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As a subscriber, you will have full access to all of our Newsletters and News Bulletins. He wrote on Twitter, “Congratulations to Indian photojournalists Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand for winning a Pulitzer Prize for their powerful images of life in Jammu & Kashmir. I don’t know what to say right now,” Dar Yasin told The Kashmir Walla over the phone. For an exposé of New York City’s taxi industry that showed how lenders profited from predatory loans that shattered the lives of vulnerable drivers, reporting that ultimately led to state and federal investigations and sweeping reforms. Ranchi. Seeing people flee their homes has become routine but it still affects him each time he covers stories of displacement. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Bhopal Photography Staff of Reuters. Three Indian photojournalists based in Jammu & Kashmir won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for their coverage of the region during the clampdown that followed the Union government’s decision last August to divest the region of its special status and reorganise it into two Union Territories. Biography Batting first,... Joe Biden will become the 46th US president, defeating Donald Trump decisively. But Associated Press news agency’s photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand found ways to report it. The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners in 15 Journalism and seven Book, Drama and Music categories were announced on Monday, May 4 at 3 p.m. Eastern. Army officer, 2 troopers killed in Machil gunfight; toll 6, First-ever online career counseling summit 2020 in J-K successfully concluded, People’s Alliance’ to contest DDC elections unitedly. Kashmir thanks you. General Nonfiction “It’s not the story of the people I am shooting, only, but it’s my story,” he told AP. 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Local Reporting Kolkata, Noida, Gurgaon, The Pulitzer Prizes -- established in 1917 through the will of publisher Joseph Pulitzer -- were announced virtually late on Monday due to the coronavirus disease outbreak. Whether She and the Congress Party concur with Rahul Gandhi on the issue of Kashmir not being an integral part of India! “It’s a great honour to be in the list of Pulitzer winners and to share my story with the world.” Anand said the award left him speechless. Editorial Cartooning Thank you for subscribing to our daily newsletter. Jammu-Kashmir Photojournalists Win Pulitzer Prize For Coverage Of Shutdown Dar Yasin and Mukhtar Khan are based in Srinagar, while Channi Anand is based in the neighbouring Jammu district. Press Club of Jammu has also congratulated the trio, particularly Channi Anand from Jammu for winning prestigious Pulitzer Award 2020 and said that that his hard work paid to him. (Moved into contention by the Board. 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“I am speechless, I could not say any word. His works have appeared in all the major newspapers and news magazines around the globe. JAMMU, May 5: Jammu and Kashmir based photojournalists Channi Anand along with Mukhtar Khan and Yasin Dar have been conferred with prestigious Pulitzer Prize, which was announced late last night. Excelsior Correspondent Dar Yasin was born in 1973, in Jammu and Kashmir.
Brian M. Rosenthal of The New York Times. The achievement of Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand of the Associated Press (AP) in winning the most prestigious award in American journalism was acclaimed in J&K. For a riveting series that revealed a third of Alaska’s villages had no police protection, took authorities to task for decades of neglect, and spurred an influx of money and legislative changes. He tweeted, “Will Sonia Gandhi answer? Indore, This is very big honour for me,” said Channi Anand, the 50-year-old photojournalist from Jammu, who had joined AP as a stringer in 1999 and was made a staff photojournalist only four years back. He lives with his wife and two children. The curfew lasted for weeks and the internet shutdown ended up being the longest in any democracy. Journalism History A Special Citation was also awarded. Both Engelberg and Marqués Gonzalez are entering their ninth year as Pulitzer Prize Board members. Explanatory Reporting rahul gandhi congratulates pulitzer prize winners yasin dar, mukhtar khan and channi anand More on this topic राहुल गांधी ने पुलित्जर पुरस्कार विजेताओं को दी बधाई, बोले- आपने गौरवान्वित किया On assignment in Afghanistan he has covered the Afghan War, Afghan Refugees and Daily life of war-torn Afghanis. “This honor continues AP’s great tradition of award-winning photography,” said AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt. Journalists in the Valley called it a watershed moment. Recipients will be announced at a later date. Yasin and Khan are based in the Kashmir valley and Anand in Jammu. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter: “Congratulations to Indian photojournalists Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand for winning a Pulitzer Prize for their powerful images of life in Jammu & Kashmir. The Central government scrapped Jammu and Kashmir decades-old special status and broke down the erstwhile state into two union territories. Show your solidarity by joining our community.
Srinagar: Associated Press photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand have been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for Kashmir. After more than two decades in the field, Channi now finds himself at home working on social issues, natural calamities, live encounters between security forces and terrorists or extreme weather conditions that is harshest for the homeless.
Yasin and Khan are based in Srinagar, while Anand is based in the neighboring Jammu district. These journalists have won the award in the field of feature photography. The Kashmir Press Club said the award of the Pulitzer Prize to the photojournalists marked a reiteration that independent journalism and free press are more important than ever in these times, when journalists have been working in tough conditions. He has followed political developments between the neighbors relentlessly for the Associated Press since 2000. He has won several awards in the photography at the national and local level. Public Service The Pulitzer Prize is considered as the highest honour that United States-based journalists and organisations can receive. For editorials that exposed how pre-trial inmates died horrific deaths in a small Texas county jail—reflecting a rising trend across the state—and courageously took on the local sheriff and judicial establishment, which tried to cover up these needless tragedies. Copyright © HT Media Limited All rights reserved. For wide-ranging and illuminating photographs of Hong Kong as citizens protested infringement of their civil liberties and defended the region’s autonomy by the Chinese government. “Their dedication to getting up every morning and going out to tell the story is a testament to their tenacity. The Pulitzer announced that the Indian journalists have been awarded for the contested territory of Kashmir as India revoked its independence, executed through a communications blackout. They’ll share the prize with Jammu-based Channi Anand. New Delhi: Three Indian Associated Press photographers – Channi Anand, Yasin Dar and Mukhtar Khan win this year’s #PulitzerPrize for Feature Photography. And a global recognition of the stellar work produced by Kashmir’s journalists, especially photojournalists, who go out there everyday despite all the risks, working in difficult conditions, documenting the ground realities, writing the first draft of history,” said senior journalist Majod Maqbool. Chennai, Watch, Pollard names the ‘smarter Pandya’ between Hardik and Krunal, Dilip Joshi on when he had no work, would earn Rs 50 per role, Elli AvrRam’s first Maldives trip will amp up your travel-fitness goals, DC vs SRH Live: A must-win game as DC, SRH fight for ticket to finale. However, the award created a controversy with the citation referring to Kashmir, part of Indian Union Territory Jammu & Kashmir, as “contested territory”. Rahul today congratulated those who got an award for considering Kashmir as a “Contested Territory”! International Reporting Anchorage Daily News with contributions from ProPublica. You make us all proud.”.