A 14-year-old girl in India has become the youngest person ever to win a prestigious international journalism fellowship, the Guardian reports.
Shashwat Rai, who won the 2018 Young Investigator of the Year award at the World Editors Forum in the Philippines, will be mentored by some of the world's most prominent journalists during a year-long program that will see him learn how to write, illustrate, and photograph news stories in various languages.
The Guardian reports that the fellowship, which is open to journalists under the age of 30, was first launched in 2012 to honor young journalists who had made a mark in their home countries.
Rai won the award after reporting on the plight of children in a flooded village in Uttar Pradesh state, where more than a third of the population lives on less than a dollar a day.
The girl's father, Shashwat's uncle, said he was "thrilled" that his daughter had become the first recipient of the fellowship, which is open to journalists working in developing countries.
"Shashwat's story is an example of the power of young people to make a difference," the uncle said in a statement.
"We hope that this fellowship will inspire many more young people to pursue careers in journalism."
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