TOI’s stellar show in journalism awards

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Kolkata: On Sunday evening, it was the turn of those who stay alert 24X7 to give you the news, day after day, to be in the news themselves. Presented by the KKN Group, in association with Candid Communication, Journalism Awards 2009 paid tribute to the noble profession of journalism.
Veteran photojournalist Durgadas Chatterjee was given the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to journalism.
Journalism Award 2009 also awarded journalists and photojournalists in 18 categories, of which four was bagged by the Times Of India. Subhro Niyogi was declared winner in the feature (English) category, Subhro Maitra in district reporting, Nilesh Bhattacharya in Sports (English) while Sayantan Ghosh in the news photography section. In all, there were 13 nominees from TOI.
The award for general news in English, Bengali and Hindi went to Rajib Chakrabarty of The Statesman, Tapas Pramanik of Bartaman and Anand Kumar Singh of Prabhat Khabar. Prizes for feature section Bengali was won jointly by Mouli Misra of Sangbad Pratidin and Indranil Roy of Anandabazar Pratika while Archana Sharma of Sanmarg won it in the Hindi section.
Pratim Ranjan Bose of Hindu Business Line won the prize for business reporting. The award in lifestyle & cinema section in English and Bengali were given to Satarupa Bose of Hindustan Times and Gautam Bhattacharya of Anandabazar Patrika. The award for district reporting was won by Manas R Banerjee of The Statesman with Subhro Maitra of TOI.
In the photography section,
the award in the feature section went to to Debajyoti Chakraborty of Rashtriya Sahara; Swapan Mahapatra of PTI won for lifestyle. Subhendu Ghosh of Hindustan Times won in the sports section.
The panel of judges for the award included ace photographer Raghu Rai, film director Prabhat Roy, sport commentator Kishore Bhimani, veteran footballer Prasun Banerjee, industrialist Pawan Ruia, veteran journalist Manojit Mitra and Sudama Prasad Singh....published in TOI on 22.02.10