new delhi the asian college of journalism has instituted awards to recognise the best works of investigative journalism produced for indian readers and viewers to promote journalism in public interestthe awards to be given out by the asian college of journalism acj with the support of the media development foundation are being instituted to act as a catalyst and inspire more journalists editors and newsrooms to pursue investigative work and contribute to public interest a statement issued by the acj saidthe award for print and digital media will comprise a trophy citation and a cash prize of rs 200000investigative journalism for the purpose of the award will be one which exposes wrongdoing and which has public interest in mind the statement saidit will cover a wide variety of journalistic investigation including of abuse of public office environmental degradation human rights violation financial fraud corporate mismanagement genderrelated violence political apathy war crimes civic neglect and much more it saidthe judging criteria will include the nature of the investigation its impact and the extent of the public interest involvedthe entries for the awards should have been published in india and can be made for print and digital and multimedia portalsthe entries can be made for work appearing in any language as long as an english language translation is provided for judging purposes the statement saidboth organisations or individuals can apply based on the nature of the work and the number of persons involvedonly journalistic work that was published from january 1 2018 to december 31 2018 will be consideredthe deadline for the nominations is february 25 2019 after which the final shortlist will be announcedthe winners will be presented the awards on may 3 in chennai at the acj convocation ceremony