Mirror shines at awards

30 July 2013 09:08 pm

Daily Mirror Sports Editor Channaka de Silva set a record by bagging sports journalist of the year for the fifth time  at the Journalism Awards for Excellence 2012 held at the Mount Lavinia hotel this evening

He also won the award for the scoop of the year. Daily Mirror Journalist Lakna Paranamanna won the young journalist of the year while Daily Mirror Cartoonist Awantha Artigala bagged the cartoonist of the year award for the second time.

Winners -2012

Mervyn De Silva Journalist of the year	Dilrukshi Handunnetti - The Ceylon Today
Best Cartoonist	Awantha Artigala - Daily Mirror
Photojournalist of the Year	Gemunu H. Wellage
Bussines Journalist of the Year	Abdul Razak Mohammed -The Nation
Upali Wijewardene Feature Writer of the Year	Smriti Daniel -The Sunday Times
Sports Journalist of the Year Award and Scoop of the Year	Channaka de Silva - Daily Mirror Sprots
Denzil Perera Young Reporter of the Year	Lakna Paranamanna -Daily Mirror
Best Designed Newspaper of the Year	The Sunday Times
Award for reporting under special circumstances	Jeewaka Jayaruk - Lankadeepa (winner)
	Joint merit award - Dilrukshi Handunnetti and Dushiyanthini Kanagasaba
Investigative journalist of the year	Harsha Mangala Sugathadasa - Irida Lakbima
Best Environmental Journalist	Supun Lahiru - Lakbima and Nirmala Kannangara of the Sunday Leader