Times of Malta won two awards at last night's annual press awards ceremony. 

Herman Grech, Times of Malta's online editor, won the Opinion section with three of his blog posts entitled: 'Have I got news for you?', 'Why we've ditched comments to some online stories' and 'Jungle all the way'.

The Sunday Times of Malta's opinion writer Alan Deidun won the Environmental Journalism section with three pieces entitled: 'Robbing Peter to Pay Paul', 'How to mistreat a coastal zone' and 'Reclaiming land for even more luxury apartments'.

The event, organised by the Institute of Maltese Journalists, was held at the Palace Hotel in Sliema. 

The other winners were: Joe Mikallef (Il-Mument) in Printed Journalism; the Xarabank team in Investigative Journalism; Darrin Zammit Lupi (Reuters) in Photographic Journalism; Keith Demicoli (TVM) in Broadcast Journalism (News), Broadcast Journalism (Radio) and Travel Journalism.

The Gold Award was presented to a relative of Lino Arrigo Azzopardi.The Gold Award was presented to a relative of Lino Arrigo Azzopardi.

CVC Media (TVM) won the Broadcast Journalism (Features); Alvin Scicluna (TVM) in Broadcast Journalism (Filming) and in Cultural Journalism (Broadcast); Noel D’Anastas (Il-Mument/In-Nazzjon) in Cultural Journalism (Printed); Christian Micallef (Net TV) in Sports Journalism (Broadcast);

Charles Camenzuli (In-Nazzjon) won the award for Sports Journalism (Printed); Domenic Aquilina (Professional Imagemaker) in Sports Photography Journalism; Charmaine Attard (newsbook.com.mt) in E-Journalism; Charmaine Attard, Julia Callus and Ian Noel Pace (newsbook.com.mt) in Ethical and Positive Journalism on People with a Disability.

George Cremona (newsbook.com.mt) won the award in the Maltese Language in Printed and Electronic Journalism; and Maria Muscat (TVM) in the Maltese Language in Broadcast Journalism.

The Gold Award, which recognises individuals with a long career and vast experience in journalism and whose contribution goes beyond the requisites of normal professional practice, was presented posthumously to renowned photographer Lino Arrigo and writer Lino Bugeja.

The Gold Awards were presented by former President George Abela to members of their families.

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