Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons

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The Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson is an Indian journalism award named after Chameli Devi Jain, an Indian independence activist who became the first Jain woman to go to prison during India's independence struggle.[1] The award was instituted in 1980 by The Media Foundation and is given to women in the field of journalism. According to Business Standard, the award is "perhaps India's longest running media award for women".[2]

The Media Foundation was founded in 1979 by B. G. Verghese, Lakshmi Chand Jain, Prabhash Joshi, Ajit Bhattacharjea and N. S. Jagannathan. The award was instituted in 1980 by Verghese and the family of Chameli Devi.[3] The criteria for selection include social concern, dedication, courage and compassion in the individual's work. Journalists in print, digital and broadcast are eligible including photographers, cartoonists and newspaper designers; the entries are judged by an independent jury. Preference is given to rural or small-town journalists and journalists in regional Indian languages.[4]

Neerja Chowdhury won the inaugural award in 1981. In 2015, Supriya Sharma of Scroll.in became the first online journalist to receive the award.[5]

Recipients

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Homai Vyarawalla (right), winner of the 1998 Chameli Devi Jain Award, receiving the Padma Vibhushan from the President of India in 2011.
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Pushpa Girimaji, winner of the 1991 Chameli Devi Jain Award.
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Sucheta Dalal (right), winner of the 1992 Chameli Devi Jain Award, receiving the Padma Shri from the President of India in 2006.
Year Recipient(s) Associated media house(s)/notes Template:Abbr
1981 Template:Sort The Statesman
The Indian Express 		[6]
1982 Template:Sort
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1983 Template:Sort
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1984 Template:Sort Template:Endash [7]
1985 Template:Sort Template:Endash [9]
1986 Template:Sort Himmat
The Indian Express
The Times of India 		[10]
1987 No winner Template:Endash [11]
1988 Template:Sort India Today
The Indian Express 		[12]
1989 Template:Sort India Today [7]
1990 Template:Sort Template:Endash [13]
1991 Template:Sort
Mediastorm CollectiveTemplate:Efn 		Template:Endash
Template:Endash 		[14]
1992 Template:Sort
Template:Sort 		The Times of India
The Indian Express 		[15]
1993 Template:Sort
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Manimala 		India Today [16]
1994 Template:Sort The Telegraph
The Pioneer
The Khaleej Times 		[17]
1995 Template:Sort The Shillong Times [18]
1996 Template:Sort
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Template:Endash 		[19]
1997 Template:Sort CNN
Time 		[20]
1998 Template:Sort Template:Endash [21]
1999 Template:Sort
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The Times of India
Prabhat Khabar 		[22]
[23]
[24]
2000 Template:Sort Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan [25]
2001 Template:Sort Eastern Mirror [26]
2002 Template:Sort Template:Endash [23]
2003 Template:Sort
Chitrakoot Rural Women's Collective 		The Indian Express
Khabar Lahariya 		[27]
[28]
2004 Template:Sort Down to Earth magazine [29]
2005 Template:Sort Template:Endash [30]
2006 Template:Sort
Template:Sort 		CNN-IBN
Vanitha 		[6]
2007 Template:Sort CNN-IBN [31]
2008 Template:Sort
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2009 Template:Sort
Template:Sort 		Nagaland Page
Tehelka 		[32]
2010 Template:Sort Open [33]
2011 Template:Sort Tehelka [34]
2012 Template:Sort IBN Lokmat [35]
2013 Template:Sort CNN-News18 [36]
2014 Template:Sort Scroll.in [37]
2015 Template:Sort
Template:Sort 		The Times of India
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2016 Template:Sort Template:Endash [39]
2017 Template:Sort NDTV [40]
2018 Template:Sort BBC [41]
2019 Template:Sort
Template:Sort 		The Wire
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2020 Template:Sort Gaon Connection [43]
2021 Template:Sort Scroll.in [44]
2022 Template:Sort The News Minute [45]
2024 Template:Sort
Greeshma Kuthar 		The Indian Express
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Note that before 2024 the award made in one year was named for the previous year, thus the award made in March 2023 was the 2022 award,[47] but in 2024 the system changed and the award made in March 2024 was called the 2024 award.[48]

