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XPRESS wins best investigative report award at Sharjah government Communication Awards

Dubai: An expose by XPRESS newspaper was declared the best investigative report at the inaugural Sharjah government Communication Awards on Sunday. The report written by Mazhar Farooqui, XPRESS Deputy Editor, revealed how schools in Dubai go to extreme lengths in a bid to get top ratings from education regulator KHDA.

These ratings determine the percentage of fee hike a school is allowed. Farooqui’s special report The shocking truth about school inspections was published in the October 4, 2012 edition of the weekly tabloid XPRESS, a sister publication of Gulf News. Farooqui shared the prize with Ahmed Mohamed Morsy of Al Ittihad newspaper.
 
In other individual awards, Saudi journalist Dawood Al Shirian was named the GCC Media personality while Colonel Sultan Abdullah Al Khayyal, the Director of Sharjah Police’s Media and Public Relations Department won the Best Official Sharjah Spokesperson.
 
Sharjah City Municipality took the honours for ‘Best practices in Government Communication’ as Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) ran away winners for the best social media site for the UAE government communication. Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority won the best news website in Sharjah.
 
The red carpet ceremony that also included a gala dinner was held at the Al Jawaher Hall under the patronage of Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council.
 
 The inaugural edition of GCA launched by Sharjah Media Centre had seen more than 300 entries from 30 government institutions across the UAE. The winners would now receive financial rewards totaling USD36,000. 
 
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