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The Shorenstein Journalism Award
April 22 , 2018
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- Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of The Wire, was awarded the Shorenstein Journalism Award for 2017 at Stanford University, America.
- He has been awarded for his courageous accounts of India's domestic and foreign policies.
About Shorenstein award
- The award, given annually by Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Centre.
- Shorenstein Journalism bestowed to honour the journalists who have “produced outstanding reporting on Asia and contributed significantly to Western understanding of the region”.
- Fifteen journalists have previously received the Shorenstein award instituted in 2002.
- Originally Shorenstein Journalism award designed to honour distinguished American journalists.
- But in 2011, changes were made in this award to bestow this award to honour the distinguished journalist from West and Asia.
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