Scroll’s Vaishnavi Rathore won the International Press Institute India Award for Excellence in Journalism on Monday for her reportage on the Great Nicobar Island Development Project.
Rathore, the first journalist to report from the ground about the contentious project’s environmental and social implications, was awarded for her reports that exposed “in detail how the Great Nicobar port project would destroy a unique eco-system and also could result in genocide of several endangered tribes”.
Scroll readers crowdfunded the reporting project.
The award, instituted in 2003, includes a trophy, citation and cash prize of Rs two lakh. The jury was headed by former Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur.
The International Press Institute, based in Vienna, is a global organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting press freedom and improving journalism practices. Its India chapter comprises editors, publishers and senior executives of newspapers, magazines and news agencies.
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