The awards were constituted by the Indian American Muslim Council, a Washington DC-based advocacy group, to "highlight stories and amplify voices that are often missing from the mainstream/elite media".
Reporters Without Orders Ep 155: Farmer protests and Priya Ramani case
A reportersâ podcast about what made news and what shouldnât have.
Newslaundryâs Akanksha Kumar and Anna Priyadarshini.
The conversation starts with the reporters sharing the bizarre news stories of the week, from an Indonesian woman claiming a gust of wind made her pregnant to the Indian higher education regulator UGC asking universities to encourage students to write a âcow scienceâ examination.
The discussion begins with Annaâs report on the verdict in BJP leader MJ Akbarâs defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. Akanksha then talks about her experience covering the ongoing farmer protest at Singhu on Delhiâs border. On how the farmers plan to adjust their protest to the approaching summer and their apprehensions about the new agriculture laws, she says, âAnother fear they have is that with the entry of private players contract farming may result in some