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.