KARACHi – The Centre for Excellence in Journalism at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi (CEJ-IBA), in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), recognized the winners of the “Humanitarian Reporting Award 2021,” at a ceremony hosted at the IBA City Campus, on December 2, 2021.
The Awards, which were conducted for the fifth year, were organized to promote ethical, accurate and responsible reporting on humanitarian issues including violence against healthcare workers, disaster reporting, issues related to people with disabilities, disaster response/preparedness and climate change.
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he award recognized work in four categories: Mainstream Broadcast (Urdu & regional languages); Mainstream Print (Urdu & regional languages); Mainstream Print (English); and Online (English, Urdu & regional languages). News stories published between September 29th, 2020 and September 6th, 2021 were considered, and almost 300 submissions were received from across the country.
The winners and runners-up were selected by a panel of senior journalists. Jury members included Zeeshan Haider, Editor, BBC Urdu; Arshad Aziz Malik, Resident Editor, Daily Jang Peshawar; Lubna Jerar Naqvi, prominent journalist and IFJ Gender Coordinator for Pakistan; and Imtiaz Ali, Staff Reporter, Dawn.
The winners and runners-up in each of the four categories are as follows:
Mainstream Broadcast (Urdu & regional languages)
Winner: Muhammad Qaseem Saeed – Reporter, Geo News
Runner-up: Muhammad Danial – Associate Reporter, Geo News
Mainstream Print (Urdu & regional languages)
Winner: Muhammad Atif Sheikh – Freelance Journalist
Runner-up: Islam Gul Afridi – Investigative Reporter, Daily Shahbaz
Mainstream Print (English)
Winner: Umar Bacha – Correspondent, Dawn
Runner-up: Muhammad Abbas Khaskheli – Freelance Journalist, The News on Sunday
Online (English, Urdu & regional languages)
Winner: Faryal Ahmed Nadeem – Investigative Healthcare Reporter, Sujag
Runner-up: Shabina Faraz – Freelance Journalist
Runner-up: Saadeqa Khan – Freelance Journalist
