Another major initiative taken by both CNN and IBN jointly is the CNN Young Journalist Award. The award would be presented by CNN’s senior international correspondent Satinder Bindra in New Delhi. This also includes CNN-IBN’s Citizen Journalist award that will basically be given to the best citizen journalist reports.
The type of stories received this year include several social issues such as farmers' suicides, child trafficking, corruption in school admissions, anti-national activities, animal rights and protection and many such issues. The stories, by and large, are extremely well researched, and have adequately highlighted the issues they dealt with. Satinder Bindra in an interview to Indiantelevsion.com says "Going by the entries received, clearly, Indian reporters are highlighting social injustice, corruption, anti-national and anti-social activities, and other issues that impact the nation."
Bindra said that the student community had indicated an interest in the earlier editions of CNN YJA and also comprise an important segment of our viewership, which is reflected in the queries and feedback on programming and current affairs that we receive through our website, and hence the addition of this new category. The CNN Citizen Journalist Award too is a new category introduced this year. Bindra said that Citizen Journalism has been a distinctive and definitive identity of CNN-IBN since its launch in India earlier this year. "At CNN, we have expanded 'Citizen Journalism' by recently launching I-Report initiative. This initiative allows a CNN viewer who captures compelling content with a personal cell phone, camera or other device to be a part of telling the world what is happening through the unsurpassed reach of CNN.
CNN Citizen Journalist Award aims to acknowledge and recognize these citizens who are, in a manner of speaking, journalists. This Award will recognize and celebrate the inseparable partnership between citizens and media in influencing and shaping the course of developments in the world around us. For the CNN Citizen Journalist Award, the winner will be chosen from the images/video files received from citizens and broadcast on CNN-IBN. All the entries are judged equally on the basis of content and presentation. The jury comprises of distinguished personalities from the field of media and journalism, and this year senior scribes at CNN-IBN were also part of the evaluation team.
Apart from this, the CNN YJA has also tied up with Hindustan Times to present an award in the print and online category. Those winning the awards in the respective categories will get a one month internship with CNN-IBN at New Delhi and the Hindustan Times in Mumbai. The winner of the CNN Young Journalist Award gets a one week fully sponsored trip to the CNN News Headquarters in Atlanta where they will be trained to handle studio technology and taught reportage techniques etc.
The type of stories received this year include several social issues such as farmers' suicides, child trafficking, corruption in school admissions, anti-national activities, animal rights and protection and many such issues. The stories, by and large, are extremely well researched, and have adequately highlighted the issues they dealt with. Satinder Bindra in an interview to Indiantelevsion.com says "Going by the entries received, clearly, Indian reporters are highlighting social injustice, corruption, anti-national and anti-social activities, and other issues that impact the nation."
Bindra said that the student community had indicated an interest in the earlier editions of CNN YJA and also comprise an important segment of our viewership, which is reflected in the queries and feedback on programming and current affairs that we receive through our website, and hence the addition of this new category. The CNN Citizen Journalist Award too is a new category introduced this year. Bindra said that Citizen Journalism has been a distinctive and definitive identity of CNN-IBN since its launch in India earlier this year. "At CNN, we have expanded 'Citizen Journalism' by recently launching I-Report initiative. This initiative allows a CNN viewer who captures compelling content with a personal cell phone, camera or other device to be a part of telling the world what is happening through the unsurpassed reach of CNN.
CNN Citizen Journalist Award aims to acknowledge and recognize these citizens who are, in a manner of speaking, journalists. This Award will recognize and celebrate the inseparable partnership between citizens and media in influencing and shaping the course of developments in the world around us. For the CNN Citizen Journalist Award, the winner will be chosen from the images/video files received from citizens and broadcast on CNN-IBN. All the entries are judged equally on the basis of content and presentation. The jury comprises of distinguished personalities from the field of media and journalism, and this year senior scribes at CNN-IBN were also part of the evaluation team.
Apart from this, the CNN YJA has also tied up with Hindustan Times to present an award in the print and online category. Those winning the awards in the respective categories will get a one month internship with CNN-IBN at New Delhi and the Hindustan Times in Mumbai. The winner of the CNN Young Journalist Award gets a one week fully sponsored trip to the CNN News Headquarters in Atlanta where they will be trained to handle studio technology and taught reportage techniques etc.