Former news editor of Virakesari and Sudaroli newspaper Mr. S. Edward won the Senior Journalist award during the annual award ceremony held by SriLanka Tamil Media Alliance (SLTMA) at the Wellwatte Ramakrishna MissionHall Sunday, sources in Colombo said.Chief guest and former High court chief judge Mr. C.V. Vickneswaran,Virakesari and Thinakkural Managing Directors Mr. Kumar Nadesan, and S.P.Saamy, and Colombo University academic Mr S. Chandrasekaram, gave away theawards during the ceremony.Vice President of SLTMA and Thinnkural weekly Deputy Editor Ms Devagowrygave the opening speech and Sub Editor at Virakesari, Mr S. Chithrajan,welcomed the attendees.

Senior Announcer award was presented to Ms. Rajeswary Shanmugam Of Srilanka
broad casting Corporation. The Best Journalist awards were presented to Mr.
K. Jeevakadas of Virakesari, Thinkkural editorial department staff
journalist, Mr. M.A.M. Nilam, Soorian FM chief news editor Mr. S Kuruparan,
free lance journalist Mr. K. Raveendran, and Upcountry free lance
journalist Mr. S. Sridaran.Best Photo journalist award went to Virakesari's Joy Jeyakumar, andThinakkural's A Yogamurthy won the Best Cartoonist award. 
The news editor of Eelanatham Mr. S. Sivapalan was presented with
Nimalarajan Award. Thinkkural Batticaloa District correspondent Mr. S. Vethanayagam was giventhe Nadesan award.

Tamil National alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians,Upcountry Tamil
parliamentarians, Ambassadors and journalists from different media
participated in the event.

Courtesy: www.Tamilnet.com
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