Journalism Awards for Excellence

A record 249 entries were received this year under the annual Journalism Awards for Excellence Programme jointly organized by The Editors' Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) and the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI).

This year will be the 12th edition of the industry driven awards programme, which was first begun by The Editors' Guild in 1999.

The programme aims at recognizing and rewarding excellence in the field of journalism.

This year's Awards Night will be held on July 26, 2011. The Mount Lavinia Hotel will host the event.

This year entries received for 14 categories

They are 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 years), 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

The Editors Guild also selects senior journalists for Lifetime Achievement Awards and the recipients of the D.R. Wijewardene Award for Recognition of Peers and the Public and the Sepala Gunasena Award for Press Freedom.