The awards, hosted by UNICEF and Thai Journalists Association, were awarded Thursday by former prime minister Anand Panyarachun at Bangkok’s Century Park Hotel.
Two articles published in Krungthep Turakij’s “Judprakai” section – on the effect reading has on education and peace in the restive South and on violence in school against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children – along with a Nation TV report on protecting children from drowning won honorary mention.
The Nation