Chathura Alwis

Chathura Alwisa
චතුර අල්විස්
Chathura Alwis in 2014
Born	Panadura, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Sri Sumangala College, Panadura Thurstan College, Colombo
Occupation	Journalism
Years active	2006–present
Television	Lokaya Saha Lokayo Derana Aruna Talk with Chathura Wada Pitiya

'Chathura de Alwis (Sinhala: චතුර ද අල්විස්; born 15 May), popularly known as ', is a Sri Lankan journalist.^[1][2][3] He attended the Sri Sumangala College in Panadura for his primary education and Thurstan College in Colombo for further studies. In 2017, he won the "Most Popular Journalist on Social Media" award at the Mashable World Social Media Day Awards. He was also awarded the SLIM-Nielsen Peoples' Award for Best Television Presenter in 2018, 2019, and 2020.^{[4][5][6][7][8][citation needed]}.

Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Chathura Alwis	SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards Best television presenter	Won
2019	Chathura Alwis	SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards Best television presenter	Won
2020	Chathura Alwis	SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards Best television presenter	Won
2021	Chathura Alwis	SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards Peoples Television Presenter of the Year	Won

References

1. "මාධ්‍යවේදී, නිවේදක චතුර අල්විස්". සරසවිය. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
2. "දොළොස් වැනි වරටත් මාලිනිය ස්ලිම් නීල්සන් අබිසෙස් ලබයි". සරසවිය. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
3. "මම එක පුතෙක් නෙමෙයි පරපුරක්ම හැදුවා". සරසවිය. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
4. "These photos of wall art in Sri Lanka were not taken at the same location". Fact Check. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
5. "Derana wins top awards at SLIM People's Awards 2021". Ada Derana. March 23, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
6. Mani, Nelson (January 9, 2021). "FACT CHECK: දෙරණ අරුණ වැඩසටන ඉදිරිපත් කල පසුබිමේ තිබෙන චිත්‍රය මේ වන විට විනාශ වී ඇත්ද?". Factcrescendo Sri Lanka Lanka. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
7. "Derana TV Chathura's Double Standards Exposed: Citizens Enraged Over Racist Slurs Of Derana TV Anchor". Colombo Telegraph. April 2, 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
8. "Derana Chathura's issue takes a new twist". Sri Lanka Mirror. Apr 2, 2020. Archived from the original on Sep 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-01.