Tehelka
journalist bags award
Tehelka correspondent Aman Khanna has come runner-up
in the CNN Young Journalist Award 2004
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Aman
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Our correspondent Aman
Khanna has come runner-up in the CNN Young Journalist Award 2004. Aman’s
story “Assault
Rifles Hit Home” uncovered a Rs 60 crore dubious
deal by the home ministry in modernising the police. The awards were introduced
in 2003 by CNN to recognise and encourage quality journalism among young
media professionals. The awards are given to journalists in the age group
of 22-26. Aman will be allowed to observe and assist at the CNN news bureau
in New Delhi in June, next year, for up to seven days.
Encouraged
by the number of entries last year, the CNN YJA 2004 had been expanded
to include journalists from Pakistan as well. The jury included a number
of distinguished TV and print journalists from India and Pakistan, including
CNN South Asia bureau chief Satinder Bindra and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
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