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Lakshman Kadirgamar Journalism scholarship winner 2016-2017 Piyumi Fonseka of the Daily Mirror received her internship certificate and a special award for securing the highest score in investigative reporting at Friday’s convocation at MASCOM, the Kerala based media academy.
MASCOM is managed by one of India’s largest multi-media houses, the Malayala Manorama Group and the academy is headed by the well-known journalism teacher Prof. Thomas Oommen.

Ms. Fonseka won the Lakshman Kadirgamar scholarship for being the recipient of the Denzil Pieris Young Journalist Award at the annual Excellence in Journalism programme jointly organised by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Press Institute.

She is seen here receiving her certificate and award at the MASCOM graduation ceremony from the Kerala State Police chief Dr. T.P. Senkumar.

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