The Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Journalist was awarded jointly to Arfa Khanum Sherwani, senior editor, The Wire and Rohini Mohan, a Bengaluru-based independent journalist.
Rukmini S., an independent data-journalist from Chennai, received an Honourable Mention.
The Media Foundation instituted the Award in 1980, named after Chameli Devi Jain, a legendary freedom fighter.