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Jyothi reddy went from being farm labourer in Andhra Pradesh (where she earned 5 Rs/day) to owning a recruiting firm in the US with a turnover of $5 MILLION.At the age of 16,she married because of her family financial. By the age of 18,she became mother of two girls.she worked for Rs 5 per day BUT today she is the CEO of a company named Key software solutions in USA."Despite my husband’s disapproval, I moved out of the village, Mailaran, with my children and went to Hanamkonda town. I joined a typing institute, did a craft course and earned Rs 20-25 daily by stitching petticoats at Re 1 per piece. I used to sell sarees in the train every day to earn the extra money. I also got a job as the librarian at Janasikshana Nilayam and joined an open school where I would go every Sunday to continue my studies.My next step was to learn software from VCL Computers in Hyderabad. got my passport and H1 visa ready and in 2000 I went to the US, where my husband’s cousin was. I took a job in a shop earning $60 for a 12-hour job.Then a contact in the US asked me to join as a software recruiter. Though I wasn’t fluent in English then, I overcame all challenges and gradually started my own company,” said Reddy.With her children, who are now engineering graduates, married and settled in the US, Reddy wants to focus on her dream project which is providing placement and training to 1,000 youth and to start a school that has classes from LKG to PG. Reddy, who is associated with numerous charitable projects, is also an ardent advocate of orphans’ rights.“I want to do much more. Women can also become better businessmen than men by sheer hard work and intelligence,” she said.SALUTES HER HARDWORK AND SPIRIT OF NEVER DIE APPROACH AND SELF CONFIDENCE .Shirin Juwaley is an amazing lady. Her life was similar to many other young women like her . she completed her schooling, graduated and agreed to an arranged marriage with hopes of a happy married life. But her world came crashing down when she was only 24.After her wedding in February 1998, Shirin saw the deep cracks in the relationship and realised that she did not want to remain trapped in an unhappy marriage. "I dared to opt out and asked for a divorce," she says, remembering how she returned to her parents' home and started working.On May 28, 1998, when she was returning home at around 9 pm, she saw a man dressed in black trousers, black shirt, black monkey cap and dark glasses. She knew that was her husband. She saw him for a second before he threw acid on her face.In that split second, her life changed forever. Shirin's husband flew to Kuwait the same night. As she was in hospital for two months and had only her mother to help her, she did not pursue the police case.With her face disfigured, her trauma was intense. She felt the case would drag on unless he was arrested, and decided instead to build her own life once again.Shirin founded the Palash Foundation (named after the visually striking flower) which aims to stop discrimination against people who have been disfigured. In addition to providing emotional and financial support to burns survivors, the organisation runs workshops at schools addressing body image and organises events to raise the plight of those who have been disfigured.Naga Naresh Karutura's story has just passed out of IIT Madras in Computer Science and has joined Google in Bangalore .You may ask, what's so special about this 21-year-old when there are hundreds of students passing out from various IITs and joining big companies like Google?Naresh is special. He met with an accident in January 1993. As a result his legs got injured.He underwent a surgery as his intestine was twisted and both his legs were amputated upto the hips.He has no legs and moves around in his powered wheel chair. Now He is Looking after his poor family,His Father Prasad is a Lorry Driver and mother is House Wife.Ever smiling, optimistic and full of spirit; that is Naresh. He says, "God has always been planning things for me. That is why I feel I am lucky."Before you complain about your shoes , think of those who do not have feet .......!!An unexpected participant proved to be the game changer for the Baramati athletes participating in this year’s marathon race. The new participant took the organisers as well as spectators by complete surprise.Lata Bhagwan Kare won first place in the contest leaving “athletes” way behind within minutes of the “start” fire.Everything about this winner was surprising. Let’s start with her age. She is 61, She wore a traditional nauvari and ran barefoot.And this was her maiden run. She was adjudged this year’s Fastest Marathon Runner.The thing that caught everyone’s attention at the race was Kare’s dress -- the traditional nauvari. Secondly, she ran without shoes, and finally amused one and all when she defeated all the experienced and regular runners.Kare is a resident of Pimpli, about 7 km from Baramati, and works as a farm labourer.Before the event, Kare used to walk daily one kilometre in her village.When asked how she felt standing there on the start line, she said, “a little awkward, as all the other participants were staring at my dress. That also made me a little nervous. However, when the race began and I started overtaking them one by one, I gained my energy. While running I was talking to myself and telling that I want to win this race and I did it.”“I used to go for morning walks daily, but I had never run. If I had even tried to run, people would have found it strange and they would have asked me uncomfortable questions,” Kare laughed.She started her run with her slippers on. After a metres, one of her slipplers slipped out. She then left the other one too and continued running, which explains why she was barefoot.organiser's said, “We never expected a participant like Kare to be the winner of the race. It was pleasant surprise. We were extremely happy while handing over the trophy to Kare.”Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.The strife-torn Kashmir is known for struggle, fight, or quarrel,bitter conflict has produced a record performance in the civil services this year, with eight of its candidates cracking the top exam.27-year-old Ruveda Salam has become the first Muslim woman from the Kashmir to clear the exam.In all, 11 candidates from the state have cracked the exam this year out of which three are women.Dr Ruveda, who hails from far flung Farkin village in the border district of Kupwara, had cleared the Kashmir Administrative Service in 2009, Initially she was discouraged to continue her study by locals and society but wanted to do better. After a year of hard work, she emerged successful without joining any coaching centre.Ruveda wants Kashmiri girls to seize the moment and join the civil services to make their parents and the India proud and to serve Mother India.She says "irrespective of cast,creed,sex all children's should be sent to school and encouraged to study."Captain Laxmi Sehgal is one of the lion hearted women, India ever had.Laxmi Sehgal was born in 1914 to a traditional Tamil family. . Sahgal chose to study medicine and received an MBBS degree from Madras Medical College in 1938 ,A year later, she received her diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics and went to Singapore for a career as a doctor.However something very different was waiting for her.Singapore at that time was ruled by Brutal British and Womens were Raped By Officials ,Yet no Actions are taken against British officers and Thousands of Indians were taken as prisoners for no reasons.At this juncture, Netaji invited the Indian prisoners to join the INA and fight against the British. Laxmi was one of them and Laxmi was impressed by his courage and She joined Indian National Army (INA) founded by Netaji Subash Chandra Bose and led women’s regiment, to be called the Rani of Jhansi regiment. led it like a tigress for the struggle for Indian freedom.The INA marched to Burma with the Japanese army in December 1944,and fought against British Government.Thus British had to surrender when the Japanese with INA invaded the country.She fought like a tigress against the British in the jungles of Burma. But she was wounded in the war and was arrested by the British army in May 1945,later March 1946, when she was sent to India.She established a clinic for the poor, most of whom were migrant laborers from India.she aided wounded prisoners of war, many of whom who were interested in forming an Indian liberation army and even working among the flood of refugees who had come from Pakistan, and earning the trust and gratitude of both Hindus and Muslims.During the anti-Sikh riots that followed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984, she was out on the streets in Kanpur, confronting anti-Sikh mobs and ensuring that no Sikh or Sikh establishment in the crowded area near her clinic was attacked.In 1998, Sahgal was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by Indian president K. R. Narayanan.Till her death she worked for the betterment of the Society.On 19 Jul 2012, Sehgal suffered a cardiac arrest and died.Her body was donated to Kanpur Medical college for medical research.In one of her Interview when asked about India after Independence. she said: “Freedom comes in three forms,” “The first is political emancipation from the conqueror, the second is economic [emancipation] and the third is social… India has only achieved the first.”The Girl Who Gave Up Everything For Betterment Of Poor.Chhavi Rajawat had everything one could ever want but she was not satisfied, She wanted to do something better.M.B.A, BIMM Pune graduate, a tag for which one would lock himself up for over year in a room. A high Profile corporate jobs in companies such as Times of India, Carlson Group of Hotels, Airtel, etc with money written all over it but She didn't feel quite right about it. So She left her job, came back to her village Soda, 60km from Jaipur,India. and she worked for development of Soda village.Today, she is the Sarpanch (elected head of the Village Council) in Soda village, Tonk district, Rajasthan. She is not affiliated to any political party.She may be the first woman Sarpanch in India with an MBA degree.After becoming the Sarpanch of the village, she has implemented many projects successfully i.e. rain water harvesting, toilets facilities in all the houses, concrete roads and 24x7 electricity etc.She banned Alcohol and dowry practice in her village. Improved the condition of government schools and hospital. she took initiative against child labour andHer aim is to make her village 100 percent educated.Her village is recognized as one of the finest village in the world.She says she's paying her debt to the village she grew up in.Her message for the youth of India: “Don’t run away from your roots because that is your foundation and the nation’s foundation too. If you want to make a difference, you have got to start at the bottom. There is so much one can do.”She was honoured by former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam at the Technology Day function at New Delhi.She left behind corporate glamour and city life,she went back to her village Soda to help develop rural India.She is the real hero. She isn't celebrity, she is ordinarily human with extraordinary compassion But Indian media forget her.Neera Chopra lived through abuse, poverty and some tough choices to make her once-unwanted girl child, Pooja Chopra (Miss India 2009) ,"I don’t know where to begin... they were terrible times. My husband was well-placed, but the marriage had begun to sink almost as soon as it began. Like most women do, I tried to work against all the odds .My in-laws insisted everything would be alright if I had a son. My first child was a daughter, and that didn’t do me any good... but I couldn’t walk out. I had lost my father, my brother was in a not-so-senior position in Bata. I didn’t want to be a burden on my family and continued to live in my marital home in Kolkata.I looked after my mother-inlaw, who was suffering from cancer, and while bathing her, I would tell myself she would bless me and put things right.I don’t know how I tolerated it all. The least a man can do, if he must philander, is to not flaunt his women in his wife’s face. Then began the manhandling. I still wanted my marriage to survive. I was a pure vegetarian