Mysuru:

Two journalists each from Mysuru and Kodagu districts and one from Chamarajanagar are among the winners of the State Annual Awards given by Bengaluru-based Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ).

K.K. Karthik, reporter of The New Indian Express English Daily at Mysuru, has bagged ‘K.A. Nettakallappa Award’ for best sports report while Shivu Hunsur, reporter of Vijayavani Kannada Daily at Hunsur, has bagged ‘R.L. Vasudevarao Award’ for best article on wildlife.

Kodagu’s Shakti Newspaper Editor G. Rajendra has bagged ‘Rajashekar Koti Award’ for his over four-decades service to the field of Journalism while Kannada Prabha Somwarpet taluk Reporter S.A. Muralidhar has bagged ‘Mandibele Shyamanna Memorial Award’ for best report on rural issues.

Gulipura Nandeesh, Chamarajanagar district reporter of Doordarshan’s Chandana Kannada Channel, has bagged ‘Girijamma Rudrappa Talikote Award.’ Nandeesh is a resident of  Yelandur in Chamarajanagar district and had served in different newspapers before joining Doordarshan.

The awards will be conferred at KUWJ’s Annual Conference slated to take place at Kalaburagi on Jan. 3 and 4.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / December 26th, 2021