SAJA Journalism Leader Awards
(SAJA's highest honor)
To Peter Bhatia, executive editor of The Oregonian and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Rena Golden, executive vice president and general manager of CNN
International
Peter Jennings, anchor, ABC News
for their outstanding contributions to U.S. journalism. Bios: http://www.saja.org/bhatia.html and http://www.saja.org/golden.html

CATEGORIES FOR US/CANADIAN MEDIA OUTLETS
I. The Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding story on South Asia
Print
1. Richard Behar, Fortune for "Kidnapped Nation." An in-depth look at Pakistan's politics, culture and economy, the result of 10 weeks' worth of reporting by Behar, a Fortune senior writer.
This is the second annual prize named in memory of Daniel Pearl, who was killed in Pakistan in 2002.
http://www.fortune.com

2. Amitava Kumar, Transition for "Howdy, Patna." A writer's look at the home town he left behind after moving to the U.S., the Indian city of Patna. This is Kumar's third SAJA award.
3. Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press for "Still Gandhi's India?" A look at how close India is to Mahatma Gandhi's vision of a peaceful, secular India.

II. Outstanding story on South Asia
Broadcast (TV/radio)
1. Chris Hansen and Tim Sandler, Dateline NBC, NBC News for "Slaves to Fashion." A hidden-camera investigation of child labor in India's silk industry.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/770083.asp
2. Fred de Sam Lazaro, Lehrer Newshour, PBS for "Stem Cell Research." A report on India's advanced work on stem cell research, which was unnoticed by Americans until the topic became controversial in the U.S. This is de Sam Lazaro's seventh SAJA award.
3. (tie) Simon Marks, Feature Story News/PBS for "The General's Dilemma." A report on Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec02/pakistan_8-12.html
3. (tie) Rory O'Connor, Frontline/World, KQED & WGBH/PBS for "The Hole in the Wall." A report on how a computer embedded in a wall in a New Delhi slum is helping spread computer literacy.

III. Outstanding story on South Asia
New Media
1. Frontline/World Staff, KQED & WGBH/PBS for "Bhutan: The Last Place" & "Sri Lanka: Living with Terror." Two interactive reports about countries that are seldom covered accurately in the U.S. media.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bhutan/
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/srilanka/
2. Preston Mendenhall, MSNBC.com for "Chilling lessons at al-Qaida U." A report on the remains of an Afghan training camp which show how Sept. 11 attacks were studied. This is Mendenhall's second SAJA award.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/695030.asp
3. Leela Jacinto, ABCNews.com for "Licensed to Kill in Pakistan." A look at the custom of honor killings in Pakistan. This is Jacinto's third SAJA award.
http://abcnews.go.com

IV. Outstanding editorial/op-ed on South Asia
All media
1. Nancy deWolf Smith, The Wall Street Journal for "Afghan Dispatch." An op-ed series reported from Afghanistan covering various aspects of political, military and civilian life in that troubled country. This is Smith's second SAJA award.
2. Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post for "A Culture Struggles With All That Defines It." An examination of religious divides in India. This is Vedantam's fourth SAJA award.
3. Indra Sibal, CNN for "Arranged Marriage." A video commentary about a wedding in India.

V. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
All media
1. Jeet Thayil and Onkar Singh, India Abroad for "Sodhi Brothers." A look at the lives of Balbir and Sukhpal Singh Sodhi, two Sikh brothers killed 10 months apart; the first, in a hate crime after 9/11 and the other, by an unidentified assailant in his San Francisco taxi.
2. Sumathi Reddy, Newsday for "When A Love Affair is a Family Affair." A look at arranged marriages with a modern twist among Indian-Americans in Long Island, N.Y.
3. James Gordon Meek, Los Angeles Daily Journal for "FBI Agent, Condemned Killer Form Unlikely Bond." A story of the relationship between Bradley J. Garrett, an FBI agent, and the man he brought to justice, Mir Amal Kasi, a Pakistani man who murdered two CIA officers in 1993.

VI. Outstanding photo about South Asia or South Asians in North America
Single photo or series
1. John Stanmeyer, Time for "Nuclear Neighbors". A series of photos that vividly captured the divide between Pakistan and India.
2. Alex Majoli, Magnum/Newsweek , "A Deadly Passage to India." A stark photo about India's AIDS crisis.
3. John McConnico, Associated Press , "Elephant by Boat." A gentle photo of an elephant being ferried across an Indian river. This is McConnico's second SAJA award.

VII. Special Project on South Asia or South Asians in North America
All Media
1. Claudia Kolker, Houston Chronicle for India series. Dispatches from India on a wide range of political, social, economic and religious issues.
2. India West staff for "9/11: One Year Later." A look at the effect of the Sept. 11 attacks on the South Asian community.
3. Ash-har Quraishi, CNN for "Pakistan Decides." A series of stories examining Pakistan's faltering steps toward democracy.

CATEGORIES FOR SOUTH ASIAN JOURNALISTS IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA
VIII. Outstanding story on any subject
Print
1. Anita Srikameswaran, Pittburgh Post-Gazette for "The Beat Goes On." An in-depth profile of Dr. Peter Safar, a legendary critical-care physician who is still doing pioneering work. This is Srikamsewaran's second SAJA award.
2. Geeta Anand, The Wall Street Journal for "History and Science: In Waksal's Past, Repeated Ousters."
An investigative report that revealed a scandal involving Sam Waksal and his company, ImClone Systems.
3. (tie) Auditi Guha, Allston-Brighton (Mass.) Tab for "Ex-workers accuse Kells of racism." A report on a Boston nightclub's employee relations.
3. (tie) Romesh Ratnesar, Time for "Do We Still Need the Saudis." A report from Riyadh about the U.S.-Saudi relationship.

