KARACHI: The Center for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday announced winners of the “Humanitarian Reporting Award 2017.”
Hundreds of entries, comprising news stories written or produced between Nov 1 and Nov 9, were submitted from all across Pakistan in contest for the award.
The winners and runners-up for the awards, focused on humanitarian journalism produced in three categories, are as follows:
Mainstream Broadcast (Urdu)
Winner
Khawar Khan, Geo News
Runner-up
Umar Farooq, Voice of America Urdu
Mainstream Print and Online (Urdu)
Winner
Aqeel Yousufzai, Akhbar e Khyber
Runner-up
Fariha Fatima, ARY News
Mainstream Print and Online (English)
Winner
Shazia Hassan, Dawn Media Group
Runner-up
Ghulam Dastageer, Herald Magazine
The panel of judges included News Director Aaj TV Aamer Ahmed Khan, Executive Producer at Geo News Munazza Siddiqui and KP Bureau Head of The Express Tribune Iftikhar Firdous.
An award ceremony to honor the winners will be held at the CEJ-IBA on December 15.