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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]

Winners[edit | edit source]

2020[edit | edit source]

The tenth edition of the award was presented by the Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana in a virtual event.[13]

  • 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."[13]
  • Prem Shankar Jha, 83, received lifetime achievement award "for his long and distinguished career of incisive and analytical writing".[13]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "RedInk Awards invites submission for 'Excellence in Journalism' prize". The Indian Express. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Award for Frontline writer". Frontline. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Wire's Kabir Agarwal Wins RedInk Award For Story on UP's Sugarcane Farmers". The Wire. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "RedInk award for Sagar for Politics(Print)". The Caravan. Politics(Print). 2019-06-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-06-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ "RedInk award for Vinod Dua". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2017-06-05. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ↑ "Mirror Now executive editor Faye D'Souza receives RedInk award for 'Journalist of the Year'". The Economic Times. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  7. ↑ "RedInk journalism awards for Vinod Dua, Raj Kamal Jha". The Indian Express. 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  8. ↑ Rathod, Pranav. "Pressclub Mumbai". MumbaiPressclub. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  9. ↑ "Press Club Mumbai awards Red Ink Award to Prannoy Roy, others". MxMIndia. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  10. ↑ "The Wire's Kabir Agarwal Wins RedInk Award For Story on UP's Sugarcane Farmers". The Wire. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  11. ↑ "The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani and Faiyaz Ahmad Wajeeh Win Red Ink Awards 2019". The Wire. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Mumbai Press Club". www.mumbaipressclub.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Danish Siddiqui posthumously gets Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Award". Telegraph India. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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