Hyderabad, May 29 -- Kolkata freelance journalist and student Sarah Aziz won the second prize for "Young Journalist of the Year" at the UK's annual Press Awards on May 22, according to a press release issued recently.

The 23-year-old girl is a Master of Science in Journalism student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York. She began her journalism career in 2023 while still pursuing her undergraduate degree in Kolkata.

As a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature student at Loreto College, Kolkata, Aziz reported on Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh for Voice of America, the American multimedia broadcasting network. This is the report which has won her the top British media award.

The honour at The Press A...