Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2019 SAJA awards!
The Daniel Pearl Award for outstanding reporting
about South Asia: All media
WINNER: Ari Alstedter
Bloomberg
WINNER: Annie Gowen
The rise of Hindu nationalism in Modi's India (series of stories)
The Washington Post
FINALISTS:
Nahlah Ayed, Stephanie Jenzer
1 year after Rohingya exodus, only handful have returned
CBC
Sophia Jones
The Many Dangers of Being an Afghan Woman in Uniform
The New York Times
Outstanding enterprise reporting about South Asia
or the worldwide South Asian diaspora: All media
WINNER: Apoorva Mandavilli
The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding
The Atlantic
FINALISTS:
Sonia Paul
PRI's The World
Sarita Santoshini
India's Hill Country is the First Stop on Heroin's Deadly Route
Foreign Policy
Outstanding business reporting about South Asia,
or the worldwide South Asian diaspora: All media
WINNER: Makepeace Sitlhou
Sweet or Salty: Could Black Rice Become Manipur’s Quinoa?
Popula
FINALISTS:
Ambreen Ali
At the Wheel: Women Drive Pakistan's Ride-Sharing Industry
Ozy.com
Ananya Bhattacharya
Blockchain is helping build a new Indian city, but it’s no cure for corruption
Quartz India
Outstanding arts, culture, and lifestyle reporting about South Asia,
or the worldwide South Asian diaspora: All media
WINNER: Sarah Khan
Surface
FINALISTS:
Bhavya Dore
This Boy From Mumbai Became the World’s Unlikeliest Crossword King
Narratively
Annalisa Merelli
How a school for poor girls cracked the patriarchy in a rural Indian town
Quartz India
Outstanding story on any subject: All media
WINNER: Anjali Enjeti
Reckoning with Georgia's Increasing Suppression of Asian American Voters
Longreads
FINALISTS:Aditi Malhotra
Support family or go to school? Rohingya refugee teen juggles competing demands
PBS Newshour
Sonia Paul
When Caste Discrimination Comes to the United States
NPR Codeswitch
Outstanding piece of non-fiction writing about South Asia, or
the worldwide South Asians diaspora: All media
WINNER: Shaheen Pasha
Searching for the Woman Who Saved My Immigrant Family from Homelessness
Narratively
FINALISTS:
Archana Chaudhary and Jeanette RodriguesHow to Lose $3.2 Billion of Bitcoin From India to Texas
Bloomberg
Amar Shah
To many Indian Americans, Apu is offensive. To me, he’s my dad.
The Washington Post
Outstanding multimedia about South Asia, or the worldwide South Asian diaspora: All media
WINNER: Habiba Nosheen, Shanifa Nasser and Virginia Smart
CBC
FINALISTS:
Anjali Kamat
The Many Red Flags of Trump’s Partners in India
Type Investigations + Trump Inc. (a podcast from WNYC and ProPublica)
Leena Sanzgiri
NPR WAMU 88.5
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