and learnt to cook non-vegetarian delicacies thinking it would please him.Then, I was pregnant again. When Pooja was eight months in my womb, my husband brought a girl to the house and announced he would marry her. I thought of killing myself. I hung on the slight hope that if the baby was a boy, my marriage could be saved.When Pooja was born a girl, for three days, nobody came to the hospital. There was a squadron leader’s wife on the opposite bed, who was kind enough to give me baby clothes for Pooja to wear. When she was 20 days old, I had to make a choice. I left the house with my girls ‘ Pooja and Shubra, who was seven then. I haven’t seen my husband since. I promised myself, even if we had just one roti, we would share it, but together.I began life in Mumbai with the support of my mother, brother, who was by then married. It wasn’t the ideal situation, especially when he had children - space, money, everything was short. I began work at the Taj Colaba and got my own place. How did I manage? Truth be told, I would put a chatai on the floor, leave two glasses of milk and some food, and bolt the door from outside before going to work. I would leave the key with the neighbours and tell the kids to shout out to them when it was time to leave for school.Their tiny hands would do homework on their own, feed themselves on days that I worked late. My elder daughter Shubhra would make Pooja do her corrections... This is how they grew up. At a birthday party, Pooja would not eat her piece of cake, but pack it and bring it home to share with her sister. When Shubhra started working, she would skip lunch and pack a chicken sandwich that she would slip in her sister’s lunchbox the next day.I used to pray, ‘God, punish me for my karma, but not my innocent little kids. Please let me provide them the basics.’ I used to struggle for shoes, socks, uniforms. I was living in Bangur Nagar, Goregaon. Pooja would walk four bus stops down to the St ThomasAcademy . Then, too little to cross the road, she would ask a passerby to help her. I had to save the bus money to be able to put some milk in their bodies.Life began to change when I got a job for Rs 6,000 at the then Goa Penta. Mr Chhabra, the owner, and his wife, were kind enough to provide a loan for me. I sent my daughters to my sister’s house in Pune, with my mother as support. I spent four years working in Goa while I saved to buy a small one-bedroom house in Pune (where the family still lives). I would work 16-18 hours a day, not even taking weekly offs to accumulate leave and visit my daughters three or four times a year.Once I bought my house and found a job in Pune, life began to settle. I worked in Hotel Blue Diamond for a year and then finally joined Mainland China ‘ which changed my life. The consideration of the team and management brought me the stability to bring them up, despite late hours and the travelling a hotelier must do.Shubhra got a job in Hotel Blue Diamond, being the youngest employee there while still in college, and managed to finish her Masters in commerce and her BBM. Today, she is married to a sweet Catholic boy who is in the Merchant Navy and has a sweet daughter.I continue to finish my day job and come home and take tuitions, as I have done for all these years. I also do all my household chores myself.Through the years, Shubhra has been my anchor and Pooja, the rock. Pooja’s tiny hands have wiped away my tears when I broke down. She has stood up for me, when I couldn’t speak for myself. Academically brilliant, she participated in all extra-curricular activities. When she needed high heels to model in, she did odd shows and bought them for herself.When I saw Pooja give her speech on TV, I knew it came from her heart. I could see the twinkle in her eye. And I thought to myself as she won ‘My God, this is my little girl.’ God was trying to tell me something.Today, I’ve no regrets. I believe every cloud has a silver lining. As a mother, I’ve done nothing great."Pantaloons Femina Miss India Pooja Chopra’s mother promised, ‘One day, this girl will make me proud’.Pooja speaks on fulfilling that promise... "When I was 20 days old, my mother was asked to make a choice. It was either me, a girl child, or her husband. She chose me. As she walked out she turned around and told her husband, ‘One day, this girl will make me proud’. That day has come. Her husband went on to marry a woman who gave him two sons. Today, as I stand here a Miss India, I don’t even know if my father knows that it is me, his daughter, who has set out to conquer the world, a crown on my head."Our lives have not been easy, least so for my mother. Financially, emotionally, she struggled to stay afloat, to keep her job and yet allow us to be the best that we could be. I was given only one condition when I started modelling ‘ my grades wouldn’t drop."All the girls in the pageant worked hard, but my edge was my mother’s sacrifice, her karma. Today, when people call to congratulate me, it’s not me they pay tribute to, but to her life and her struggle. She’s the true Woman of Substance. She is my light, my mentor, my driving force."An Indian scientist at the University of Washington has performed the world's first ever non-invasive human-to-human brain interface, in which one researcher was able to send a brain signal via the internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher.Rajesh Rao used Electroencephalography or EEG — routinely used to record brain activity non-invasively from the scalp — to play a computer game with his mind.Rao looked at a computer screen and a simple video game with his mind. When he was supposed to fire a cannon at a target, he imagined moving his right hand (being careful not to actually move his hand), causing a cursor to hit the "fire" button.Rao, a professor of computer science and engineering who has been working on brain-computer interfacing for more than a decade, said, "It was both exciting and eerie to watch an imagined action from my brain get translated into actual action by another brain. This was basically a one-way flow of information from my brain to his. The next step is having a more equitable two-way conversation directly between the two brains."It’s