938LIVE’s drivetime news anchor Michelle Martin is the only radio finalist in the Diageo Women’s Empowerment Journalism Awards.
The Singaporean is up against three other women for Journalist of the Year, one of five categories.
The others are Print Story of the Year, Broadcast Story of the Year, Online Story of the Year and Photograph of the Year.
Martin was picked following the success of The WOW Club, where she interviews female academics, personalities and icons for insights into the challenges and possibilities that exist for successful women today.
In her award entry, she included an interview with Dr Kiran Bedi, a respected social activist known for her impartiality as India’s first female and highest ranking police officer.
Another highlight featured acclaimed academic Laurel Weldon, Professor of Science at Purdue University, recognised for her commitment to social justice and the co-editor for the first ever Oxford Handbook on Politics and Gender.
Over 300 journalism entries published over a two year period between January 2012 – 2014 were received from Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.
Other finalists includes journalists from Associated Press, Newsdesk Asia, People’s Daily, Women Agenda, Reuters, South China Morning Post, Time Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald and broadcast channels including Al Jazeera and CNN.
The awards will be handed out at a Gala Dinner at the Hilton Singapore on Friday March 7.
The finalists are:
PRINT STORY OF THE YEAR
1. Finalist: He Cong, People Daily Asia
Entry: Mutual-aid Group Alleviates Worries of ‘Left-behind Women’
2. Finalist: Denise Tsang, South China Morning Post
Entry: Engineering Change
3. Finalist: Nilanjana Bhowmick, Time Magazine
Entry: Best Foot Forward
BROADCAST STORY OF THE YEAR
1. Finalist: Subina Shrestha, Al Jazeera
Entry: Nepal’s Slave Girls
2. Finalist: Supriya Sobti, Al Jazeera
Entry: A Widow’s Penance
3. Finalist: Aela Callan, Al Jazeera
Entry: It’s a Man’s World
4. Finalist: Paula Hancocks, CNN
Entry: South Korea’s Comfort Women
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR
1. Finalist: Aly Song, Reuters
Entry: The Women of China’s Workforce
2. Finalist: Bullit Marquez, Associated Press
Entry: ‘One Billion Rising’: Campaign to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls
3. Finalist: David Gray, Reuters
Entry: Lipstick Security
ONLINE STORY OF THE YEAR
1. Finalist: Nilanjana Bhowmick, Time Magazine
Entry: India’s Golden Girls: How Sports and the Olympics Can Uplift Women
2. Finalist: Jefry Tupas, NewsDesk.asia
Entry: The War of Ana Luisa Calix
3. Finalist: Sam de Brito, The Sydney Morning Herald
Entry: Meet the most powerful woman in the world
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
1. Finalist: Denise Tsang, South China Morning Post
2. Finalist: Sumnima Udas, CNN
3. Finalist: Georgina Dent, Women’s Agenda
4. Finalist: Michelle Martin, 938 LIVE