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SAJA Announces 2012 Journalism Award Winners

2012-07-15 1:53 PM | Jigar Mehta

The Daniel Pearl Award for outstanding reporting about South Asia: All media

Winner

The Unwinnable war, Aryn Baker, Time

Finalists

War pulls apart Afghan families, Joshua Partlow, The Washington Post

At Afghan military hospital, graft and deadly neglect, Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal

Outstanding enterprise reporting about South Asia or the worldwide South Asian diaspora: All media

Winner

Series: On the smuggler’s trail, Stewart Bell, The National Post

Finalists

From Kerala to Dayton, Arthur Pais, India Abroad

‘Slow poison’ scars Indian lungs as asbestos firm sells $7 roof for slums, Adi Narayan and Andrew MacAskill, Bloomberg

Outstanding breaking news reporting about South Asia or the worldwide South Asian diaspora: All media

No Finalists

Outstanding business story about South Asia, or the worldwide South Asians diaspora: All media

Winner

J.P Morgan’s hunt for Afghan gold, James Bandler, Fortune

Finalists

Soil renewal puts Pakistan’s poor on stronger ground, Amy Yee, The New York Times

Organic farming finds a growing fan base in India, Amy Yee, The New York Times

Outstanding arts, culture, or travel story about South Asia, or the worldwide South Asians diaspora: All media

Winner

Kabul rock city, Ali M. Latifi, Al-Jazeera

Finalists

Angel Island profile: Eliseo Felipe, Jeffrey Chin

India’s vanishing vultures, Meera Subramanian, Virginia Quarterly Review

Outstanding editorial/commentary on South Asia, or the worldwide South Asians diaspora: All media

Winner

When parochialisms collide, Parthiv N. Parekh, Khabar

Finalists

China’s century -- or India’s? Zoher Abdoolcarim, Michael Schuman and Bill Powell, Time

The politics of grief, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Granta

Outstanding visual storytelling about South Asia, or the worldwide South Asians diaspora (includes audio slide shows, photo essays and video stories)

Winner

Why are children smoking in Indonesia? Jon Meyersohn and Dan Harris, ABC News

Finalists

With newborn baby, Bhutanese refugee family plants American roots, Matt O'Brien and Jane Tyska, Inside Bay Area

Photographs of Afghanistan show a country carved up by war, Balazs Gardi and Teru Kuwayama, The Daily Beast

For journalists of South Asian origin working in North America for any media outlet: Outstanding story on any subject: All media

Winner

A soldier’s war on two fronts, Moni Basu, CNN

Finalist

Born on 9/11- Ten Children, Ten Years Later, Zain Shauk, Susan Carroll, Johnny Hanson, Tanyia Johnson, The Houston Chronicle

Outstanding editorial/op-ed/commentary on any subject: All media

Winner

Review: Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions, Maha Atal, Forbes

Finalists

Doctors often struggle to show compassion while dealing with patients, Manoj Jain, The Washington Post

Violence at Queens Sikh Temple Evokes Memories of India’s Troubled Past, Sujeet Rajan, Feet in Two Worlds

Outstanding story on any subject by a South Asian student in the US or Canada: All media

A double edged sword: gay and illegal in America, Kumutha Ramanathan (FIRST prize)

Squeezed out in India, students turn to U.S, Nida Najar (SECOND prize)

Threat of climate change disasters looms large for Bangladesh, Malathi Nayak (THIRD prize)

JUDGES: Franz Strasser, The BBC; Mark Stein, Dow Jones; Tiffany Harness, The Washington Post; Prabha Natarajan, Dow Jones; Jonathan Capehart, MSNBC contributor; Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy.

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