Puthiyathalaimurai TV

This award recognises a broadcast news organisation that has taken a pioneering step in climate journalism. By launching a dedicated Climate Desk in 2025, it became the first Tamil-language news channel to systematically connect intensifying extreme weather events to the larger climate crisis, decoding every weather shock through a scientific and data‑driven lens grounded in ground realities and local expertise.

This initiative ensures sharp, consistent, and evidence‑driven coverage that bridges hyperlocal realities with global climate shifts. Audiences are empowered to understand not only what is happening but why it is happening. For raising climate literacy at the community level and making climate science accessible in vernacular media, this news organisation sets a benchmark for responsible, impactful journalism.

For raising climate literacy at the community level and setting a benchmark for responsible vernacular science journalism, Puthiyathalaimurai TV receives this recognition.

Score: 89

Reference: https://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/contact-us