The 27th Journalism Excellence Awards ceremony, recognising outstanding achievements in the media industry, will be held in Colombo today (10).
The event will be held under the patronage of senior journalist and Attorney-at-Law Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, a former Commissioner of the Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka.
In recognition of their decades-long contributions to the media industry, five veteran journalists will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, a prestigious honour presented only once in a lifetime.
The recipients of this year's award are Ashoka Gunathilake, Anura Bandara Rajaguru, Chandra Fernando, Rohan Sarath Abeywardena and Ariyaratne Ganegoda.
The awards ceremony is jointly organised by the Editors' Guild of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Press Institute. It will recognise the writing excellence of Sri Lankan print journalists whose work was published during 2025.
Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka founded in 1995
The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka, which pioneered the annual Journalism Excellence Awards programme, was established in 1995 under the leadership of several distinguished editors.
The founding group included the late Bandula Padmakumara, the late Mervyn de Silva, the late Ajith Samaranayake, the late Lasantha Wickrematunge, the late Nimal Horana, the late P. Arulanandan, the late Gamini Weerakoon and the late Sarath Cooray.
Other prominent editors involved in its formation were Siri Ranasinghe, Manik de Silva, Sinha Ratnatunga, Mohanlal Piyadasa, Upali Tennakoon and A. Sivanesaselvan.
The Guild has played a pioneering role in recognising and promoting excellence in Sri Lankan journalism through its annual awards programme.
Continuing a tradition that has been upheld for nearly three decades, the awards also provide a platform for emerging journalists to showcase their talents.
This year, 37 journalists are set to receive awards across various categories.
