Journalism Awards for Excellence 2021

The 23rd edition of the annual Journalism Awards for Excellence programme culminating with the ‘Awards Night’ was held at  Empire Ballroom of the Mount Lavinia Hotel today.

This year 34 journalists received the ‘Pen Trophy’ Award and 17 others received Certificates of Merit along with 05 Lifetime Achievement Awardees namely: Mr. Daya Lankapura, Mr. A. D. Ranjith Kumara, Mr. P. Manikavasagam, Mrs. Chitra Weerarathna and Mr. P. B. Elangasinha.

The programme was organized by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka in partnership with the Sri Lanka Press Institute and its affiliated unions, the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, Free Media Movement and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association.

Wijeya Newpapers Ltd received several awards .

The recipiatns of the Lifetime Achievement Awards:

Lifetime Achievement Award-  Mr. P. B. Elangasinha.

 

 

Lifetime Achievement Award- Chitra Weeraratne 

 

Lifetime Achievement Award- Daya Lankapura 

 

Lifetime Achievement Award - A.D Ranjith Kumara 

 

Lifetime Achievement Award-  P Manikavasagam

 

 

Photo journalist of the year - Eshan Fernando ( the Sunday Times)

 

 

 Denzil Peiris  Young reporter of the year - Certificate  of merit Tharushi Weerasinghe ( The Sunday Times)  

 

Piyumi Fonseka -  Investigative Journalist  of the year ( daily mirror )

 

 

 

 Envoromental reporter of the year ( Sinhala )  merit certificate - Reka Tharagani Fonseka - Lankadeepa 

D R WiJewardene award for earnining  the recognition of peers and the public - D B S Jeyaraj ( Daily Mirror)

Award collected by Mr Susitha Fernando Associate Editor ( News ) of the Daily Mirror 

 Merit certificate for reporting  under special circumstances.Nadeesha Atukorala - Lankadeepa