Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who died whereas being on an project in Afghanistan, might be posthumously awarded the ‘Journalist of the Yr’ for 2020 by the Mumbai Press Membership, the journalists’ physique introduced on Friday.
Siddiqui, who had an extended stint of working in Mumbai earlier than shifting base to New Delhi, was the chief photographer for the information company Reuters. He’s being awarded “for his spectrum of the investigative and impactful physique of reports pictures starting from the Rohingyas and anti-CAA protests to COVID-19 and the Afghanistan Civil Battle”, the Membership mentioned.
Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana might be presenting the annual ‘RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism’ in a digital occasion on December 29 and likewise ship a keynote tackle.
Senior journalist and writer Prem Shankar Jha might be bestowed with the RedInk Awards for lifetime achievement for his distinguished profession of incisive and analytical writing, the Membership mentioned.
