Rohan Samarajiva is among three finalists for the the first Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism. samarajiva was nominated for his Lanka Business Online column “Choices” The Bastiat Prize is awarded by the International Policy Network, a London-based think tank that seeks to improve public understanding of the role of the institutions of the free society.
The Bastiat Prize (for journalism) was first awarded in 2002 and judges have included Lady Thatcher and Nobel-Prize-winners James Buchanan and Milton Friedman. The prize was developed to encourage and reward writers whose published works promote the institutions of a free society: limited government, rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, protection of private property, free markets, free speech, and sound science. This is the first time that a seperate category for online journalism is being awarded.
Other finalists for the 2009 Prize for Online Journalism are Shikha Dalmia (Forbes.com, Reason Foundation) and Daniel Hannan (Telegraph.co.uk blog).
Winners will be announced at the annual Bastiat Prize Dinner in New York City on 26 October, featuring journalist/author P.J. O’Rourke as the keynote speaker. “P.J. O’Rourke, one of Bastiat’s true spiritual successors, sets a high bar,” said IPN Executive Director, Julian Morris, “But the finalists all show a deep understanding of the institutions that underpin freedom and an acute ability to communicate their importance to a general audience. The final decision lies with our eminent judges –including former winners, Brian Carney and Amity Shlaes, and internet entrepreneurs Jimmy Wales, Esther Dyson and Scott Banister.”
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Bastiat Wannabe
In the land of the blind, one eyed man is the king. Ha Ha Hah… What a bunch of losers licking their own butt like monkey praises its own tail. How about Indi Samarajiva? Are they giving him a Noble prize for peace kottu journalism? Sooory Ok, but this is it, stop boasting for heaven sake