Aajtak.in’s reporter Mridulika Jha and four journalists of India Today Group to Ramnath Goenka Award – India Today Group Wins Four Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards Ntcpan

The Ramnath Goenka Awards, which have been included in the country’s most prestigious journalism awards, have been announced and this time also India Today Group has won its glory here. Aajtak.in’s special correspondent Mridulika Jha has been awarded the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award of Hindi category for her story in the year 2023. This award has been given for a ground report on the youth of Haryana and Punjab, who want to go to America through ‘Dunkle Route’. Read his award winning story here.

Story of real life’s ‘Dunky’

In her story real life, Mridulika had told how the youth of Haryana are ready to share their lives to go to Canada or America and loot their entire deposits. Many of them lost their lives, then many were caught and sent back, but this craze of going abroad is not taking the name of being reduced.

Apart from Mridulika Jha, Ashutosh Mishra, deputy editor of Aaj Tak News Channel, has been awarded the Award in the category of Excellence in Journalism: Politics and Government (TV and Broadcast). He has been given this award for the ground reports made by him during the Manipur violence. Click here to read the news of Ashutosh Mishra.

Story award on Joshimath

Shibu Tripathi, Assistant Editor of India Today Digital, has also received the Ramnath Goenka Award. This award has been given to Shibu Tripathi for the coverage of Joshimath. Click here to read Shibu Tripathi’s award winning news.

Similarly, Siddhant Mohan, Associate Editor of ‘The Lalantop’, has been awarded the Ramnath Goenka Award for his ‘Kerala Story’. Siddhant Mohan’s reports can be read by clicking here.

Media’s major contribution in nation building

Addressing the function, Chief Guest President Draupadi Murmu said that free and fair journalism is very important for democracy. He said that if the citizens of the country do not get the right information, then the democratic process will lose its importance. The President said that news media is called the fourth pillar of democracy because it has a big contribution in the creation of a modern nation. He said that a newsroom full of ideas is most important for the business of news.

The President said that media has an important role in avoiding fake news and preventing misinformation. He said that all citizens need to be made aware of the misuse of AI. In today’s era, AI has brought new challenges for all the sectors including journalism along with new opportunities. He said that human aspect is very important in journalism and this is the thing that keeps a journalist above AI.

President Draupadi Murmu presented these awards at a ceremony organized by Ramnath Goenka Memorial Foundation at the Oberoi Hotel in Delhi. Every year, Journalists of different disciplines doing excellent work in the field of journalism are given the Ramnath Goenka Award. In these, journalists of print, electronic and digital media are awarded the award.