IX. Outstanding story on any subject
Broadcast   (TV/radio)
1. Piali Roy, CBC Radio for "The Bhagvad Gita." A look at the influence of the Gita, a Hindu religious text, on Hindu culture and beyond. This is Roy's second SAJA award.
2. Farrah Fazal, KULR-TV, Billings, Montana for "Paul's Pocketwatch." A feature story about a Montana fireman's tribute to the firefighters who died during the World Trade Center attacks.
3. Rose Walia, WCBS-TV, New York City for "Gutka." A report on the dangers of gutka, a form of smokeless tobacco.

X. Outstanding story on any subject
New Media
1. Sandeep Junnarkar, CNET News.com for "Cracking the Nest Egg." A three-part investigation into how hackers are attacking online banking and other consumer services. This is Junnarkar's sixth SAJA award.
http://news.com.com/2009-1017-891346.html
2. Rafiq Kathwari, freelance photojournalist for "Kashmir Retextured." A website which uses visuals to tell the story of the Kashmiri people.
http://www.kashmirretextured.com
3. Tarannum Kamlani, MSNBC.com for "And Still They Come." A look at immigration to the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/755837.asp

CATEGORIES FOR STUDENTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN IN US OR CANADA
XI. Outstanding student story on any subject
All Media
The student winners receive a certificate, plus a cash award as indicated below.
1. Sheena McFarland, University of Utah for "Inside India." A series chronicling the writer's first visit to India, the country of her birth, since she was adopted by an American couple when she was six weeks old. ($500.00)
2. Raeshma Razvi, Columbia College, Chicago for "Home." A documentary about a young India-American's trip from Illinois to India. ($300.00)
3. Shilpi Gupta, University of California, Berkeley for "Caught Between Guns." A video piece about young girls in the Kashmir conflict. ($200.00) This is Gupta's second SAJA student award; she placed second in for a photo essay in 2002.

SAJA Journalism Leader Award
(SAJA's highest honor)
To Steve Coll of The Washington Post for his many contributions to foreign reporting as a reporter, author and editor, and for his leadership at the Post. ( See bio at http://www.saja.org/coll.html )

CATEGORIES FOR US/CANADIAN MEDIA OUTLETS
I. The Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding story on South Asia
Print
1. Mohamad Bazzi, Newsday for Pakistan & Afghanistan coverage. A gripping series of reports from Pakistan about topics ranging from gunsmiths whose sales were hurt by the weapons crackdown, to the use of the Internet by Afghan refugees to keep in touch with families, to key news developments in the war in Afghanistan. This will be the first annual Daniel Pearl Award and it goes, in the opinion of the judges, to a reporter whose journalism echoes the spirit and high standards of Pearl's work. Coincidentally, Bazzi, who is based in NYC, traveled to Pakistan to cover the investigation of Pearl's kidnapping earlier this year.
Samples: http://www.newsday.com/news/ny-sajagallery.storygallery
2. Amitava Kumar, Transition for "Splitting the Difference." A detailed account of the shared animosity that binds together India and Pakistan, reported primarily from the border.
http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/transition/wagah.htm
3. (tie) Ahmed Rashid, The Nation for "Pakistan, the Taliban and the U.S." A look at the connections between Pakistan and Afghanistan and how they affect American policy.
3. (tie) Lisa Tsering, India-West for "Helping Bhuj Rebuild Itself." How small, local non-governmental organizations are causing big changes after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake.

II. Outstanding story on South Asia
Broadcast (TV/radio)
1. Kane Richard Farabaugh, WOWK-TV, Charleston, W.V. for "Inside Pakistan: America at War." The work of an American reporter who spent two weeks in Pakistan during the October 2001 air strikes in Afghanistan and shot, produced and reported a network-quality program for a local station.
2. Marc Dorian, Cynthia McFadden, Christina Romano, ABCNews 20/20 Downtown for "Girls for Sale." An undercover look at prostitution in Bombay's slums.
3. Fred de Sam Lazaro & Kevin McAndrews, PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer for "AIDS in India." How AIDS is spread in India by a combination of a brisk sex trade and a tradition of public silence.

III. Outstanding story on South Asia
New Media
1. Leela Jacinto , ABCNews.com for "Bias Fallout." How one Sikh American learned a harsh lesson in identity politics after 9/11.
http://abcnews.go.com
2. Preston Mendenhall, MSNBC.com for "In Pakistan, A Grand Illusion." A look at Pakistan's intelligence agencies.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/636796.asp
3. CNN.com staff for "Nepal's Royal Killings." Report on the massacre of the royal family in Kathmandu .
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/nepal//

IV. Outstanding editorial/op-ed on South Asia
All media
1. Timothy O'Leary, Dallas Morning News for "Pakistan's Choice," an unsigned editorial. A Sept. 19 call for Pakistan to support the U.S.; it clearly made the case for the course the Pakistani government would eventually take.
2. Mansoor Ijaz, Los Angeles Times for "The India-Pakistan Conflict Lies Threatening in the Wings." A prescient December 2001 article about how Indo-Pak tensions would affect the war in Afghanistan.
3. Michael Moran, MSNBC.com for "Airlift of Evil." A commentary that asks why the US let Pakistan pull "volunteers" out of Kunduz.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/664935.asp

