RNG award winners with Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan during the Ram Nath Goenka Award function at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. (Express Photo by Renuka Puri)Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan spoke about the role of journalism in sustaining democracy while addressing the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony Friday evening. He paid tribute to Ramnath Goenka, the founder of the Indian Express group, saying his journalism encompassed courage, independence and an unwavering commitment to the truth.Instituted by the Ramnath Goenka Foundation, the awards recognise the best of journalism, showcasing 25 outstanding contributions from print, digital and broadcast platforms from across 18 categories, including investigative reporting, politics and government, feature writing, books, sports and regional language journalism.The jury for the 20th edition of the awards includes Justice B N Srikrishna, former judge at the Supreme Court; Prof C Raj Kumar, founding Vice Chancellor, OP Jindal Global University; Prof K G Suresh, Director of India Habitat Centre, former Vice Chancellor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication and former Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication; Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Co Founder & Director, EkStep; and Dr S Y Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner.–Print (Hindi)Avadhesh Akodia (Dainik Bhaskar)–Broadcast/Digital (Hindi)Sarvapriya Sangwan (BBC News Hindi)–Print/Digital (Regional Languages)Muhammad Sabith & Akhil Sivanand (India Today)–Broadcast/Digital (Regional Languages)Fousiya Musthafa (News Malayalam 24×7)–Environment, Science & Technology ReportingJayashree Nandi & Tannu Jain (Hindustan Times)–Broadcast / Digital (Environment, Science & Technology Reporting)Rohini Krishnamurthy & Dhruval Parekh (Down to Earth)–Uncovering India InvisibleVijay Pal Dudi (Dainik Bhaskar)–Uncovering India Invisible (Broadcast / Digital)Basant Kumar (NewsLaundry)–Business & Economic JournalismPraveen Paramasivam, Munsif Vengattil & Aditya Kalra (Thomson Reuters)–Reporting on Politics and GovernmentDeeptiman Tiwary (The Indian Express)–Reporting on Politics and Government (Broadcast/Digital)Rishika Kashyap (Deccan Herald)–Sports JournalismSrikkanth Dhasarathy (DT Next)–Investigative Reporting (Print/Digital)Mridulika Jha (Aaj Tak)–Investigative Reporting (Broadcast)Sreya Chatterjee (India Today)–Feature WritingVidheesha Kuntamalla (The Indian Express)–Civic JournalismSandip Dighe (The Times of India)Congratulations to all the winners!