time for us to meet the World’s Youngest CEO and Youngest Girl Web designer.You would be awestruck to know that she has so far designed more than 20 websites within a span of 6 years.Cute little Sreelakshmi has grabbed many accolades from international bodies, including the most prestigious Global web award for excellence in web designing. highest National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement 2008, which is the highest award for Children in India. She now has more than 30 awards to her credit.'The children of life convicts are rendered orphans for all practical purposes, and to see them crying outside the jail is very sad,' V Mani, who started a home for them.While working as an assistant general manager at the Reserve Bank of India, Mani passed the central jail in Bengaluru every day. The sight of relatives, particularly children, waiting outside the jail to see their loved ones made him decide that he needed to do something for the children of prisoners and hence Socare Ind (Society's care for Indegent) was born.Mani put all his provident-fund savings into the creation of So Care in 1999. It took off with a few children and some likeminded volunteers as staff. Gradually, more children came into this fold and his noble aim became crystallised into a detailed mission statement: Provide comprehensive care to the children of lifetime convicts and undertrails. This care covers food, shelter, clothing, education and health care and help them grow into physically and emotionally healthy, normal individuals. Teach the children to be self-confident and help them integrate with the community. Rehabilitate the convicts’ families. Provide vocational training to children not inclined or not equipped to go to school or college.“As long as a person has productive years left in him, he should contribute to society. And I am only doing that duty,” Mani Believes.11 year old ‘Dinesh Dwivedi’ has never been to school, but he is able to solve toughest mathematics problems in minutes. He also imparts tutions to students preparing for most toughest entrance exam for engineering (IIT-JEE).Living in a small rented room along with his father, elder brother and sister in Mutthiganj, Dinesh is favourite ‘guruji’ to hundreds of students who dream of cracking IIT but cannot afford expensive coaching classes.Nearly 250 students are coaching under this wonder kid and are hoping to make it big, with the child having had a brilliant track record in training up aspirants .After just four months of coaching 8 out of 12 students cleared the AIEEE, whereas four cleared the SSC. Surprisingly,There are lots of people who are ready to pay any price for a seat in his class, but they are unable to get a seat.The students studying under him are free to ask any question and raise any kind of doubts while teaching. This superbrain is able to solve the problem in a jiffy, without books and notes in hand. His fame is not just restricted to Allahabad. Students from different districts of the area come to his class for guidance while preparing for competitive examinations.Dinesh Dwivedi, the 11 year old Engineering Teacher claims, “I never went to school and whatever I have learnt I have learnt at home. I am teaching IIT students from last year. I teach Physics, Chemistry and Maths.”The child when asked of this extraordinary brain and its capacity, he says, his plans are to become an IAS and serve the country. He also wishes to make some groundbreaking discovery in the field of science.Akrit Pran Jaswal performed his first surgery at the age of seven.According to his mother Raksha Kumari Jaswal, Akrit was an early starter, skipped the toddler stage and started walking. He started speaking in his 10th month and was reading Shakespeare at the age of five.He has an estimated IQ of 146.Akrit came to public attention when in 2000 he performed his first medical procedure at his family home, at the age of seven. A poor family, unable to pay for regular healthcare, heard about his amazing abilities, and asked if he would operate on their daughter. Her hand had been burnt in a fire, causing her fingers to close into a tight fist that wouldn't open. Akrit had no formal medical training and no experience of surgery,Akrit read everything he could on the topic and he was successful in performing the surgery. He managed to free her fingers and she was able to use her hand again.At 12 years old, he is the youngest person to be admitted to a medical university in India (Punjab University).He focused his phenomenal intelligence on medicine and he hopes some day to come up with a cure for cancer.Manohar Aich from East Indian state of West Bengal is one of the oldest and Greatest body-builders in the world.Born in a poor family, Aich braved monetary odds to pursue his passion. He joined the Royal Air Force in the British-ruled India in 1942.He was very patriotic and was also imprisoned for slapping a British officer who had passed oppressive remarks against Indians. He began his weight training seriously while in jail. He would spend hours in physical exercises.In 1949 He was released from jail.In 1950, at the age of 37, He won the Mr. Hercules contest.In 1951 he stood second in the Mr. Universe contest.In 1952 he won the Mr. Universe title.He also won three straight Asian Games gold medals for India.His last show was performed at 2003 at the age of 90.This 101-year young sports icon is yet to receive any recognition from either the state or the central government.Source :Inspiring Biography of Mrs. Jyothi Reddy‘If You Don’t Like My Face, Don’t look’Sixty-six-year-old granny runs 'marathon' in a saree in Maharashtra The destiny of Kashmiris lies with India: Dr Ruveda SalamCaptain Lakshmi Sahgal (1914 - 2012) - A life of struggleChhavi Rajawat, an MBA graduate, is India's youngest sarpanchRajesh P.N. RaoWEB DESIGN KOZHIKODE KERALAV. Mani, the unsung hero who has given a new life to the children of life-term prisoners - AchhiKhabrehttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Boy-wonder-aims-high-wants-to-crack-IIT-JEE/articleshow/14683980.cmsIndia’s Youngest Surgeon :- Akrit JaswalIndia's first Mr Universe Manohar Aich turns 100 : Health

