Annual Knowledge@Wharton Scholarships for Business Journalism
CONTACT: Sandeep Junnarkar, SAJA awards chair, sajamember[at]gmail.com
South Asian Journalists Association announces winners of the
2007 Knowledge@Wharton Awards for Business Journalism
NEW YORK, September 25 — The South Asian Journalists Association is pleased to announce the four outstanding journalists who have won the 2007 Knowledge@Wharton Awards for Business Journalism, sponsored by SAJA, the Wharton School and the Knowledge@Wharton online business journal.
Priya Ganapati, a staff writer at TheStreet.com, is the winner of the eigth annual SAJA-Knowledge@Wharton Award.
Ganapati, a member of the South Asian Journalists Association, was selected with three other winners of this year's Knowledge@Wharton Awards, who will all receive scholarships to attend the prestigious Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania:
- Mhari Saito, a reporter at WCPN in Cleveland and member of the Asian American Journalists Association, won the AAJA-Knowledge@Wharton Award.
- Karen Rouse, a staff writer at the Denver Post and member of the National Association of Black Journalists, won the NABJ-Knowledge@Wharton Award.
- Jim Medina, a business editor at Ventura County Star and member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, won the NAHJ-Knowledge@Wharton Award.
"The Knowledge@Wharton seminar is an immensely valuable opportunity that we are thrilled to be a part of," said SAJA President Deepti Hajela. "I have no doubt that this year's winners will have wonderful experiences. We're grateful to the Wharton School for the 8th year of continued support."
The awards provide journalists with a scholarship to attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists from October 14-17, 2007, in Philadelphia (a $1,995 value).
Knowledge@Wharton and SAJA launched the award in 1999 and later expanded it to include the four organizations in UNITY: Journalists of Color -- AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ and NAJA. SAJA administer the awards and selects winners for Wharton with a judging panel representing all five journalism groups.
"Knowledge@Wharton seeks to disseminate the knowledge behind the news, and the continuing support of the Knowledge@Wharton Awards for SAJA and the UNITY organizations fits in well with this mission," said Mukul Pandya, editor of Knowledge@Wharton. "We are delighted to welcome this year's winners to the Wharton Seminars."
Any member of SAJA, AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ, NAJA who is a reporter, editor or producer (including freelancers) currently living in the United States or Canada and working in business journalism or a field that overlaps, such as healthcare or technology. Applicants must be available to attend the Wharton program this year. Individuals with two to seven years of experience as a business reporter or those new to business reporting, but with five to 10 years of experience as a reporter in another field, are encouraged to apply. Winners of the Knowledge@Wharton Awards since 1999
2006
SAJA - Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press
AAJA - Angie Lau, WEWS-TV (Cleveland)
NABJ - Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NAHJ - Ellie Estrada, KMTR NewsSource 16 (Eugene, Ore.)
NAJA - Julie Nolin, freelance journalist (Vancouver)
2005
SAJA - Gita Sitaramiah, St. Paul Pioneer Press
AAJA - Janet Cho, Cleveland Plain Dealer
NAHJ - Ivaneide Leite, freelance journalist
NAJA - Shawna Gamache, freelance journalist
2004
SAJA - Krishnan Anantharaman, The Wall Street Journal & Sudeep Reddy, The Dallas Morning News
AAJA - Li Jing, Voice of America
2003
SAJA - Vandana Sinha, Reynolds Center for Business Journalism
2002
SAJA - Sandeep Junnarkar, CNET News.com
2001
SAJA -
Menaka Doshi, CNBC
2000
SAJA - S. Mitra Kalita, Newsday
1999
SAJA - Snigdha Prakash, National Public Radio |