See also

References

Notes

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Citations
  1. ↑ Chameli Devi Jain. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ↑ BBC journalist Priyanka Dubey gets Chameli Devi Jain Award. Business Standard(7 March 2019). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ The Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016Template:Endash17. The Hoot(18 December 2016). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Media Foundation invites nominations for Chameli Devi Award for women journalists. United News of India(14 January 2019). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Scroll.in's Supriya Sharma wins prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award. Scroll.in(16 March 2015). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chameli Devi Award for CNN-IBN journo. News18(24 March 2007). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Breaking new ground. Mint(30 May 2012). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Shahnaz believed what she wrote could make a difference, Sharma, Kalpana. Rediff.com(7 July 2015). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Prof. Madhu Purnima Kishwar. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ↑ Kalpana Sharma. Penguin Books. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. ↑ Making News, Breaking News, Her Own Way. Stories by winners of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Tranquebar(2012). ISBN 9789381626498
  12. ↑ Mass Media in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India(1990)
  13. ↑ Does a journalists gender matter, Ravindranath, Sushila. The Financial Express(29 April 2012). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  14. ↑ An opaque state is asking for public transparency, Das, Priyanka. Pune Mirror(11 April 2017). Retrieved 9 March 2019.Template:Dead link
  15. ↑ Sucheta Dalal: Executive Profile & Biography. Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  16. ↑ Sheela Bhatt on the Indian media, Bhatt, Sheela. Rediff(29 May 2019). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  17. ↑ First look. The Hindu(2 June 2012). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  18. ↑ Patricia Mukhim, Oinam, G.S.. e-pao.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  19. ↑ Making News, Breaking News, Her Own Way: Stories by Winners of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Westland(2012). ISBN 9789381626498
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 I Am A Journalist, Full Stop. Newslaundry(28 April 2012). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  21. ↑ The way of the news, in her words. The Hindu(27 November 2014). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  22. ↑ Barkha Dutt gets award. The Hindu(4 April 2000). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 In Her Words. Eastern Mirror(14 June 2014). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  24. ↑ Pamela Philipose to be Ombudsman of The Wire, Serve as Interface With Readers. The Wire(7 July 2016). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  25. ↑ India Together: Kutch Radio program receives an award, Virmani, Shabnam. India Together(April 2001). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  26. ↑ Bano Haralu honoured for contributions in journalism, environmental conservation. Eastern Mirror(23 October 2014). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  27. ↑ Concise General Knowledge 2007{{#if:Subburaj|, Subburaj}. Sura Books(2007). ISBN 9788172540746
  28. ↑ Newshounds of the hinterland, Kohli, Namita(22 July 2007). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  29. ↑ Sunita Narain presented Chameli Devi Jain Award. Zee News(30 March 2005). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  30. ↑ Fifth CSE Media Fellowship: Mining, Environment and People's Protests. Centre for Science and Environment(2005). Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  31. ↑ CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda wins Chameli Devi Award. News18(25 March 2008). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  32. ↑ Shoma, Monalisa to share Chameli Devi award. The Hindu(10 March 2010). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  33. ↑ Shahina of Open magazine conferred Chameli Devi award. Hindustan Times(15 March 2011). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  34. ↑ Chameli Devi award for Tusha Mittal. The Hindu(14 March 2012). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  35. ↑ Chameli winner. The Hoot(18 March 2013). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  36. ↑ Section of mainstream media "biased" in covering poll stories. Business Standard(20 March 2014). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  37. ↑ Scroll.in's Supriya Sharma wins prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award. Scroll.in(16 March 2015). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  38. ↑ Chameli Devi Jain award winners named. Business Standard(15 March 2016). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  39. ↑ Neha Dixit Wins Chameli Devi Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist for 2016. The Wire(1 March 2017). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  40. ↑ 28 years in the news: NDTV's Uma Sudhir wins Chameli Devi Jain award 2017, Isaac, Anna. The News Minute(5 March 2018). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  41. ↑ BBC journalist gets Chameli Devi award. The Indian Express(8 March 2019). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  42. ↑ Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Rohini Mohan Win Chameli Devi Jain Award for Women Journalists. The Wire(13 March 2020). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  43. ↑ Gaon Connection's Neetu Singh gets Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist. Outlook India(19 March 2021). Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  44. ↑ Journalist Aarefa Johari Wins Chameli Devi Jain Award. The Wire(4 April 2022). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  45. ↑ Journalist Dhanya Rajendran to receive Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2022. The Hindu(2023-03-15). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  46. ↑ Indian Express's Ritika Chopra, independent journalist Greeshma Kuthar win Chameli Devi award. The Indian Express(14 March 2024). Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  47. ↑ Journalist Dhanya Rajendran to receive Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2022. The Hindu(15 March 2023). Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  48. ↑ Chameli Devi Jain Award 2024 for Outstanding Woman Media Person given jointly to Greeshma Kuthar and Ritika Chopra. The Hindu(14 March 2024). Retrieved 24 March 2024.
Bibliography
  • Making News, Breaking News, Her Own Way. Stories by winners of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Tranquebar(2012). ISBN 9789381626498

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