I have read about many IAS and IPS officers, one thing was common in all of them is- they do extra ordinary jobs, but here I would like to mention India’s First woman IPS Officer Dr. Kiran Bedi. almost every Indian knows her, but only very few might be knowing her magical works, which she did in the process of “Tihar Jail Reformation” which have been documented in her book- "It's Always Possible"Here is the summary of the great work she did in the transformation process-Introduction of yoga ,meditation and discourses by various sections of religious groups to inculcate spirituality and human values amongst the undertrials and convicts, men and women.She arranged de-addiction facilities for addicted prisoners.She converted the prison to an open school. The illiterate inmates were made literate and the literate were encouraged for higher studies. Indira Gandhi National Open University and National Open School set up their centers inside the prison.various vocational training courses were introduced for the adolescents, men and women prisoners, both under trials and convicts for their rehabilitation in collaboration with the government and non-governmental agenciesThe inmates earned wages through innovative activities and were in a position to contribute for their families outside while they were inside the prison.Of the many other facilities ever introduced in any prison the following are worth mention - Mobile Canteens, Mobile Library, Art & Culture Groups, Computerised Enquiry, Sports Programmes, Prison Bulletins, Patient Prisoners care, Seminars by Prisoners, Festival Celebration (All religions & All National Days).In order to Mobile Petition Box... enable the prisoners voice their concerns and complaints, a revolutionary system of a "Mobile Petition Box" was introduced. Prisoners wrote their views and put it in the box which was opened by a Petition Officer, directly under Kiran. Kiran monitored these letters closely and in necessary situations, passed on directions to her staff."Panchayat System" — a unique system of internal self management and prisoners participation was introduced in the prison. Few inmates were nominated by the prisoners themselves and were made responsible to coordinate and manage activities like education, mess cooking and distribution, internal discipline, library management, mobile canteen, sports activities, vocational training, prison bulletins, Yoga therapy and essential & Medical services, horticulture, Administrative assistance, festival celebration etc.Special attention was given to the women prisoners. Entrepreneurs were invited from the outside community who provided the women prisoners with job work. A 'Children's Crèche' was set up within the premises of the Women Prison for the overall development of the children living with theirToday's Thought mothers.However, the best gift Tihar got was Vipassana, an ancient form of meditation. A Vipassana course was organized in Tihar in which over 1000 inmates sat together for the first time anywhere in the world.Vipassana worked wonders for the destructive and deviated mindsets of the prisoners and they confessed that they have become better humans. Vipassana Meditation has been successfully tried and is practiced in various prisons of India and abroad namely UK, USA, Taiwan and under consideration in various other places. It's been researched and the results are extremely encouraging.all above are the magical reformations in the Jail System were being done by her, which helped prisoners to become better human.apart from this Kiran has worked as Traffic Police in her earlier days of service, in that field also she has done many challenging works, but here I have mentioned only her works as IPS as per the question demand.Here are the list of awrds she recieved for her unique work-President's Gallantry Award by the President of India in 1979.Woman of the Year Award by National Solidarity Weekly, India in 1981.Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention and Control by International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT), Norway in 1991.International Woman Award in 1992.Magsaysay Award by Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in 1994.Mahila Shiromani Award, Father Machismo Humanitarian Award and Lion of the Year by Don Bosco Shrine Office, Bombay-India in 1995.Pride of India Award by American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) in 1999.Woman of the Year Award by Blue Drop Group Management, Cultural and Artistic Association, Italy in 2002.United Nations Medal by the United Nations in 2004.Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice by Harmony Foundation in 2005.Suryadatta National Award by Suryadatta Group of Institutes 2007.Women Excellences Awards by Aaj Tak in 2009.Tarun Kranti Puraskar – 2010 in Women Empowerment Category by Tarun Award Council in 2010.Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar by Indian Institute of Planning and Management in 2011.Honorary Degree of Doctor of Public Service by Rai University in 2013.Here is her experience of work in her own words-

The following exhaustive list of CNN news awards are those I found for 2012, I didn’t bother getting the long lists for every year since, but suffice to say, they too are exhaustive.By comparison, FOX “news”, Trump’s and his supporters’ choice for lies, misinformation, and conspiracies, that passes as news, has NEVER WON EVEN ONE AWARD in all of the 24 years they have been in existence since Oct. 6, 1996. Fox News Has Always Been PropagandaHere are those award for news and reporting by CNN For 2012 alone:2012 CNN AwardsGeorge Foster Peabody Awards 2012Recognizes distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by radio and television networks, stations, producing organizations and individuals.CNN’s Reporting of the Arab SpringCNN Heroes: An All-Star TributeFareed Zakaria, GPSNews and Documentary Emmy Awards 2012Recognizes excellence in television journalism with the coveted Emmy Award for News & Documentary.Anderson Cooper 360: Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis“Bullying: It Stops Here,”CNN and CNNI: Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story (Long-form) Breaking News Reporting