SAJA award winners
CNET News.com's Sandeep Junnarkar keeps racking up the awards from the South Asian Journalists Association, earning his sixth SAJA award for "Cracking the Nest Egg," a three-part investigation into how hackers are attacking online banking and other consumer services.Coming in second in the best new media story by a South Asian journalist was Rafiq Kathwari, a freelance photojournalist, for "Kashmir Retextured," a Web site that uses visuals to tell the story of the Kashmiri people. And in third was Tarannum Kamlani of MSNBC.com, for "And Still They Come," a look at immigration to the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks.
In the new media category for U.S. and Canadian media outlets, first place went to the Frontline/World Staff, KQED & WGBH/PBS for "Bhutan: The Last Place" & "Sri Lanka: Living with Terror," two interactive reports about countries that are seldom covered accurately in the U.S. media. Second place went to Preston Mendenhall of MSNBC.com for "Chilling lessons at al-Qaida U," a report on the remains of an Afghan training camp which show how Sept. 11 attacks were studied. And third place went to Leela Jacinto oif ABCNews.com for "Licensed to Kill in Pakistan," a look at the custom of honor killings in Pakistan.
SAJA will honor the winners of the 2003 SAJA Journalism Awards contest at its ninth annual dinner on Friday at Columbia University in New York.
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