Special Recognition Award -- Tunku Varadarajan of The Wall Street Journal for a year's worth of his consistently engaging and controversial opinion pieces about South Asia (and other global topics) in the newspaper and on its sister site, OpinionJournal.com.
http://opinionjournal.com

V. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
All media
1. Viji Sundaram, India-West for "Where's the Beef? It's in Your Fries." A national exclusive about McDonald's use of beef extract in its french fries and how Hindu consumers sued the fast-food giant.
2. Daniel Brook, Philadelphia City Paper for "We Had Dreams." A look at how teachers from India hired to fill gaps in Philadelphia schools learned hard lessons about America.
3. (tie) Rekha Basu, South Florida Sun-Sentinel for "A Birth, A Death Change A Woman's Life." A profile of Sudipta Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi woman whose husband died in the World Trade Center two days before she gave birth.
http://www.saja.org/basubangla.html
3. (tie) John Bathke, News 12 New Jersey for "Immigration Us." A look at how South Asian immigrants are changing the town of Iselin, N.J.

Special Recognition Award -- India Abroad/Rediff. com staff for its powerful reporting and analysis (in words and photos) of Sept. 11 and its aftermath: the attacks, the victims and the hate crimes.

VI. Outstanding photo about South Asia or South Asians in North America
Single photo or series
1. Peter Tobia, The Philadelphia Inquirer for "Caught in the Struggle and Strife." A series of photos that accurately captured the mood in Pakistan in the weeks after Sept. 11.
2. The Denver Post staff for Afghanistan and Pakistan photos. The works of several photographers who documented various aspects of the aftermath of Sept. 11 and the war on terror.
3. Edward A. Ornelas, San Antonio Express-News for "Pakistan's Other War: Kashmir." A Web photo essay about life in Kashmir.

VII. Special Project on South Asia or South Asians in North America
All Media
1. Dow Jones Newswires staff for "Decade of India's Economic Reforms." A hard-hitting package of 11 stories that highlighted the promise and frustration found in Indian financial markets, politics and daily life as the economic reform process evolves.
2. Associated Press staff for "Afghan Agony." A four-part package by AP foreign correspondents providing insights into a region that U.S. readers knew little about.
3. (tie) Trikone Magazine staff for "Queer Muslims: De-closeted." A special issue that examined what the editors call a "triple jeopardy" in the United States: being gay, South Asian and Muslim.
3. (tie) Satinder Bindra, CNN for "Afghanistan: The War Against Terror." Series of reports from Afghanistan in October and November 2001.

CATEGORIES FOR SOUTH ASIAN JOURNALISTS IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA
VIII. Outstanding story on any subject
Print
1. Sudarsan Raghavan and Sumana Chatterjee, Knight Ridder Newspapers for "A Taste of Slavery." A major expose of the chocolate industry and its connections to modern-day slavery in Africa.
http://www.saja.org/chocolate.html
2. Sanjay Bhatt, The Palm Beach Post for an anthrax series. Local stories with national impact chronicling the first set of anthrax attacks and deaths in October 2001.
3. Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post for "Fear on the 86th Floor." A compelling reconstruction of the panic and terror in the office of a World Trade Center executive.

Special Recognition Award -- Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek for "The Politics of Rage: Why They Hate Us," his widely quoted October 2001 cover story that explained to American readers the need for reform in the Arab world.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/639057.asp

IX. Outstanding story on any subject
Broadcast   (TV/radio)
1. Madhulika Sikka, ABC News Nightline for "Encore: The Eve Cassidy Story." A profile of a singer who died in obscurity five years ago, but whose work is now getting attention.
2. Fred de Sam Lazaro, PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly for "Sex Selection." A report on how the gender selection of babies is conducted in certain parts of India
3. Gita Amar, Radio 3AK Melbourne, Australia for breaking news coverage of 9/11. A collection of live breaking news reports on Sept. 11 and 12, 2001.

X. Outstanding story on any subject
New Media
1. Roy Wadia, CNN for "Brazil: A Special Series." First-hand reports from several Brazilian cities tackling issues such as the environment, AIDS, poverty and politics
http://www.cnn.com

2. Sandeep Junnarkar, CNET News.com for "A Bitter Pill." A three-part series on the lack of progress in the online medical industry.
http://news.com.com/2102-1017-827717.html
3 (tie) Rafat Ali, Inside.com for "Now You Can Buy the Entire Internet." An analysis of how pop-up ads and other intrusive features are dominating online advertising.
http://www.inside.com
3. (tie) Leela Jacinto, ABCNews.com for "So Far From Home." A profile of Zohra Daoud, the first (and only) Miss Afghanistan, who now lives in Malibu.
http://abcnews.go.com

CATEGORIES FOR STUDENTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN IN US OR CANADA
XI. Outstanding student story on any subject
All media
The student winners receive a certificate, plus a cash award as indicated below.
1. Abhi Raghunathan, Princeton University for "Thanks for Coming: Now Go." A New York Times report on Indian software engineers in New Jersey stuck in limbo after the dot-com bust. ($500.00)

