more-inThe Media Development Foundation (MDF) has invited entries for the Asian College of Journalism Awards for Investigative Journalism-2016-17 from journalists and news organisations in two categories – print/online and audio-visual. A MDF press release said journalistic work that was published or broadcast in 2016 would be eligible for nomination for the award. Jury chairpersonJustice Ajit Prakash Shah will be the chairperson of the awards jury this year and the awards committee will comprise economist Jayati Ghosh, senior journalist Krishna Prasad and filmmaker Madhusree Dutta. The ACJ awards committee will have ACJ visiting faculty member, Nikhil Kanekal as its convener. Last year, the awards committee received nearly 111 entries in eight languages from 46 news organisations.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2017 18:06 UTC