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Chennai, Jan 18 (PTI) The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) here has invited entries for ACJ journalism awards for 2021 under the categories of investigative and social impact journalism.
The ACJ award for investigative journalism is for work, in public interest, that exposes wrongdoings.
Work in this domain covers a wide variety of journalistic investigation, an ACJ press release said.
It includes abuse of public office, environmental degradation, human rights violation, financial fraud, corporate mismanagement, gender violence, political apathy, war crimes, civic neglect and much more.
The judging criteria includes the nature of investigation, its impact and the extent of public interest involved.
The award comprises a trophy, citation and a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh.