Weekly magazines 'Tehelka' and 'The Week' have been jointly awarded the International Press Institute (IPI)-India award for excellence in journalism for 2011.
'Tehelka' Led by Tarun J Tejpal was selected for its report on "rent a riot" tactics of the Sree Rama Sene in Karnataka, which exposed that the outfit takes money to organise attacks on innocent persons and institutions.
The Week was selected for an investigation by Gunjan Sharma into sham medical and dental colleges that had no doctors, no patients and no facilities and yet were permitted to award medical and dental degrees to thousands of students.
The awardees were selected by a distinguished jury of editors and publishers headed by the former Chief Justice of India, A. S. Anand.
The award comprises of a cash price of Rs 1 Lakh, a trophy and citation for each of the winners.
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