Five Times of Malta journalists win at press awards
Five Times of Malta journalists took home prizes at the Malta Journalism Awards this evening.
Caroline Muscat won in both the print journalism and environmental journalism categories. Ms Muscat was the journalist who revealed how businessman Mark Gaffarena made a mint on a Valletta property by buying it mere weeks before the government expropriated it.
Kevin Azzopardi won the sports journalism (print) prize. Mr Azzopardi wrote a series of articles about match-fixing in local football, as well as a set of articles about footballers of Maltese descent obtaining Maltese passports.
Paul Zammit Cutajar took home the award for best sports photography.
Kristina Chetcuti's Sunday column won her the award for best opinion articles, and Lino Bugeja took home the prize for best cultural journalism.
The Malta Journalism Awards are held every year and awarded by the Institute of Maltese Journalists.