2. Shilpi Gupta, University of California, Berkeley for "The Bondage of Debt." A photo essay about bonded laborers in Tamil Nadu, India. ($300.00)
http://journalism.berkeley.edu

3. Renuka Rayasam, Columbia University for "Locked Up: Kids in Juvenile Detention." A look at trends in how minors are treated by the criminal justice system ($200.00)

SAJA Journalism Leader Award
(SAJA's highest honor)
To Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek for his contribution to international journalism and for pathbreaking work as a South Asian journalist in the United States. (See bio at http://www.saja.org/zakaria.html)

CATEGORIES FOR US/CANADIAN MEDIA OUTLETS
I. Outstanding story on South Asia
Print
1. "Back to Life in India, Without Reincarnation"  -- Barry Bearak, The New York Times. The "Association of Dead People" fights for the rights of Indian citizens falsely declared dead.
2. "White Skin, Black Mask" -- Kai Friese, Transition. A look at Phantom, a comic-book superhero and his connections to the subcontinent.
http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/transition/whiteskin.htm
3. "India's Eunuchs as Debt Collectors" -- Gautam Chakravorthy, Bloomberg News. Some finance companies in India use eunuchs to threaten debtors with shame and embarrassment to get them to pay back loans.

II. Outstanding story on South Asia
Broadcast (TV/radio)
1. "The Dark Horizon: India, Pakistan and the Bomb" -- Peter Jennings, correspondent and Richard E. Robbins, producer, ABC News Peter Jennings Reporting. An hour-long documentary about the nuclear arms race in South Asia.

2. "India's Christians" -- Fred de Sam Lazaro, correspondent and Kevin McAndrews, producer, PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly and Twin Cities Public Television. A look at India's Christian minority.
3. "Voices of Kashmir" -- Satinder Bindra, correspondent, CNN. A report featuring the civilians caught in the everyday violence of Kashmir.

III. Outstanding story on South Asia
New Media
1. "Bhopal: 15 Years Later" -- Deepali Srivastava, MSNBC.com. Bhopal returns to the news 15 years after the Union Carbide gas leak.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/400918.asp
2. "Clinton and India: End of Estrangement" -- Manjeet Kripalani, BusinessWeek. Report on US-India relations.
3."Virtual Villages" -- CNN.com staff. Report on how technology is affecting villages in developing countries like Bangladesh and India.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/virtualvillages/

IV. Outstanding editorial/op-ed on South Asia
All media
1. "India & Pakistan" -- Timothy O'Leary, Dallas Morning News. Commentary on US-South Asia relations.
2. "Of Curry and the Making of Subcontinental Identity" -- Amitava Kumar, India Abroad. Commentary on the popularity of curry outside South Asia.
3. "Paradise Lost, in the Name of God and Self-Determination" -- Mansoor Ijaz, Los Angeles Times. Commentary about the the role of the governments of India and Pakistan in Kashmir.

V. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
Print
1. "Charges At Last in Air India Bombing" -- Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun. A package of stories on charges brought against two British Columbia men for the 1985 bombing of Air India flight 182.
2. "Would You Put God Under Your Feet?" -- Ravi Adhikari, News India-Times. Coverage of sandals featuring images of Hindu gods and goddesses.
3. (tie) India's High-Tech Braceros -- Gaiutra Bahadur, Austin American-Statesman. The impact Indian engineers, the new "braceros" (contract laborers) in Texas, are having on industry and culture.
3. (tie) "Not Your Classic Immigrant Story" -- Sharmila Venkatasubban, In Pittsburgh Weekly. The growing pains of Pittsburgh's Indian community.

Special Recognition Awards -- India-West staff and ThinkIndia/Rediff.com staff for the respective in-depth coverage by each media outlet of the immigrant smuggling ring run Lakireddy Balireddy, a Berkeley-based landlord (each will receive a separate prize).

VI. Outstanding photo about South Asia or South Asians in North America
Single photo or series
1. "Clinton's India Trip" -- Time photographers. Series of photos taken at the time of President Clinton's India trip, including images of a massacre in the Kashmiri village of Chittisinghpora and his interaction with Indians.
2. "Lila Karki" -- Lynsey Addario, Boston Globe. Photo of a Nepali woman serving a prison sentence for having an abortion.
3. "Not Your Classic Immigrant Story" -- Tim Kaulen, In Pittsburgh Weekly. Photo of Nitya Venkataraman, a Pittsburgh college student who "finds her own mix of Indian and American culture."

VII. Special Project on South Asia or South Asians in North America
All Media
1. "Desi: South Asians in New York" -- WNET-TV, Alan Glazen, executive producer and Shebana Coelho, producer. A documentary about South Asians in New York City.
2. Series on women of South Asia -- Marion Lloyd, Boston Globe. Series on the state of South Asian women in various countries.
3. "South Asian Queers Out on the Internet" -- Trikone staff. Special issue on how South Asian gays and lesbians are using the Internet.

CATEGORIES FOR SOUTH ASIAN JOURNALISTS IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA
VIII. Outstanding story on any subject
Print
1. "Tug of War" -- Alfrida Shah, Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Two teenage Somali girls face coming of age in the United States.
2. "The Girl Next Door" -- Sudarsan Raghavan, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine. A profile of a young suburban woman's struggle with heroin.
3. (tie) "Tomb Raider" -- Naresh Fernandes, Transition. Looking for the remains of St. Francis Xavier in Macau.
http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/transition/tombraider.htm
3. (tie) "Understanding Hugo" -- Deepak Gopinath, Institutional Investor. Cover story about Venezuela's enigmatic president, Hugo Chavez.

