BARKHA DUTT
Managing Editor, NDTV 24x7
Award: Journalist of the Year (Broadcast)
For her reports from Nagapattinam after the tsunami
‘‘Whenever there is a natural disaster, the usual questions are raised: what are the politics of relief work, why do journalists reach spots before the government does. But Nagapattinam made me feel like a very small speck and that empathy translates into the stories I did’’

SWATI THYAGARAJAN
Environment and Wildlife Correspondent, NDTV 24x7
Award: Environmental reporting (Broadcast)
For a report on a Karnataka village that is trying to keep alive a tradition and storks who have made the village their home.
‘‘Stories on environmental history are important but it is the human-animal conflict, or co-operation, that is the most interesting. This village is the only one in its locality that calls spot-billed pelicans and painted storks their daughters and, inn a storm, goes as far as looking out for the chicks’’

PRAVEEN SWAMI
Chief of Bureau, Frontline
Award: Journalist of the Year (Print)
For his extensive and in-depth reports on J&K and investigations into the merchants of terror
‘‘It is not in my line of duty to act like a hero but presenting the honest truth about how Jehadis work is something I feel is my duty, that the readers deserve to know.\'\'

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