NowPublic's South Asia Bureau Chief Sanjay Jha Wins Prestigious U.S. Journalism Award
VANCOUVER, July 3 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
First Indian Ever To Win A Loeb Award
that its own South Asia Bureau Chief, Sanjay Jha, is the first-ever Indian to win a Loeb Award, one of the
highest honors in American business journalism. Jah, based in New Delhi, joined NowPublic this past May
and reports on Indian and South Asian affairs.
"It is a tremendous honor to be the very first Indian recipient of the highly-coveted Loeb Award," said Jah.
"It is my privilege to provide a first-hand account of breaking Indian and South Asian news to NowPublic's
enormous network of readers and journalists."
"Sanjay has proven himself as an extremely accomplished journalist in just
a short time as NowPublic's South Asia Bureau Chief," said Leonard Brody, CEO
of NowPublic. "We're extremely proud and cannot think of a more deserving honoree."
Prior to joining NowPublic, Mr. Jha worked with the South Asian Bureau of
The Guardian, based in New Delhi. He was researching and writing on South Asian affairs-covering
everything from media to business to government affairs
and human interest stories. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jha served as India Producer for the BBC, PBS, France
2 and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
Mr. Jha also produced Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts, a 4 episode documentary
currently on BBC 3. Mr. Jha has also been associated with India's most
popular news network, Aajtak.
The Loeb Awards have been presented for 35 years by Anderson School of Management at the University
of California at Los Angeles. They were
established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a financier and founding partner of E.F.
Hutton, to encourage quality reporting in business, finance and the economy.
Jha, along with PBS Nightly Business Report Colleagues, Steve Washington, Darren Gersh and Dana
Greenspon, were honored with the award for their work on
the television program, "India's Promise."
About NowPublic
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army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. In its short history, the company has become the
largest news organization of its kind with
contributing reporters in more than 5,500 cities and 160 countries. The
Guardian has named NowPublic one of the top five most useful news sites on the
Web and Time Magazine named it one of the Top 50 Websites for 2007. The
company has received funding from Rho Ventures, Rho Canada, Brightspark,
GrowthWorks and members of the New York Angels.
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