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Channi Anand
Born
NationalityIndian
OccupationPhotojournalism
EmployerAssociated Press
AwardsPulitzer Prize[1]

Channi Anand is an Indian photographer[2] and journalist. He was one of three photojournalists from Associated Press to win the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2020 for his pictures of India's crackdown on Kashmir.[3]

Works

He has covered India-Pakistan border violence,political developments, stories of displacement the Earthquake in South Asia He is working at Associated Press from 2000.[4]

Primary life

Channi Anand is a resident of Jammu Kashmir.[5]

Journalism

Channi Anand currently works as a reporter for the US news agency Associated Press.[6]

Achievement

In August 2019, Anand won the most prestigious journalism award, along with two other photojournalists, Dar Yasin and Mukhtar Khan, for covering the unprecedented situation in Indian-administered Kashmir.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Three Indian photographers who captured life during Kashmir lockdown win 2020 Pulitzer Prize". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ "AP's Kashmir photographers win Pulitzer for lockdown coverage". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ "AP wins feature photography Pulitzer for Kashmir coverage". AP. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "The 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography". pulitzer.org. Pulitzer. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ^ https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/05/05/3-photojournalists-from-jammu-kashmir-win-pulitzer-prize.html
  6. ^ "AP wins feature photography Pulitzer for Kashmir coverage". apnews.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin of Associated Press". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved May 5, 2020. Channi Anand