NDTV's Ravish Kumar wins prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Senior journalist Ravish Kumar, who works for the NDTV, was awarded the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award on Friday.
Kumar, the senior executive editor of NDTV, has been awarded for "harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless" and his "unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards".
"In electing Ravish Kumar to receive the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognizes his unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards; his moral courage in standing up for truth, integrity, and independence; and his principled belief that it is in giving full and respectful voice to the voiceless, in speaking truth bravely yet soberly to power, that journalism fulfills its noblest aims to advance democracy," says the citation by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation as quoted by NDTV.
"In a media environment threatened by an interventionist state, toxic with jingoist partisans, trolls and purveyors of fake news, and where the competition for market ratings has put the premium on 'media personalities', 'tabloidization' and audience-pandering sensationalism, Ravish has been most vocal on insisting that the professional values of sober, balanced, fact-based reporting be upheld in practice," it added.
Kumar, 44, studied in Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi and Indian Institute of Mass Communication.
Image Credit: Ravish Kumar Facebook
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