Amar Sangno, senior journalist and chief reporter of The Arunachal Times, received the state gold medal from Governor KT Parnaik on Tuesday at the Raj Bhavan. He was among the five gold medal awardees who were recognised for their meritorious services.

Born to Tali Sangno and Tatung Sangno in Weshi village in Pakoti circle of East Kameng district, Sangno is the president of the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ), the apex media body of the state.

He has been working as the chief reporter of The Arunachal Times since 2011.

As a reporter, he has written in-depth investigative pieces about current events. His reporting has been nuanced, from politics to conflicts.

In 2022, Sangno represented India at the International Visitors Leadership Programme, titled ‘A global movement in time: Photojournalists document challenges and opportunities in the Covid era – A multi-regional project’, hosted by the United States of America’s department of state. Sangno was the lone representative from India among the 77 participants from 58 countries nominated by the US embassy of their respective countries.

In the same year, Sangno represented India at the 31st world congress of the International Federation of Journalists, held in Muscat, Oman. The IFJ is a global federation of journalists’ unions – the largest globally. It represents over 6,00,000 media workers from 187 organisations in 146 countries.

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