Freelance reporter Ahmer Khan has won the 2019 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb prize for his coverage of the recent social and political upheaval in Indian Kashmir. In 2008, AFP established the Kate Webb Prize, worth €3,000 to €5,000, awarded annually to an Asian correspondent or agency that best exemplified the spirit of Kate Webb. 2.6K likes.

The Kate Webb Prize, with a 3,000 euro ($3,400) purse, honours journalists working in perilous or difficult conditions in Asia, and is named after a crusading AFP reporter who died in 2007 at the age of 64, after a career covering the world's troublespots. Your Name * Recipient Email * 0. Her father, Leicester Chisholm Webb, was professor of political science at the Australian National University, and her mother, Caroline Webb, was active in women's organisations. 2. Facebook Count. 3. ISLAMABAD: Freelance reporter Asad Hashim was named as the winner of the 2018 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his coverage of problems being faced by …

Born Catherine Merrial Webb in Christchurch, New Zealand, Webb moved to Canberra, Australia, with her family while she was still a child. Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb prize for his compelling and rigorous coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar, AFP announced on Tuesday.

Pakistani journalist wins AFP’s Kate Webb Prize AFP January 15, 2019.

She died of bowel cancer on 13 May 2007.

A letter to the AFP Kate Webb Prize Jury explaining why you deserve the award. This Asian journalism prize comes with a certificate and 3,000 euros in cash. Webb, who was born in New Zealand, earned a reputation as a fearless reporter while covering the Vietnam War and other historic events in Asia during a career spanning four decades.

Freelance reporter Ahmer Khan was named the winner of the 2019 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Thursday for his coverage on the ground in India-controlled Kashmir during Delhi’s lockdown of the region. AFP Kate Webb Prize. https://www.rappler.com/.../252271-kashmir-journalist-wins-afp-kate-webb-prize Webb retired to the Hunter Region in 2001.

Ahmer Khan, the 27-year-old Indian freelance reporter, was named the winner of the 2019

The Kate Webb Prize, with a 3,000 euro ($3,400) purse, honours journalists working in perilous or difficult conditions in Asia, and is named after a crusading AFP reporter who died in 2007 at the age of 64, after a career covering the world's troublespots. AFP Kate Webb Prize. Email. 2,6 k mentions J’aime. Mratt Kyaw Thu, 27, was recognised for a series of articles focused on ethnic and religious conflict in … Kashmir journalist wins AFP's Kate Webb Prize 1 / 3 Ahmer Khan, 27, was honoured for a series of video and written reports that vividly illustrated the impact on locals in …

Webb was commemorated on an Australian postage stamp in 2017. 2,6 k mentions J’aime.

This Asian journalism prize comes with a certificate and 3,000 euros in cash.

The Kate Webb Prize, with a $3,400 purse, honours journalists working in perilous or difficult conditions in Asia, and is named after a crusading AFP … The prize is named after Kate Webb, one of AFP’s finest correspondents, who died in 2007 at the age of 64. Twitter Share .

The award, named after one of AFP’s finest correspondents, recognises journalism by locally hired reporters in Asia operating in risky or difficult […] AFP Kate Webb Prize. Both her parents were killed in a car accident when Kate was 18. This Asian journalism prize comes with a certificate and 3,000 euros in cash. 4. Global news agency AFP has launched the 2018 Kate Webb Prize for Asian journalists doing exceptional work in difficult or dangerous conditions in the region. A CV with two professional references.

For reporters and photographers, at least three (3) samples of your work published on different dates in 2019.

They can be submitted in PDF format as they appeared in the publications, or via links to the online versions.