GUJ declares Journalism Awards for 2021 and 2022
Goa Union of Journalists
GUJ declares Journalism Awards for 2021 and
2022
The Goa Union of Journalists declared the GUJ
Journalism Awards for 2021 and 2022 at its headquarters in Panaji on Saturday.
All three judges -- veteran journalist Sandesh
Prabhudesai, veteran photojournalist Sandeep Naik and veteran journalist
Rajendra Dessai – attended the programme and announced the winners.
The judges explained in detail why each
award-winning entry was selected. Participants also described the story behind
their winning and non-winning entries, paving for a healthy interactive session
between the judges and participants.
The judges did not name any winners in
categories that did not receive worthy-enough entries.
GUJ JOURNALISM AWARDS 2021
Excellence in environmental journalism (In
honour of Felicio Cardozo): Gauree Malkarnekar (The Times of India) for her
report ‘Water dept's 2021 report advises against free supply’.
Excellence in environmental photography (In
honour of Cyril D’Cunha): Rakesh Mundye (The Times of India) for his photograph
‘Dirty Games’.
Excellence in investigative journalism (In
honour of Lambert Mascarenhas): Newton Sequeira (The Times of India) for his
twin reports ‘Nightmare at 3am/ With patients on brink…’
Excellence in photojournalism: Sagun Gawade
(Herald) for his photograph ‘Strength of a Woman’.
Excellence in rural journalism (In honour of Suresh Walve): Ajay
Lad (Goan Varta) for his report ‘लॅाकडाऊनमुळे बांधकाम व्यावसायिक बनले शेतकरी’.
Excellence in art and culture journalism: Ramnath Pai Raikar (The Navhind
Times) for his report ‘A performer for all seasons’.
Excellence in cartooning: None
Excellence in crime journalism (In honour of Audumber Shinde): Gauree
Malkarnekar (The Times of India) for her report ‘Highly unusual to see a body
washed up ashore at Calangute’.
Excellence in layout and page design: Manoj Shirodkar (Herald) for his page
design ‘Euro 2020’.
Excellence in sports journalism: Marcus Mergulhao (The Times of India) for his
report ‘Goan With The Wind’.
Excellence in TV/ digital journalism: Loukik Shilkar (Prudent) for his report
‘Tons of medical & plastic waste burnt in the open near GMC’
Excellence in video journalism: None
GUJ JOURNALISM AWARDS 2022
Excellence in environmental journalism (In honour of Felicio Cardozo): Gauree
Malkarnekar (The Times of India) for her report ‘Batless Bat Island’.
Excellence in environmental photography (In honour of Cyril D’Cunha): Sagun
Gawade (Herald) for his photograph ‘Vagaries of Nature’.
Excellence in investigative journalism (In honour of Lambert Mascarenhas):
Gerard de Souza (Hindustan Times) for his report ‘A Goa village where dead sign
sale deeds’.
Excellence in photojournalism: Sagun Gawade (Herald) for his photograph ‘She is
Democracy, Respect her’.
Excellence in rural journalism (In honour of Suresh Walve): Nirgosh Gaude (The
Navhind Times) for his report ‘Anganwadi beneath the power line functions
without electricity’.
Excellence in art and culture journalism: Gauree Malkarnekar (The Times of
India) for her report ‘In Goa, tiger presence felt not just in forests, but
also temples’.
Excellence in cartooning: None
Excellence in crime journalism (In honour of Audumber Shinde): Vibha Verma (The
Goan) for her report ‘Probe reveals how land grab accused forged documents…’.
Excellence in layout and page design: Sunil Dicholkar (Herald) for his page
design ‘Goa's Fertility Rate Drops’.
Excellence in sports journalism: Marcus Mergulhao (The Times of India) for his
report ‘6 games in 10 days, Goa’s football matches fixed for third year’.
Excellence in TV/ digital journalism: Upendra Naik (Gomantak TV) for his report
‘राजकारण थांबवा, उपाय शोधा, पणजीचा विकास करा’.
Excellence in video journalism: Upendra Naik (Gomantak TV) for his report ‘मिरामार | एका कावळ्यासाठी यंत्रणेची धावपळ | All
lives matters’.
The Awards will be presented during the 46th GUJ Foundation Day celebrations on July 26, 2023 at 3.30 pm at the Institute Menezes Braganza in Panaji.
Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao and Dipak
Bandekar, Director of Information and Publicity will attend the event.
GUJ president Rajtilak Naik welcomed the gathering, while GUJ secretary Vasudev
Pagi proposed the vote of thanks.
