Journalism Awards Night
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Veeragathy
Thanabalasingham |
Piyasena
Ihalavithana |
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Neville de
Silva |
Premasiri
Abeysinghe |
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Sarath Malalasekera |
The 17th edition of the Journalism Awards for Excellence 2015 will be
held on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 in the Empire Ballroom of the Mt.
Lavinia Hotel. The event is jointly organized by The Editors' Guild of
Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) and the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), the most
prestigious media awards event in the country.
A total of 229 applications from 11 newspaper publishing groups was
received by the distinguished 11-member independent panel of judges for
the Journalism Awards for Excellence 2015, said Journalism Awards for
Excellence convenor Sukumar Rockwood.
Each year the winner of the Denzil Pieris Young Journalist of the
Year Award receives six-month training in Journalism at the MASCOM -
Journalism Training Institute in Kerala - with the compliments of the
Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic
Studies. He is flown by the SriLankan Airlines and will receive a
stipend of US $ 1,000.
This year entries were received for 14 categories, Mervyn de Silva
Journalist of the Year, Scoop of the Year, Investigative Journalist of
the Year, Best Environmental Reporter of the Year, Subramaniyam Chettiar
Award for Reporting on Social Issues, Sports Journalist of the Year,
Denzil Peiris Young Reporter of the Year (Under 26), Photojournalist of
the Year, Best Designed Newspaper of the Year, Business Journalist of
the Year (Three Awards: Sinhala, Tamil and English), Upali Wijewardene
Feature Writer of the Year (Three Awards: Sinhala, Tamil and English),
Cartoonist of the Year, B. A. Siriwardena Columnist of the Year (Three
Awards: Sinhala, Tamil and English) and Prof. K. Kailasapathy Award for
Reporting under Special Circumstances.
Besides the above 14 Awards, The Editors Guild selects senior
journalists for the Lifetime Achievement Awards (gold medal) and
presents two special Awards - the D. R. Wijewardene Award for
Recognition by Peers and the Public and the Sepala Gunasena Award for
Press Freedom.
This year the Life Time Achievement Award will be presented to senior
journalists Neville de Silva, Piyasena Ihalavithana, Veeragathy
Thanabalasingham, Sarath Malalasekera and Premasiri Abeysinghe who have
served the profession for over 40 years. |