Award Winners
K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism
Neel Madhav and Alishan Jafri won the K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism 2022 for their work ‘Clicks and Bait: How a constellation of far-right Hindi YouTubers determine what you see on your TV’ published in The Caravan magazine. Madhav and Jafri’s in-depth reportage uncovers the ugly truth behind the manipulation of mainstream media narratives by right-wing amateur youtubers. Their work is a powerful reminder of the social responsibility that comes with journalism.
Prema Sridevi and Himanshu Kala won the K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism 2021. The winning entry titled, ‘Manual scavengers: Shit hits our head in manholes, our co-workers have died | Govt says ‘no deaths’, is an account of the lives and deaths of sanitation workers in Delhi, focusing on the human condition. The documentary feature film was produced by The Probe.
Sukanya Shantha won the K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism, 2020. Shantha’s winning entry, ‘From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System’, published in The Wire, looks into ongoing caste discrimination in jails across the country.