IX. Outstanding story on any subject
Broadcast  (TV/radio)
1. "Rwanda Reconciliation" -- Fred de Sam Lazaro, correspondent, PBS/The Newshour with Jim Lehrer. A report from Rwanda about how religion is helping ease tension in the region.

2. "Survivor's Story" -- Madhulika Sikka, producer, ABC News Nightline. A profile of a young Cambodian American who survived the the horrors of the Khmer Rouge.
3. "Calcutta Calling" -- Piali Roy, reporter, CBC Radio. A Canadian goes in search of her Indian roots.

X. Outstanding story on any subject
New Media
1. "Portal Addition" -- Sandeep Junnarkar, CNET News.com. A look at how cash-strapped online merchants paid too much for links to large Web portals.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-201-1768010-0.html
2. "U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Industry Challenges to EPA Standards" -- Raju Chebium, CNN.com. A preview of the fight between government and industry over clean air standards.
http://www.cnn.com

3. "Trading on Thin Ice" -- Sandeep Junnarkar, CNET News.com. A report on what happens to companies when they fall off Nasdaq.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-201-2870166-0.html

CATEGORIES FOR STUDENTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN IN US OR CANADA
XI. Outstanding student story on any subject
All media
The student winners receive a certificate, plus a cash award as indicated below).
1. "Indian Immigrants" -- Amy Rao, Northwestern University. TV report about Indian immigrants in the United States ($500.00).
2. "Two Deaths Too Many" -- Arun Kristian Das (with Ron Mott), Columbia University. A documentary about police shooting deaths in New York City ($300.00).
3. "Illegal Workers Pay Economic Dividend" -- Deepa Babington, Rutgers University (written for Reuters). The crucial role illegal workers play in the U.S. economy ($200.00).

SAJA Journalism Leader Award
(SAJA's highest honor)
To Peter R. Kann and Karen Elliot House of Dow Jones for their extraordinary contributions to international reporting, the coverage of Asia and the support of minority journalists at Dow Jones publications. (See bios)

CATEGORIES FOR US/CANADIAN MEDIA OUTLETS
I. Outstanding story on South Asia
Print
1. "Kashmir: Fundamentalism Takes Root"  -- Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs. Analysis of Kashmir crisis.
2. "Borrower Beware" -- Steve Stecklow & Jonathan Karp, The Wall Street Journal. US bank in India used collectors accused of strong-arm tactics.
3. "Corruption in Pakistan's Schools" -- Marion Lloyd, The Boston Globe. Corruption in Pakistan feeds off school system. (See story)

II. Outstanding story on South Asia
Broadcast (TV/radio)
1. "Untouchables" -- Christiane Amanpour, correspondent and Andrew Tkach & Scott Bronstein producers, CBS News 60 Minutes. Large sections of Hindus face discrimination and humiliation in India. (Amanpour, a correspondent for CNN, was on assignment for 60 Minutes).
2. "Faces of Hope" -- Connie Chung, correspondent and Teri Whitcraft, producer, ABC News 20/20. Young woman's courageous battle against acid attacks in Bangladesh.
3. "TV to Bhutan" -- Mark Litke, correspondent and Vladimir Lozinski, producer, ABC News World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. The controversial arrival of television in the kingdom of Bhutan.

III. Outstanding story on South Asia
New Media
1. "Earth War" -- Lea Terhune, ABCNews.com. Kashmir violence takes heavy toll on nature.
2. "Unfinished Business: The India-Pakistan Rivalry" -- Ashley Wells & Clay Frost. Background on Kashmir crisis.
3. "India Decides" -- CNN.com staff. Report on India's 1999 elections.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/india.elections/

IV. Outstanding editorial/op-ed on South Asia
All media
1. "They Fight for the Sake of Fighting" -- Mansoor Ijaz, Los Angeles Times. Commentary on terrorism in South Asia.
2. "U.S.-India Relations" -- Jim Boyd, Minneapolis Star Tribune. Editorial on changing Cold War perspectives.
3. India's Tragic Destiny" -- Siddharth Dube, The Washington Post. Commentary on India's poverty in the years ahead.

Special Recognition Award -- Timothy O'Leary, editorialist of The Dallas Morning News for a series of unsigned editorials dealing with South Asia.

V. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
Print
1. "A Patel Motel Cartel?" -- Tunku Varadarajan, The New York Times Magazine. One community's domination of the US motel industry.
2. "From Dotbusters to Cool Dots" -- Sandip Roy-Chowdhury, India Currents. South Asians take on hate crime.
3. "One Hundred Years in America" -- Ashfaque Swapan, India-West. A look at impact of Indian Amercians.

VI. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
Broadcast (TV/radio)
1. "J.D. Thakral" -- Patrick Cox, PRI's The World (a co-production of BBC World Service, Public Radio International and WGBH Radio, Boston). Profile of a South Asian running for political office.
2. "Indian CEOs" -- Indira Somani, WJLA-TV. High-tech executives in Washington area.
3. "Indians In The Valley" -- Rebecca Roberts, PRI's The World (a co-production of BBC World Service, Public Radio International and WGBH Radio, Boston). Impact of immigrants in Silicon Valley.

