Mangaluru, Jul 22, 2021: Brand Mangaluru Award given by the Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists’ Union was conferred on Sandeep Wagle, senior reporter of Kannada Prabha at a function held at Press Club here on July 22, Thursday. The Award is given to human interest reports that promote harmony and humanitarian values.
Wagle’s report titled " Komu Sauhardathege Sakshi-Sethuvada Yakshagana" published in Kannada Prabha dated November 25, 2020 was selected for the Award. The report had narrated how a Muslim family wholeheartedly agreed to let its front yard to hold a Yakshagana performance by a Hindu neighbour. District Superintendent of Police Rishikesh Sonavane presented the Award.
Raviprasad Kamila, Head of the Mangaluru Bureau of The Hindu, Smitha Shenoy, Head of the Department of Journalism of Besant Women’s College and Sowmya K B Kikkeri, Lecturer in Journalism Department of Mangalore University were part of the award selection committee.
Srinivas Nayak Indaje, President of DK District Journalists’ Union, senior journalist Harish Rai, Mangaluru Press Club President Annu Mangaluru and others were present.