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Gyawali awarded with Barbara Adams Investigative Journalism Award
Journalist Krishna Gyawali of Kantipur daily has been awarded with Barbara Adams Investigative Journalism Award 2016 by Barbara Peace Foundation Nepal.Journalist Krishna Gyawali of Kantipur daily has been awarded with Barbara Adams Investigative Journalism Award 2016 by Barbara Peace Foundation Nepal.
A statement issued by the Sanduk Ruit, Chairman of Barbara Peace Foundation Nepal, stated Gyawali was recognised for his reports exposing mal-practices and corruption in the governance of medical education in Nepal. The award carries a pursue of Rs 100,001.
Thirty-seven journalists from print, radio, television and online media had applied for the award. Gyawali was selected by a judge committee following three rounds of selection process with help from TU's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication to make the selection fair, inclusive and transparent.
The foundation said the award was resumed after nearly two years due to earthquake and demise of its founder, Barbara Adams. The first edition of the Barbara Adams Investigative Journalism Award was awarded to Surendra Poudel Correspondent of Nagarik daily, for his stories that exposed corruption in Nepal.
Barbara Peace Foundation Nepal was set up in 2011 with an objective of providing opportunities and improving the lives of the marginalized Nepalis. The foundation works in Far Western Nepal Baitadi and Darchula district with Dalits and is involved in building houses for the poor and the marginalized, a constituency that remained dear to Ms. Adams all her life.