Winners 2004

Print journalists from Pakistan, the People's Republic of China, and Viet Nam took top honors at The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on 7 April 2004 in ADBI's first Developing Asia Journalism Awards.

Massoud Ansari from Pakistan's Newsline magazine was named Development Journalist of the Year. FCCJ President Dan Sloan of Reuters presents the prizes. Ma Guihua of China Features was awarded the Woman Development Journalist of the Year. Young Development Journalist of the Year Tran Thi Le Thuy of the Vietnam Economic Times.

Development Woman Journalist of the Year: Ma Guihua, China Features, PRC

Young Development Journalist of the Year: Tran Thi Le Thuy, Vietnam Economic Times, Viet Nam

Category Winners

Pro-poor sustainable economic growth:

• Winner: Ma Guihua, China Features, PRC
• 1st runner-up: Afshan Subohi Hyder, Dawn, Pakistan
• 2nd runner-up Hu Yifan, Caijing magazine, PRC
• Honorable mentions: Irina Boyko, Times of Central Asia, Uzbekistan; Abdullah Jameel Ahmed, Miadhu Daily News, Maldives

Inclusive social development:

• Winner: Lalitha Sridhar, freelance, India
• 1st runner-up: Zofeen Ebrahim, Dawn, Pakistan
• 2nd runner-up: Miriam Grace Go, Newsbreak, Philippines

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Good governance and anti-corruption:

• Winner: Massoud Ansari, Newsline, Pakistan
• 1st runner-up: Supara Janchitfah, Bangkok Post, Thailand
• 2nd runner-up: Aries Rufo, Newsbreak, Philippines

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Role of the private sector in development:

• Winner: Gajendra Budhathoki, Nepal Samacharpatra Daily, Nepal
• 1st runner-up: Jofelle Tesorio, Philippine Daily Inquirer/Bandillo Palawan, Philippines
• 2nd runner-up: Hoang Tu Giang, Vietnam Investment Review, Viet Nam

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Regional cooperation and integration for development:

• Winner: Tran Thi Le Thuy, Vietnam Economic Times, Viet Nam
• 1st runner-up: Lin Gu, China Features, PRC
• 2nd runner-up: Afshan Subohi Hyder, Dawn, Pakistan

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Environmental sustainability:

• Winner: Wang Ya, China Environment Daily, PRC
• 1st runner-up: Anne Poorna Swarnamalie Rodrigo, Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka
• 2nd runner-up: Yasmin Arquiza, imagazine, Philippines
• Honorable mention: Loh Foon Fong, the Star, Malaysia