By Editors
Meera K, a member of the Network of Women in Media, India, has been awarded the Gene Burd Award for Excellence in Urban Journalism by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Meera is co-founder and managing trustee of the Oorvani Foundation, which hosts the civic media platform, Citizen Matters.
AEJMC states that the purpose of the award is “to reward and thereby improve the practice and study of journalism in the urban environment by recognizing high quality urban media reporting, critical analysis, and research relevant to that content and its communication about city problems, programs, policies, and public priorities in urban life and culture.”
Congratulations, Meera!
