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Dilrukshi
Handunnetti of The Sunday Times receiving the award for the
Best Environmental Report of the Year from Director, Lake
House G.S.Perera |
Journalism
Awards Fro Excellence 2001
The Excellence in Journalism 2001 awards ceremony organized by the
Editors' Guild of Sri Lanka was held at the Mount Lavinia Hotel
on Tuesday, June 18, 2002.
The following awards were presented:
Awards for
Long Service in Journalism
Mr.Benedict Dodampegama
Mr.David Rajhu
Mrs. Roshan Peiris
Merit Certificates
The
Sunday Times Deputy Editor Anthony David accepting the B.A.
Siriwardene Award on behalf of Consultant Editor Iqbal Athas
from Sunil Ariyaratne |
Best Environmental
Report of the Year 2001
For his report on Sri Lanka's rainforests published in the
Silumina of July 15, 2001
Nihal P. Abeysinghe of Silumina
For his report on bio-diversity published in the Sunday Leader of
Dec 23, 2001
Rohan Pethiyagoda of the Sunday Leader
Merit mention
in the Photographer of the Year category
For capturing a reflective mood published in the Lakbima of 22,
Aug 2001
Rukmal Gamage of the Lakbima
For his picture of Buddhist monks and soldiers published in Sunday
Lakbima of Feb 18, 2001
 Sajeeva
Chintaka of the Irida Lakbima
For his picture of a small girl looking into a begging bowl of a
child monk published in the Divaina of Jan 27, 2001
Nihal Chandrakumara of the Divaina
Merit Mention
in the Young Reporter of the Year
For his good coverage in the Virakesari
Sri Gajan of Virakesari
Merit Award
for the B.A. Siriwardene Award for the Columnist of the Year
For his column Kasoorige Kolama in the Irida Divaina
Kumaradasa Sooriya Aratchchi of the Irida Divaina
Merit Mention
for the Upali Wijewardene Award for the Feature Writer of the Year
For his excellent feature writing in the Irida Lakbima
Daminda Jeevan Ranasinghe of the Irida Lakbima
Special
Merit Mention
1.Special Merit Mention under the Sports Journalist of the
Year Award
For his critical analytical reports in the Daily Mirror_ Vijitha
Fernando of the Daily Mirror
2.Special Merit Mention under the Cartoonist of the Year Award For
his cartoons published in the Daily Mirror_Wasantha Siriwardene
of the Daily Mirror.
Main Awards
Young Reporter of the Year
For her constantly good reporting on varied subjects in The
Sunday Times- Shelani de Silva of The Sunday Times.
Best Designed
Newspaper of the Year
For its consistently good layout, graphics and overall presentation
in 2001-The Sunday Times
Photographer
of the Year
For his news and feature photographs published in the Daily
Mirror, Lankadeepa and The Sunday Times- Asoka Peiris of the Lankadeepa/Daily
Mirror and The Sunday Times.
Best Environmental
Report of the Year- For a report of an impending danger to the
Sinharaja rain forest published in The Sunday Times of March 04,
2001-Dilrukshi Handunnetti of The Sunday Times.
Sports Journalist
of the Year
For his all-round contribution and sports reports in the Sunday
Leader
T.M.K. Samat of the Sunday Leader.
Upali Wijewardene
Award for Feature Writer of the Year
For her exhaustive features and human interest reports published
in the Sunday Leader
Ranee Mohamed of the Sunday Leader.
Sepala Gunasena
Award for defending Press Freedom in Sri Lanka
For its efforts to resist censorship_ The Sunday Leader.
B.A. Siriwardene Award for the Columnist of the Year-
For his Situation Report column in The Sunday Times- Iqbal Athas
of The Sunday Times.
D.R. Wijewardene
Award for Earning the Appreciation of Peers and Public 2001. For
his campaign to challenge inaccurate reports on Sri Lanka published
in The Sunday Times of London_Neville de Silva of The Sunday Times.
Best Journalist
of the Year_ English Category.
For his all round excellence in reporting
Amantha Perera of the Sunday Leader.
Best Journalist
of the Year in the Sinhala category
For his in-depth coverage of political and economic issues
in the Lankadeepa- Ranjith Ananda Jayasinghe of the Lankadeepa.
The Judges were not able to select a Journalist for the Best Journalist
of the Year in the Tamil language category this year.
Main Award
Mervyn de Silva Award for the Journalist of the Year-2001
For displaying an impressive ability to tackle a wide range of political
and economic subjects and constantly good coverage of varied topics
Ranjith Ananda Jayasinghe of the Lankadeepa.
The sponsors for this year's Awards Night were Reuters Ltd., Slimline
(Pvt) Ltd., the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Tobacco Company, Ceylon Breweries Ltd and Mason's Mixture Ltd together
with Upali Newspapers Ltd., Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., Associated Newspapers
of Ceylon Ltd., and United Newspapers Ltd.
Mount Lavinia Hotel was the host hotel.
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