An Indian-American journalist was felicitated on Sunday by US President Barack Obama and the First lady Michelle as she and her colleagues were presented with a prestigious award during the annual White House Correspondents Dinner here. Neela Banerjee and three of her colleagues from Inside Climate News – John Cushman Jr, David Hasemyer and lisa Song – were presented with the prestigious Edgar A Poe award. The annual award by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) honours journalistic work of national or regional significance. A Washington DC-based journalist Banerjee, before joining Inside Climate News, was energy and environmental reporter for the los Angeles Times’ Washington bureau. She covered global energy, the Iraq War and other issues with The New York Times. A graduate of Yale University, she also served as a Moscow correspondent with The Wall Street Journal.