Question: Who has been awarded the Shorenstein Journalism Award for the year 2017?
(a) Ankul Agrawal
(b) Deepak Srivastava
(c) Rajvi Sardesai
(d) Siddharth Varadarajan
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On 16th April, 2018 Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire ,has been named the 2017 recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award.
- The award, given annually by Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), is conferred upon a journalist who has produced outstanding reporting on Asia and has contributed significantly to Western understanding of the region.
- Varadarajan will headline a panel discusson on April 16, 2018, at Stanford.
- He was given this award as editor for his good research report and his comments in independent, web based journalism.
- The announcement for this award was made on March 1st, 2018.
Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/award-for-siddharth-varadarajan/article23516547.ece
http://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/siddharth-varadarajan-founding-editor-wire-receiev-2017-shorenstein-journalism-award