The Red Ink Awards, also known as the Red Ink Awards for Excellence in Indian Journalism, are a set of annual awards given by the Mumbai Press Club in India to recognize excellence in journalistic achievements as assessed by a special jury.[1] Instituted in 2010,[2] the award grants national recognition to journalists by a professional body.[3]
# | Category | Rank | Name | Publication | Ref. |
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1 | Sports | Winner | Aditya Iyer | The New Indian Express | [4][5] |
2 | Health & Environment | Joint Winner | Santosh Andhale | DNA | |
Vinod Kumar Menon | Mid-Day | ||||
4 | Science & Innovation | Winner | Priyanka Pulla | Open | |
5 | Picture of the Year | Winner | Raju Sinde | Mumbai Mirror | |
6 | Entertainment & Media | Winner | Samanth Subramaniam | The Caravan | |
7 | Politics | Joint Winner | Samanth Subramaniam | The Caravan | |
Nauzer Bharucha | The Times of India | ||||
8 | Business | Winner | Joe C Mathew | Businessworld | |
9 | Crime | Winner | Priyanka Dubey | Tehelka |
# | Category | Rank | Name | Story Titles | Publication | Ref. |
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1 | Business | News | Jwalit Vyas and Ranjit Shinde | Operating profits of big cos like Essar,Jaypee not enough to service debt on their books | The Economic Times | [6][7] |
Lola Nayar | The Great Gas Heist | Outlook | ||||
Feature | Arpit Parashar | How to keep a castle up in the air | Fountain Ink Magazine | |||
Mehboob Jeelani | Under The Influence: Ponty Chadha's potent mix of liquor and politics | The Caravan | ||||
2 | Crime | Zeeshan Shaikh | Dhule, a town divided | The New Indian Express | ||
Vinod Kumar Menon | Bhandara Rape: Cops make headway | Mid-Day | ||||
Feature | Arpit Parashar | Nailing the lies of Nithari | Fountain Ink Magazine | |||
Alia Allana | The Phantom of Opera House | Fountain Ink Magazine | ||||
3 | Healh & Wellness | Vinod Kumar Menon | Barely 150 km from Mumbai, 15 children died of malnutrition in the past 2 months | Mid-Day | ||
Swagata Yadavar | Wombs and the Wolves | The Week | ||||
Neha Bhatt | Dark As This City | Outlook | ||||
Madhavi Irani | Are your fave beauty products safe? | Beauty Books | ||||
4 | Human Rights & Environment | Vivekananda Nemana | The Great Escape | Yahoo! | ||
Urmi Bhattacharjee | Inside Kaziranga's One-Horned Dream | Yahoo! | ||||
Govind Krishna V | Tailored for Tyranny | Fountain Ink Magazine | ||||
5 | Lifestyle & Entertainment | Akshay Manwani | The Show of Shows: Producing India's greatest television show ever | The Caravan | ||
Trisha Gupta | Difficult Loves: Hope and heartbreak on the fringes of urban India | The Caravan | ||||
6 | Politics | Feature | Krishn Kaushik | Inside Man: The convenient opinions of Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati | The Caravan | |
Niranjan Takle | A Case of Exploding Onions | The Week | ||||
Bhavya Dore | US group that opposed Modi starts campaign against him | Hindustan Times | ||||
P R Ramesh | BJP may field Narendra Modi from Varanasi to win over UttarPradesh | The Economic Times | ||||
7 | Science & Innovation | Virat Markandeya | Forbidden Symmetry: The quest for a radically new form of matter | The Caravan | ||
Jaimon Joseph | Why JP Singh is every Indian farmer's best friend | Yahoo! | ||||
Srinath Perur | The origins of Indians | Fountain Ink Magazine | ||||
8 | Sports | Gaurav Gupta | NDA stopped match-fixing probe: Former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar | The Times of India | ||
Amit Kamat | SAI of no relief for leading athletes | Mid-day | ||||
Feature | Bharat Sundaresan | The one who dropped the ball: Before Sachin Tendulkar, there was Anil Gurav | The New Indian Express | |||
Pulasta Dhar | Running from bombs: The stunning story of Afghan footballer Zohib Amiri | Firstpost | ||||
9 | The Big Picture | Narendra Bisht | Muzaffarnagar Riots | Mumbai Mirror | ||
Raju Shinde | Acid Attack Victim | Mumbai Mirror | ||||
Nilesh Waikar | Leopard Attack at Aarey Milk Colony | Outlook | ||||
10 | Best TV Story of the Year | Priyali Sur | Girls In Bondage | CNN-IBN | ||
Anubha Bhonsle | Kashmir after Afzal | CNN-IBN | ||||
Umesh Kumawat | Water loot from Trains | ABP News |
# | Year | Name | Ref. |
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1 | 2014 | Mrinal Pande | [8] |
2 | 2015 | Prannoy Roy | [9] |
3 | 2016 | T N Ninan | [10] |
4 | 2017 | Vinod Dua | |
5 | 2018 | Mark Tully | |
6 | 2019 | Dinu Ranadive | |
7 | 2020 | No Awards | |
8 | 2021 | Prem Shankar Jha | |
9 | 2022 | Om Gaur |
# | Year | Name | Ref. |
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1 | 2015 | Sreenivasan Jain | |
2 | 2016 | Ravish Kumar | |
3 | 2017 | Raj Kamal Jha | |
4 | 2018 | Faye D'Souza | |
5 | 2019 | Rachna Khaira | |
6 | 2020 | Danish Siddiqui | |
7 | 2021 | ||
8 | 2022 | ||
9 | 2023 | Dhanya Rajendran |
The tenth edition of the award was presented by the Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana in a virtual event.[22]