VII. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
New Media
1. "Technical Sutra" -- Alexander Salkever, Salon.com. Graduates from Indian Institutes of Technology make a difference in Silicon Valley
2. "Confessions of a Cross-carrying Immigrant" -- Shoba Narayan, Rediff.com. What immigrants face in the U.S.
3. "What do Hotmail, Exodus & Junglee Have in Common?" -- Meg Lundstrom, BusinessWeek Online. Impact of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, a South Asian networking group.

VIII. Special Project on South Asia or South Asians in North America
All Media
1. "Polio: Death of a Disease" -- Huntly Collins & Peter Tobia. The Philadelphia Inquirer. A series on how polio, a memory in the U.S., is affecting India.
(See story)
2. "Passages from India" -- Contra Costa Times features staff. Series on cultural, political and artistic diversity of South Asians in the San Francisco Bay Area.
3. Series on Indian village women -- Miriam Jordan, The Wall Street Journal. Stories about condition of village women and how it is changing.

IX. Outstanding photograph of South Asia or of South Asians in North America
Single photo or series
1. "Educating The Masses" -- John McConnico, Associated Press. A girl looks up from reading her tattered Urdu lessons at an open air school in Pakistan.
(See photo)
2. "Gurkhas on the Go" -- Prashant Panjiar, Time. A young hopeful at a Gurkha recruiting camp in Nepal.(See photo)
3. Cricket in Kashmir --  James Nachtwey, Magnum Photos/Time. A boy plays cricket in a derelict neighborhood of Kashmir. (See photo)

Special Recognition Award -- Peter Tobia, The Philadelphia Inquirer. For series of pictures on polio (also winner of Special Project Award, see above)
(See story)

CATEGORIES FOR SOUTH ASIAN JOURNALISTS IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA
X. Outstanding story on any subject
Print
1. "When A Mother's Care Turns Deadly" -- Shankar Vedantam, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Investigation into the circumstances of a woman who starved her five-year-old child to death.
(See story)
2. "A Journey of Heartache, High Hopes" -- Angela Shah, Austin American-Statesman. Students adjust to life at the University of Texas.
3. "Pilgrim with a Scalpel" -- Jayant Mammen Mathew and Maria Abraham, The Week. Profile of  New York-based plastic surgeon who improves lives of thousands of Indians who have disfigured faces.

Special Recognition Award -- Anita Raghavan, London-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal, for leading a series of stories on European mergers & acquisitions.

XI. Outstanding story on any subject
Broadcast  (TV/radio)
1. "Diary of a Start-up" -- Hari Sreenivasan, CNET-TV. Profile of new Internet company (Producer: Michelle Mahoney).
(See story)
2. "China at 50" -- Fred de Sam Lazaro, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer/KTCA-TV. One North Carolina man's return to Shanghai.
(See story)
3. (tie) "Breaking Racial Barriers in Comedy" -- Sanjay Singh, CNN. Profile of Meera Syal, British funny lady.
(tie) "Hinduism in New Jersey" -- Ravindra Yande, RCN/CNN Headline News. Hindu culture gains visibility in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

XII. Outstanding story on any subject
New Media
1. "Wild Side of Tigers" -- Smita Paul, Discovery.com. Prospects for saving the tiger.
No others awards in the category this year.

CATEGORIES FOR STUDENTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN IN US OR CANADA
XIII. Outstanding student story on any subject
All media
1. "Five Lines for a Dead Man" -- Suleman Din, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto. The story behind a small item in a Toronto newspaper (plaque + $300.00).
(See story)
2.  "Fighting History" -- Shashank Bengali, University of Southern California/San Jose Mercury News. A former sailor wants name cleared in a World War II mutiny (plaque + $200.00). (See story)
3. "Foster Care System & Parents" -- Anu Manchikanti, New York University. The struggle of parents fighting to bring back children in New York's foster care system (plaque + $100.00).
(See story)

Special Recognition Award -- Seshu Badrinath of Ohio University for "Bath Time," a photograph of brothers at play.
(See photo)

CATEGORIES FOR US/CANADIAN MEDIA OUTLETS
I. Outstanding story on South Asia
Print
1. "Deadly Crop: Difficult Times Drive India's Cotton Farmers To Desperate Actions" -- Jonathan Karp, The Wall Street Journal ($200 + certificate)
A story about the very real costs of modernization plans gone wrong in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

2. "Taliban's Roots in India" -- Kenneth J. Cooper, The Washington Post (certificate)
A report from Deoband, India, on an Islamic seminary that influenced the theology of the Taliban.

3. "Whiz Kids: Inside the IITs" -- Manjeet Kripalani, Business Week (certificate)
A look at the Indian Institute of Technology--successful breeding ground for Wall Street and Silicon Valley leaders.

II. Outstanding story on South Asia
Broadcast or New Media
1. "Ground Zero" -- CNN & CNN.com staff ($200 + certificate)
An in-depth look at the return of nuclear weapons to the world's stage. Award is to both the TV and Web staff.

2. "Hacking Bhabha" -- Adam Penenberg, Forbes.com (certificate)
An investigation into the hacking of India's top nuclear research center by Americans.

3. "Bhutan: Paradise Opens Its Gates" -- Hilary Brown, ABC News (certificate)
A rare television look inside the Himalayan kingdom.

III. Outstanding special project on the South Asian nuclear tests
All media
1. "The Bomb is Back: Lessons of the New Nuclear Age" -- Newsweek staff (certificate)
11-page report following India's nuclear tests.

