Who has won the 2015 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize in Asia and the Pacific amateur category?
Who has won the 2015 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize in Asia and the Pacific amateur category?
[A]Maria Jones
[B]Ankita Anand
[C]Nikhil Jain
[D]Raj Shrivastav
Ankita Anand
The Delhi-based Journalist-writer, Ankita Anand has won the prestigious 2015 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize in Asia and the Pacific – Amateur category. She earned the award for her sensitive portrayal of life for young women facing the threat of the diktat of khap panchayats in Haryana with the title ‘Stirrings beneath the peepul’ published in the journal The Equator Linel. The award is organized by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development since 1992 to journalists for outstanding reporting on development and poverty eradication. The award entails a trophy and a money prize of 5000 euros. The 2015 edition of the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize has launched under the motto “Todays stories can change our tomorrow”.
