A total of 20 journalists in the State, including ‘Mysooru Mithra’ Sub-Editor A.C. Prabhakar, were honoured with 'Madhyama Academy Awards (2016)' by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at a function held at Vidhana Soudha Banquet Hall here yesterday. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 20,000, a memento and a citation.
The other awardees including senior journalist from Bengaluru H.R. Sreesha, Samyukta Karnataka’s Shantala Dharmaraj, G. Veeranna of Ballari, Siddiqui Alduri of Chikkamagalur, Ronald Fernandes of Mangaluru, Chini Purushottam of Tumakuru, Ujjini Rudrappa of Koppal, Hemanth Kumar of Bengaluru, Ramaswamy of Ramanagaram, Shankarappa of Bagalakote, Hussainappa Chalavadi, Nagaraj Sunagar of Dharwad, Anil Kumar Hosamani of Vijayapura and Malatesh Angur of Haveri.
