The 13th edition of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards was held at New Delhi.
The Union Home Minister presented awards to 29 winners in 18 categories, across print, broadcast and purely-digital, for outstanding work done in 2017.
The Indian Express Group instituted the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2005.
The award has been instituted as part of the centenary year celebrations of Indian Express Group’s founder, Ramnath Goenka.
Journalists – Tamil Nadu
Media
Category of Award
For
M Gunasekaran
News 18
REGIONAL LANGUAGES
For his reports on fisherfolk during Cyclone Ockhi
Vijay Kumar S
The Hindu
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
For his reports on how taxmen alerted officials about payoffs in the Tamil Nadu gutka scam
Sandhya Ravishankar
Thewire.in
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
For her investigative reports on illegal beach sand mining in Tamil Nadu.