Daya Neththasinha

Daya Nettasinghe who contributed features, poems and provincial reports to alternative newspapers, since the days of schooling, joined ‘Lanka’ newspaper in 2001 as a provincial journalist. He was an editorial board member of it from 2010 to 2013. He joined ‘Sathhanda’ weekend newspaper in 2015 and works at present there as an editorial board member. He won the professor K. Kailasapathi award, given to special reporting of special events, at the Journalism Excellence Awards ceremony organized by Editors Guild and Sri Lanka Press Institute. He was able to win in 2013, Subramanum Chettiar Award for best reporting of social issues (Sinhala) Upali Wijewardena Award for best investigative report at the same awards ceremony. He is an Artist, Photographer and has won awards for his drama and acting skills.

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