a magical eye and was rightly regarded as one of the foremost photojournalists of this era. If a picture can tell a thousand words, his photos were novels."[22]
- Prem Shankar Jha, 83, received lifetime achievement award "for his long and distinguished career of incisive and analytical writing".[22]
External links
Notes and References
- News: RedInk Awards invites submission for 'Excellence in Journalism' prize . 24 February 2018 . The Indian Express . 15 July 2018.
- News: Award for Frontline writer . 22 June 2018 . Frontline . 15 July 2018.
- News: The Wire's Kabir Agarwal Wins RedInk Award For Story on UP's Sugarcane Farmers . 19 May 2018 . The Wire . 15 July 2018.
- Web site: 26 May 2013 . MUMBAI PRESS CLUB DECLARES WINNERS OF REDINK AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM - 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219064404/http://mumbaipressclub.com/pages/redink2013 . 19 December 2022 . 19 December 2022 . Mumbaipressclub.com . English .
- Web site: 26 May 2013 . Press release . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219064810/http://mumbaipressclub.com/assets/images/2013%20Press%20Realese.pdf . 19 December 2022 . 19 December 2022 . Mumbaipressclub.com . English .
- Web site: 30 December 2013 . The Red Ink Anthology 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219082651/https://mumbaipressclub.com/assets/images/The%20Red%20Ink%20Anthology%20Book%202014.pdf . 19 December 2022 . 19 December 2022 . Mumbaipressclub.com . English .
- Web site: 14 February 2014 . MUMBAI PRESS CLUB DECLARES WINNERS OF REDINK AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM - 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219083149/http://mumbaipressclub.com/pages/redink2014 . 19 December 2022 . 19 December 2022 . Mumbaipressclub.com . English .
- Web site: 8 June 2014 . Two Express journalists bag Red Ink Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219091948/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/two-express-journalists-bag-red-ink-awards/ . 19 December 2022 . 19 December 2022 . . English .
- Web site: 26 April 2015 . NDTV's Prannoy Roy bags RedInk award for lifetime achievement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219092636/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ndtv-s-prannoy-roy-bags-redink-award-for-lifetime-achievement-115042600231_1.html . 19 December 2022 . 19 December 2022 . . English .
- Web site: 27 April 2016 . RedInk Awards for 3 reporters of The Indian Express . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219093504/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/redink-awards-for-3-reporters-of-the-indian-express-2771992/ . 19 December 2022 . 19 December 2022 . . English .
- News: RedInk award for Sagar for Politics(Print). 2019-06-28. The Caravan. 2019-06-28. Politics(Print). en-IN. 0971-751X.
- News: RedInk award for Vinod Dua. 2017-06-05. The Hindu. 2018-08-05. en-IN. 0971-751X.
- News: Mirror Now executive editor Faye D'Souza receives RedInk award for 'Journalist of the Year'. 2018-05-16. The Economic Times. 2018-08-05.
- Web site: 2018-05-15 . Veteran journalist Mark Tully bags RedInk Award . 2022-06-20 . Deccan Herald . en.
- News: RedInk journalism awards for Vinod Dua, Raj Kamal Jha. 2017-06-04. The Indian Express. 2018-08-05. en-US.
- Web site: Pressclub Mumbai. Rathod. Pranav. MumbaiPressclub. 2018-09-25. 2018-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180925142312/http://www.mumbaipressclub.com/public/index.php/redink2016. dead.
- Web site: Press Club Mumbai awards Red Ink Award to Prannoy Roy, others. MxMIndia. 4 May 2015 . 2018-08-05.
- Web site: The Wire's Kabir Agarwal Wins RedInk Award For Story on UP's Sugarcane Farmers. The Wire. 2018-08-05.
- News: The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani and Faiyaz Ahmad Wajeeh Win Red Ink Awards 2019 . 21 January 2021 . The Wire.
- Web site: 2020-03-14. Mumbai Press Club. www.mumbaipressclub.com. 2020-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200301144043/http://www.mumbaipressclub.com/public/index.php/redink2013. dead.
- Web site: Quint . The . 2021-12-29 . The Quint Wins RedInk 2021 Award in Human Rights (TV) Category . 2022-06-19 . TheQuint . en.
- News: Danish Siddiqui posthumously gets Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Award . 1 January 2022 . Telegraph India.