2. "Living with the Bomb: India & Pakistan in The Nuclear Age" -- Time staff (certificate)
An in-depth look at the effect of the tests on India and Pakistan.

3. Nuclear package -- The Wall Street Journal staff (certificate)
A package of stories reported from New Delhi, Islamabad, Beijing, Washington and Istanbul.

Certificate of Special Recognition to The Nation for its two cover stories on nuclear weapons, "The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons" by Jonathan Schell & "The End of Imagination" by Arundhati Roy.

IV. Outstanding editorial/op-ed on South Asia
1."A Glimmer of Hope for India's Poor" -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune (certificate)
A column written from Mumbai about poverty in India.

2. "India's Nuclear Escalation" -- Farah Zahra, Christian Science Monitor (certificate)
An op-ed that blames the nuclear tests partly on a failure of U.S. policy.

3. "India Saves the Tigers" -- Bonnie Erbe, Scripps-Howard News Service (certificate)
A column written from a tiger preserve about efforts to save the tiger.

V. Outstanding photograph of South Asia or of South Asians in North America
1. "Paradise Lost: Bullets and a Buddhist temple in Colombo" -- Taras Kovaliv, Time ($200 + certificate)
A shot of a Buddha statue, viewed through a bullet hole in a temple window in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

2. "Hana Bibi, three-year-old refugee" -- Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times (certificate)
A shot of a little girl who lives in a camp in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.

3. "The Shipbreakers' Ball" -- Dilip Mehta/Contact, Forbes (certificate)
A series of pictures of about the shipbreaking industry in Alang beach, India.

VI. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
Print
1. Sikh community coverage -- Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun ($200 + certificate)
A series of articles about the November 1998 assassination of a Vancouver publisher, and the ongoing investigation of the 1985 Air-India bombing.

2. "United Ethnically, And By an Assault" -- Somini Sengupta & Vivian S. Toy, The New York Times (certificate)
A look at relations between recent immigrants from South Asia and Indo-Caribbeans in the wake of an assault.

3. "Where Are My Girls?" -- Steve Lopez, Time (certificate)
A cover story about the effort of an Indian-American father to find his daughters after they were taken away by his ex-wife.

VII. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
Broadcast/New Media
1. "Bound By Tradition" -- Piya Chattopadhyay, CBC ($200 + certificate)
A mini-documentary unravels the mysteries of a traditional Indian wedding in Canada.

2. "Mehndi in America" -- Sanjay Singh, CNN (certificate)
A look at the art of temporary henna tattoos.

3. "Diwali Explained" -- Indira Somani, WJLA-TV (certificate)
A major Indian festival is explained to an American audience.

CATEGORIES FOR JOURNALISTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN WORKING IN US/CANADA
VIII. Outstanding story on any subject
Print
1. Honduras Hurricane Mitch coverage -- Sudarsan Raghavan, The Philadelphia Inquirer ($200 + certificate)
A series of reports from Honduras about the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch.

2. "Kid-Glove Care: Diagnosis Critical" -- Anita Srikameswaran, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (certificate)
An series that documents the daily life-and-death struggles at a pediatric intensive care unit.

3. "Guyana" -- Marina Budhos, Dissent (certificate)
A personal story about visiting Guyana by a Guyanese-Indian writer.

IX. Outstanding story on any subject
Broadcast
1. "AIDS in South Africa" -- Fred de Sam Lazaro, Lehrer Newshour ($200 + certificate)
A report from South Africa about the devastation caused by AIDS.

2. Reports on Long-Term Capital Management -- Snigdha Prakash, National Public Radio (certificate)
Stories about a major hedge fund and its large-scale losses.

3. "Viagra Online" -- Hari Sreenivasan, CNET-TV (certificate)
A report on the availabilty of Viagra over the Internet.

X. Outstanding story on any subject
New Media
1. " The Ape Crusaders: Saving the Orangutans of Indonesia " -- Smita Paul, Discovery.com ($200 + certificate)
http://www.discovery.com

2. " Enter the Euro " -- Rajee Suri, CNN.com (certificate)
http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/euro/

3. " Defending the Bottomline " -- Sandeep Junnarkar, News.com (certificate)
http://www.news.com

CATEGORIES FOR STUDENTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN IN US/CANADA
XI. Outstanding student story on any subject
All media
1."The Long, Hot Nuclear Summer" -- Suleman Din, Ryerson Polytechnical University ($300 + certificate)
A student reporter writes from India and Pakistan about the summer of the nuclear tests.

2. "Prepaid Calling Cards Taking Off" -- Salina Khan, Northwestern University ($200 + certificate)
A look at how prepaid calling cards have become successful in recent years.

3. (tie) "Aasif Mandvi, actor and writer"-- Shazia Ahmad, Columbia University ($50 + certificate)
A profile of a young South Asian actor making waves in the theater world.

"Mental Health at Harvard" -- Aneesh Raman, Harvard University ($50 + certificate)
A documentary about the mental illness and how it is dealt with at Harvard.

