Santoso wins Knight Award
Santoso (Tosca), founder of Indonesia's first independent radio network KBR 68H has won, together with a Brazilian investigative journalist Daniela Arbex, the 2010 Knight International Journalism Awards, announced the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).
The winners were announced on June 15th by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Jose Zamora at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Zamora's father, Jose Ruben Zamora, received the award in 2003 for his work as publisher of Guatemala's El Periodico.
The winners will be honored at ICFJ's Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 9. Christiane Amanpour, the host of ABC News' "This Week," will serve as master of ceremonies.
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