Yaqut Ali in Final 12 of Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award for Manipur Report for The Wire

'Many of these journalists went to considerable and often at times dangerous lengths to expose the trauma, deprivation and upheaval being endured by ordinary people to ensure their voices are heard.'

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'Many of these journalists went to considerable and often at times dangerous lengths to expose the trauma, deprivation and upheaval being endured by ordinary people to ensure their voices are heard.'

yaqut ali in final 12 of thomson foundation young journalist award for manipur report for the wire

Buildings with the 'AT' mark in Zomi Villa in Manipur’s Imphal West. Photo: Yaqut Ali.

New Delhi: Among 12 finalists of the 2025 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the Year Award is Yaqut Ali, whose investigation for The Wire into the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur was considered for his nomination.

The award's press release noted how Ali's report shows the devastating impact on the lives of those forced to flee their homes and businesses which have been taken over by militant groups. Ali has reported from the ground in Manipur ever since ethnic violence broke out in May 2023.

Hazaran RahimDad from Pakistan, who also contributes to The Wire, is another finalist, and has been recognised for his investigation into the environmental and economic impact of illegal deep-sea trawling on coastal communities in Balochistan for Prism–DAWN.com.

"Many of these journalists went to considerable and often at times dangerous lengths to expose the trauma, deprivation and upheaval being endured by ordinary people to ensure their voices are heard," the award notes.

The award considered 681 reports submitted by 227 journalists from 60 countries this year. The competition had been open to journalists aged 30 and under, from countries with a Gross National Income per capita of less than US $ 20,000.

The Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the Year Award is run in partnership with the UK’s Foreign Press Association. The winner will be announced at London in November.

Other finalists are Sanket Jain from India, Oksana Savoskina from Ukraine, Mohamoud Shire of Somalia, Abdulrasheed Hammad and Yakubu Mohammed of Nigeria, Jorge Navarrate if Ecuador, Godwin Asediba of Ghana, Julius Mbeŵe of Malawi, and Tracy Onchoke and Wangu Kanuri from Kenya.

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