INDIA'S OUTLOOK GROUP AWARD
December 10th 2007 04:29
INDIA’S OUTLOOK GROUP WINS PRESS INSTITUTE AWARD AND APPOINTS AN EDITOR FOR ITS SOON-T0-BE PUBLISHED VERSION OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE
India’s Outlook’ magazine has won the International Press Institute India Award for Excellence in Journalism for 2007, for a story that tied up the publishing company in an at last eight court cases.
Exchange4media said, “The award-winning article exposed the leak of sensitive information from the Indian Navy’s war room, and the bungling in the purchase of submarines for the Navy.
A press release from International Press Institute India said the story was the “best example of furtherance of public interest by a media organisation”.
Vinod Mehta, editor-in-chief, Outlook Group told Exchange4media that, “We see this award as recognition of the very fine work that we had done; especially the Navy war room leak case and the bungling in the purchase of Scorpene submarines.
“Our correspondent Saikat Dutta investigated and kept a constant watch on the activities. We did it in the old fashioned way and did not venture into modern sting operations. We are very satisfied with the work as criminal cases had been lodged against a lot of people.” said
Maheshwar Peri, president and publisher of Outlook, said, “It is a fantastic experience. It is the best feeling to investigate on a story and have it on our cover page. Though we have eight-10 cases lodged against us, we went forward and did the story, and that is what is important.”
Meanwhile, the Outlook Group has appointed an editor for the Indian version of Time Inc’s People magazine.
The new editor, Saira Menezes, will join the company in early 2008.
Until recently, Menezes was editor of The Emirates Evening Post, a daily in the United Arab Emirates, and she was instrumental in transforming the paper from a broadsheet to a tabloid, and from an evening paper to an afternoon paper. She was also the first female editor of an English daily in the Emirates.
She has also been editor of Savvy, a women’s magazine, and Sunday Mid-Day.
- From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski via Dow Jones' Factiva
India’s Outlook’ magazine has won the International Press Institute India Award for Excellence in Journalism for 2007, for a story that tied up the publishing company in an at last eight court cases.
Exchange4media said, “The award-winning article exposed the leak of sensitive information from the Indian Navy’s war room, and the bungling in the purchase of submarines for the Navy.
A press release from International Press Institute India said the story was the “best example of furtherance of public interest by a media organisation”.
“Our correspondent Saikat Dutta investigated and kept a constant watch on the activities. We did it in the old fashioned way and did not venture into modern sting operations. We are very satisfied with the work as criminal cases had been lodged against a lot of people.” said
Maheshwar Peri, president and publisher of Outlook, said, “It is a fantastic experience. It is the best feeling to investigate on a story and have it on our cover page. Though we have eight-10 cases lodged against us, we went forward and did the story, and that is what is important.”
Meanwhile, the Outlook Group has appointed an editor for the Indian version of Time Inc’s People magazine.
The new editor, Saira Menezes, will join the company in early 2008.
Until recently, Menezes was editor of The Emirates Evening Post, a daily in the United Arab Emirates, and she was instrumental in transforming the paper from a broadsheet to a tabloid, and from an evening paper to an afternoon paper. She was also the first female editor of an English daily in the Emirates.
- From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski via Dow Jones' Factiva
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