of the Revolution in Egypt and President Mubarak’s ResignationDaytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards 2012Recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. during the 2011 calendar year.Nominee: Sanjay Gupta, MDOutstanding Special Class SeriesInvestigative Reporters & Editors Awards 2012Honors the best in investigative reporting.CNN Freedom Project Documentary, “Death in the Desert”Tom Renner AwardSociety of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Awards 2012The awards are for outstanding contributions in journalism. TV categories are spot news coverage, continuing coverage of a breaking event, TV editorials, investigative reporting, feature reporting and public service in TV journalism.The CNN Freedom ProjectPublic Service in Television Journalism (Network/Syndication Service/Program Service)Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Terror in the DustDocumentaries (Network/Syndication Service/Program Service)Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2012The global FPA Media Awards recognize excellence in print, web, radio and television journalism.The CNN documentary World’s Untold Stories: Secrets of the Belfast Project won News Story of the Year by a full FPA member. The judges described the documentary as “absolute dynamite, a terrific story and a fine piece of journalism”.The Arts & Culture award was given to Leonardo – The Lost Painting, a documentary that explored the story behind the recent discovery of a Leonardo da Vinci painting. Judges praised the “love and lingering interest” that had gone into the piece, describing it as “a very well done cultural story.”The Print & Web Feature award was clinched by Mauritania: Slavery’s Last Stand – a CNN Digital feature that revealed the shocking extent of slavery in modern Mauritania. The judges remarked that the piece was “in some ways the most convincing and best edited of all the categories.”CNN was also nominated in the TV News category for its Syria: Inside Aleppo feature, and in the Digital Innovation category, for Open Story.Edward R. Murrow Awards 2012RTNDA honors outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the presentation of these awards. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession.Video News Series – Homs: City Under SiegeUse of Video – Joplin GawkersReligion Newswriters Association Awards 2012Showcases religion reporting excellence in the news media.1st place for online religion section of the year, for the CNN Belief Blog.1st place for enterprise religion report of the year, for CNN.com’s series on the faith lives of the presidential candidates.1st place for TV religion report of the year, for Preparing clergy for war: army chaplains train by the hundred for the combat zone.1st place for TV News magazine report of the year for U.S. budget ax threatens successful AIDS program in Africa,2nd place for TV News magazine report of the year for Imam fights street crime with mosque fight clubThe Daily Beast: 150 Fearless Women 2012Sara Sidnerhttp://www.thedailybeast.com/features/150-women-who-shake-the-world.htmlGracie Allen Awards 2012Honors programming by women for women and about women.Elizabeth CohenOutstanding Individual Achievement as Reporter/CorrespondentCNNI Special Projects, “Because I’m a Girl”Outstanding Soft News FeatureNational Headliner Awards 2012Oldest annual recognition of journalistic merit in the Communications industry. Television network categories include best newscast, coverage of a major news event, feature or human interest story, documentary or series, investigative reporting, news magazine program, and sports reporting.Dan Rivers, “Factory Slaves”Investigative Reporting, First Place“Witness to Famine”Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event, First PlaceJessica Ravitz, CNN.comOnline – Writing, Third PlaceAnderson Cooper 360, “Egypt Uprising”Coverage of a Major News Event, Second PlaceSanjay Gupta, MD, “Quake Tsunami Disaster”Coverage of a Major News Event, Third PlaceCNN’s Coverage of the Libyan RevoltContinuing Coverage of a Major News Event, Second PlaceFareed Zakaria GPS, “Restoring the American Dream: Fixing Education”Documentary or Series of Reports, Third PlaceWorld’s Untold Stories, “Locked Up and Forgotten”Investigative Reporting, Second Place“Water Bill Wars”Business and Consumer Reporting, Third PlaceWorld’s Untold Stories, “Filling the Blank”Health/Science Reporting, Second Place“Saving Baby Pierce”Health/Science Reporting, Third PlaceWayne Drash, CNN.comOnline – Writing, Second Place“Water in Schools”Environmental Reporting, Third Place“Extreme Science”Environmental Reporting, First PlaceThe CNN Freedom ProjectDocumentary or Series of Reports, Second PlaceCNN.com Staff, CNN.comOnline TV Affiliated, First PlaceNew York Festivals International Television & Film Awards 2012Gold World MedalDon’t Fail Me: Education in America – Social Issues/Current EventsiRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring – Social Issues/Current EventsTrapped by Tradition: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary – Cultural IssuesUprising in Libya – Coverage of an On Going News StoryCNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute – Best Documentary SpecialSilver World MedalNepal’s Stolen Children: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary – Social Issues/Current EventsInside the Taliban – National/International AffairsWitness to Famine – National/International AffairsUnwelcome – The Muslims Next Door – National/International AffairsWorld’s Untold Stories: Bridging the Pacific – History & SocietyBattle For Blair Mountain: Working In America – Environment & EcologyJapan Earthquake and Tsunami – Coverage of On Going News StoryEgypt: Wave of Discontent – Coverage of On Going StoryCNN Presents: Rogue Justice – Best Investigative ReportTo Catch a Serial Killer – Best Investigative ReportCNN Freedom Project – Best Online ProgramFinalistsWorld’s Untold Stories: Secret Jew – Biography/ProfilesAfrican Voices: Africans in the NFL – Sports CoverageDr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Diana Nyad: Xtreme Dream – Sports CoverageTerror Training Fraud – Investigative ReportMubarak Resigns – Coverage of Breaking News StoryBen Wedeman – Best News CorrespondentTerror in the Dust – Health/Medical InformationEasy Prey – Best Investigative ReportFootnotes of 9-11 – Best News Documentary/SpecialCNN’s Live Coverage of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 – Live SpecialEPPY Awards 2012Winners of the international EPPY Awards are determined after four weeks of review by the Editor & Publisher team and a prestigious panel of 68 judges.Best News Website – CNNBest Business/Finance Website – CNNMoneyBest Enterprise/Investigative Video – Mauritania – Slavery’s last strongholdBest News/Political Blog – The Political TickerOnline Journalism Award 2012Recognizes excellence in digital journalism around the worldCNN Digital: Innovative Multi-Media Storytelling“Mauritania: Slavery’s Last Stand”The Shorty Awards 2012The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter and social media.Best Use of Social Media for News: CNN Worldwide: The Global Networks of CNN Dominate on Social MediaBest Use of Video in a Social Media Campaign: CNN Worldwide: The Royal Wedding of William & Kate; Group SJR: TED – Ideas Worth SpreadingThe GLAAD Media Awards 2012Honors Individuals, organizations, programs on the fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the gay and lesbian community.Anderson Cooper 360, The ‘Sissy Boy’ ExperimentsOutstanding TV Journalism – NewsmagazineSikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)National GalaCNN: Excellence in Media AwardCoverage of the Oak Creek ShootingsNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NWCAT) 2012A program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Take 25 aims to heighten awareness of children’s personal safety issues. With a focus on prevention, the campaign encourages parents, guardians, and other role models to spend time talking to kids to teach them ways to be safer.CNN Freedom ProjectSoroptimist Journalism AwardWhite House News Photographers Association 2012The WHNPA awards are prestigious honors given by the nation’s foremost photojournalist association.First Place for Khalil Abdallah for spot news piece on Libyan rape victimFirst Place for Bethany Swain for feature piece “George Washington’s Christmas Camel”First Place for John Bodnar and Joanne Sierra for Veterans in Focus: “Keep Rowing”2011 CNN AwardsGeorge Foster Peabody Awards 2011Recognizes distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by radio and television networks, stations, producing organizations and individuals.CNN’s Coverage of the Gulf Oil SpillNews & Documentary Emmy Awards 2011National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences rewards excellence in news and documentary programming, segments and individual craft. Categories include coverage, general coverage and instant coverage of a single breaking story, historical (212) programming, continuing coverage of a news story, background/analysis, investigative journalism, program interviewer, informational/cultural program and craft achievement.Anderson Cooper 360, “Crisis In Haiti”Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story Long FormAnderson Cooper 360, “Haiti in Ruins”Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled NewscastLarry KingLifetime AchievementAmnesty International Media Awards 2011Human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s contribution to raising awareness of human rights issues.World’s Untold Stories: Locked Up and ForgottenInternational Television and RadioGracie Allen Awards 2011Honors programming by women for women and about women.Poppy Harow of CNNMoney.com, “Breaking Faith: Fraud in the Heartland”Investigative Program or FeatureNatalie Angley, Jenifer Grubb of CNN Special Projects for HLN, “Breakthrough Women”Outstanding SeriesKelly Flynn, Executive Producer, “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute”Outstanding Special or VarietyAmber Lyons, “Sold on Craigslist”Outstanding Investigative Program or FeatureOverseas Press Club Awards 2011Rewards excellence in reporting news from overseas. Awards are made for spot news, foreign reporting, reports concerning international environmental issues, foreign affairs documentaries, and correspondents who demonstrate concern for the human condition.Paul Refsdal, Anderson Cooper, “Taliban”Edward R. Murrow AwardCNN.com Staff , “Home and Away: Iraq and Afghanistan Casualties”Online Multimedia AwardAnderson Cooper, “Haiti Earthquake”David Kaplan AwardSociety of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Awards 2011The awards are for outstanding contributions in journalism. TV categories are spot news coverage, continuing coverage of a breaking event, TV editorials, investigative reporting, feature reporting and public service in TV journalism.John D. Sutter of CNN.com, “Deep-sea mysteries”Reporting Non-Deadline ReportingCNN Radio Staff of CNN Radio, “Haiti’s Earthquake”Breaking News ReportingWomen and Film in TV 2011Sara Sidner (along with Alex Crawford and Zeina Khodr)ITV Achievement of the Year AwardNAMIC EMMA Awards 2011Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards (EMMA): The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications recognizes the cable industry’s campaigns that demonstrate best practices in multi-cultural marketing.“CNN Presents: Latino In America”Case Studies & Campaigns, 3rd PlaceNAMIC Vision Awards 2011To highlight advances made in the area of minority imagery in cable programming. The Vision Awards specifically recognizes programming that reflects the full diversity of our populace, by featuring the wide variety of the world’s people and their culture ethnicities, colors and origins.Anderson Cooper 360, “Black or White: Kids on Race”News/InformationalNational Association of Black Journalists 2011Awards given for outstanding coverage of African Americans and issues of special concern to the African American community. Special honors given to outstanding African American journalists. The competition honors work from print, television, radio, online, and photojournalism.Marketplace Africa, “Little Ethiopia”Television – Public Affairs: SegmentNational Headliner Awards 2011Oldest annual recognition of journalistic merit in the Communications