Megha Rajagopalan
Recently, Indian-origin female journalist ‘Megharaja Gopalan’ has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Better Journalism.
Key Points
- The Pulitzer Prize is considered the biggest award in the world of journalism.
- Megha Rajagopalan has received this award for showing China’s lies in front of the world. In their reports, they have exposed the truth of the torture given to people in the detention camps of China.
- Megha Rajagopalan, through the analysis of satellite images, explained how China has imprisoned millions of Uighur Muslims.
- It may be noted that along with Megharaja gopalan, two prominent journalists of Internet media BuzzFeedNews have also been honored with the Pulitzer Prize.
- Along with this, Indian-origin journalist Neil Bedi has been given the Pulitzer Prize in the local reporting category. He did an investigation story for the Tampa Bay Times about the trafficking of children of government officials in Florida. He also made many important revelations through this story.
Pulitzer Prize
- The Pulitzer Prize is considered the biggest award in the field of journalism. It is also considered the most prestigious award in the field of journalism in America.
- The Pulitzer Prize Prize was established in the year 1917, it is administered by Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prize Board. Each prize winner is presented with a certificate, and prize money of $15,000.
Source – Indian Express