Wijeya Newspapers Group sweeps 2011 Journalism Awards of Excellence

The 13th edition of the Journalism Awards for Excellence 2011 concluded on Tuesday at the Mount Lavinia Hotel with Wijeya Newspapers Group publications winning nine awards.

Here the award winners from left: Best Sports Journalist Channaka de Silva (Daily Mirror), Best cartoonist of the year winner Gihan de Chikera (Daily Mirror), Young Reporter of the year winner Dianne Silva (Daily Mirror), Lakna Paranamana, Dayaseelee Liyanage, Feature writer of the year (English) Nadia Fazlulhaq (Sunday Times), Columnist of the year winner (English) Chandani Kirinde (Sunday Times), Best Designed newspaper of the Year winner (Sunday Times) Aruna Wickramaarachchi, Scoop of the year Anthony David (Sunday Times)