industry. Television network categories include best newscast, coverage of a major news event, feature or human interest story, documentary or series, investigative reporting, news magazine program, and sports reporting.Dr. Sanjay Gupta, “Dads for My Daughters”News Magazine Program, Second PlaceSoledad O’Brien, “Almighty Debt”Business and Consumer Reporting, First PlaceDr. Sanjay Gupta, “Disease Detectives”Health/Science Reporting, First PlaceDr. Sanjay Gupta, “Hard Hits: Concussion Series”Health/Science Reporting, Second PlaceSoledad O’Brien, Anderson Cooper, “Black or White: Kids on Race”Investigative Reporting, Third PlacePaul Refsdal, Anderson Cooper, Jennifer Hyde, Ken Shiffman, “Taliban”Documentary or Series of Reports on the Same Subject, First PlaceAnderson Cooper 360, “Amazing Animals: Smarter Than You Think”Environmental Reporting, Second PlaceDr. Sanjay Gupta, “Toxic Childhood: Backpack Study”Environmental Reporting, First PlaceElizabeth Cohen, “Haiti: Baby Jenny”Feature, Sports or Human Interest Story, Second Place“Coverage of the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill”Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event, Third PlaceDr. Sanjay Gupta, “Pakistan Desperation”Coverage of a Major News Event, First PlaceRob Marciano, “Rescued: Saving the Gulf”Environmental Reporting, Third PlaceNew York Association of Black Journalists 2011The awards covers every genre of journalism, and also the issues about the involvement of blacks in the United States and abroad.“Toxic Towns USA”Investigative, Finalist“Sanjay Gupta, MD: Devastation in Haiti”Public Affairs, Finalist“Inside Africa: Guinean Groove in Brooklyn”Arts and Entertainment, Finalist“Witness to Disaster”International, Finalist“HIV and the Black Church”General Feature: Short, Finalist“Black in America: Ancestry DNA??? Where Do I Come From? ”Spot/General News, FinalistNew York Festivals 2011The awards honor excellence in communications media and are of international scope.“Witness to Uprising”Social Issues/Current Events, Bronze Medal“Her Name Was Steven”Social Issues/Current Events, Bronze Medal“CNN Presents: Latino in America”Social Issues/Current Events, Bronze MedalDr. Sanjay Gupta, “Pakistan: The Floods Are Coming”Best News Reporter/Correspondent, Silver Medal“Toxic America”Best Investigative Report, Gold Medal“World’s Untold Stories: Body From Scratch”Science & Technology, Gold MedalAnderson Cooper 360, “Black or White: Kids on Race”Social Issues/Current Events, Bronze Medal“Killings At The Canal: The Army Tapes”Investigative Report, Gold Medal“CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute”Community Service Programs, Bronze MedalAnderson Cooper 360, “Inside the Battle Zone: Afghanistan”Coverage of an On-Going News Story, Silver Medal“CNN’s 2010 Coverage of the Haiti Earthquake”Coverage of Breaking News, Silver Medal“World’s Untold Stories: Fearless: The Margaret Moth Story”Biography/Profiles, Gold Medal“Witness to Disaster”Coverage of a Continuing News Story, Bronze Medal“Sold on Craigslist”Investigative Report, Bronze MedalOnline Journalism Awards 2011Recognize major media, international and independent sites and individuals producing innovative work in multimedia storytelling.CNN’s Belief BlogOnline Topical Reporting/BloggingEPpy Awards 2011Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek honor the best online sites affiliated with the media industry, especially those operated by newspapers, broadcast networks, cable networks, local TV stations and radio stations.iReport Open StoryBest Crowd Sourcing or Citizen JournalismCNNMoney.comBest Redesign/RelaunchCNNMoney.comBest News VideoThis Just InBest News Political BlogEatocracyBest Food WebsiteThe Deadline Club Awards 2011The Deadline Club Awards honor the finest journalism in the New York metropolitan area in print, radio, and television and on the internet.Allan Chernoff, Mark Marchione and Tom Mucchio, “Hummer Fever”Feature ReportingThe GLAAD Media Awards 2011Honors Individuals, organizations, programs on the fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the gay and lesbian community.Anderson Cooper 360, “Gay Teen Suicides”Outstanding TV Journalism NewsmagazineWebby Awards 2011Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby Awards is the leading international honor for achievement in technology, creativity and individual achievement.“CNN Walk Around The World”Video Remixes/Mash-upThe Society for News Design’s annual Best of Digital News Design competitionThe mission of the Society for News Design is to enhance communication around the world through excellence in visual journalism. SND has awarded a World’s Best Designed newspaper for more than 20 years and this year expanded multimedia awards and rebranded them: The Best of Digital News Design and included web site and mobile design, news applications and interactive video. CNN was honored with 2 awards:The World’s Best Designed Web SiteThe World’s Best Mobile Tablet AppNLGJA’s Excellence in Journalism Awards 2011The NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards were established in 1993 to foster, recognize and reward excellence in journalism on issues related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.For the second year in a row CNN has been honored in the Excellence in Network Television category. this year for Gary and Tony Have a Baby and in 2010 for the documentary, Her Name Was Steven.NLGJA Journalist of the Year was awarded to LZ Granderson.Asian Television Awards 2011Asian Television Awards (ATA) is the Asian TV industry’s most significant and celebrated event, recognizing excellence in programming, production and performance.CNN Freedom Project, “Begging Bowl”Best Single News Story/ReportCNN Freedom Project, “Nepal’s Stolen Children”Best Social Awareness ProgramCoalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) 2011The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), a not-for-profit organization, was established in 1998 in the wake of the El Monte sweatshop case where 72 Thai garment workers were kept for eight years in slavery and debt bondage.CNN Freedom ProjectMedia Integrity AwardShare this: CNN Award-Winning Work - Online Journalism AwardsAwards