CATEGORIES FOR US/CANADIAN MEDIA OUTLETS
I. Outstanding story on South Asia
Print
1. "How China Beat India" -- Rone Tempest/LA Times ($250 + certificate)
2. "Midnight's Children" -- John Stackhouse/Toronto Globe & Mail
(certificate)
3. "Ratings Game" -- Jonathan Karp/Wall Street Journal (certificate)

II. Outstanding story on South Asia
Broadcast
1. "Legacy of Empire" -- Daniel Lak & Pankaj Pachauri/Public Radio
International, BBC & WGBH ($250 + certificate)
2. "Calcutta" -- Richard Threlkeld/CBS (certificate)
3. "India and Pakistan at 50" -- Michael Shuster/NPR (certificate)

Certificate of Special Recognition to ABC News for outstanding coverage of Mother Teresa's funeral.

Certificate of Special Recognition to Time.com for "Rickshawallas: the
Last Human Horses" by Colin Finlay for outstanding new media story on a
South Asian topic.

III. Outstanding special project on the 50th Anniversary of India/Pakistan
Independence
1. "India" - National Geographic/Geoffrey Ward & Steve McCurry
(certificate)
2. "India Fiction Issue" - New Yorker (certificate)
3. "India at 50" - Star-Ledger/John Hassell & Jerry McCrea (certificate)

IV. Outstanding editorial/op-ed on South Asia
1. "India: Mon Amour" - A.M. Rosenthal/New York Times (certificate)
2. "Thorn Between Two Roses" - Nancy De Wolf Smith/Wall Street Journal
(certificate)
3. "India: A Promise Unfulfilled" - Eric Margolis/Toronto Sun
(certificate)

V. Outstanding photograph of South Asia or of South Asians in North
America
1. "Freedom Fighter" - Jerry McCrea/Star-Ledger ($250 + certificate)
2. "Burned" - Ed Kashi/National Geographic (certificate)
3. "Red Boy" - Steve McCurry/National Geographic (certificate)

VI. Outstanding story on South Asians in North America
All media
1. "Bombay on the Hudson" - Jonathan Foreman/City Journal ($350 +
certificate)
2. "Aasra" series - Viji Sundaram/India West ($100 + certificate)
3. "Chutney, the Spice of Life" - Naresh Fernandes/Culturefront ($50 +
certificate)

CATEGORIES FOR JOURNALISTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN WORKING IN US/CANADA
VII. Outstanding story on any subject
Print
1. "Bombay" - Suketu Mehta/Granta ($250 + certificate)
2. "Wedded to Tradition" - Sudarsan Ragavan/Philadelphia Inquirer
(certificate)
3. "Faster, Cheaper, Better--Forever" - Nikhil Hutheesing/Forbes
(certificate)

VIII. Outstanding story on any subject
Broadcast
1. "Agriculture Technology" - Hari Sreenivasan/CNET-TV ($250 +
certificate)
2. "Muslims in America" - Lakshmi Singh/WAMU-Radio (certificate)
3. "Floods" - Fred de Sam Lazaro/KTCA-TV (certificate)

IX. Outstanding story on any subject
New Media
1. "India & Pakistan at 50" - Rajee Suri/CNN.com ($250 + certificate)
2. "Doctors Face Knowledgeable Patients on the Web" - Sandeep
Junnarkar/NYTimes.com (certificate)
3. "Embrace, Extend, Exterminate" - Jai Singh/News.com (certificate)

CATEGORIES FOR STUDENTS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGIN IN US/CANADA
X. Outstanding story on any subject
All media
1. "Down from 125th Street" - Gaiutra Bahadur/Columbia ($300 + cert)
2. "Jubilee Not So Joyous" - Suleman Din/Ryerson ($200 + cert)
3. "Is Camera a Weapon or a Shield?" - Piya Kochhar/Vassar ($150 + cert)

Outstanding Reporting on South Asia
Winner ($500.00 + plaque + SAJA T-shirt)
Jon Krakauer, Outside: "Into Thin Air: The Story on Everest"
- A powerful first-hand report about a fatal expedition on an unforgiving mountain.

Finalists (in alphabetical order)
(Certificate + SAJA T-shirt)

* Karen Brandon, Chicago Tribune: "Born into Uncertainty"
- A look at the incessant quest for boy babies among Indian families.
* Dexter Cruez, Associated Press
- An exclusive five-story package on Sri Lanka's civil war.
* John-Thor Dahlburg: Los Angeles Times: "Elections Give India's Poor the Final Say."
- A report about the power of India's impoverished voters.
* James Walsh & team, Time: "Transforming India"
- A look at the challenges facing India at the end of the century.

Outstanding Story by a South Asian Journalist
Winner ($500.00 + plaque + SAJA T-shirt)
Shankar Vedantam, The Philadelphia Inquirer: "Rx for AIDS: Advances Largely Bypass the Third World"
- A detailed report on the war against AIDS in developing countries.

Finalists
(Certificate + SAJA T-shirt)

* Murthy Andavolu, Poughkeepsie Journal, "On the Waterfront"
- A series about the changing waterfront of Poughkeepsie, New York.
* Nikhil Deogun, The Wall Street Journal: "Bear facts: A Bust Has People Asking, What's the Beef?"
- A story about a mail-order food seller entangled with the U.S. government.
* Deepak Gopinath, Infrastructure Finance: "Going for the Gold"
- A look at Western oil companies entering the former Soviet Union.
* Viji Sundaram, India West: "High Posts Elude Most Asians"
- An investigative report on the alleged glass ceiling in the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Certificate of Special Recognition: Chitra Ragavan of National Public Radio for her extensive coverage of the 1996 Indian elections.