Thrissur: The media awards for the best coverage of the 58th School Arts Festival were presented by education minister C Raveendranath on Friday. Manorama Online won the award for best online coverage of the youth festival. Manorama Online's Sivasailam Sarath Kumar accepted the award from the minister.
Malayala Manorama also won the award for best page layout. N Majesh received the award for Malayala Manorama.
At the same time, K M Siva of Manorama won the award for best cartoon. Manorama News was selected as the best channel for its coverage of the youth festival and the award was handed over to Thrissur reporter Nikhil Davis.
Meanwhile, Manorama Kottayam unit photographer Jibin Chempola was presented with the award for best photographer at the state school games held in Pala.
Agriculture minister V S Sunil Kumar presided over the award ceremony. K V Abdul Khader MLA, DPI K Mohan Kumar and ADPI Jessy Joseph were also present for the function.
Carpet coverage
Manorama Online had put in place special arrangements to present the festival news in English and Malayalam. A special site was prepared in a responsive style that performed well in desktop and mobile versions. Live updates were provided on Manorama Online’s mobile app and mobile site.
Apart from live updates, news, analyses, special reports, comprehensive information on competitions and venues, special photo and video galleries, social media features such as Facebook Live, Media Wall and YouTube videos were prepared for the occasion.
Thrissur 360 introduced the geography and peculiarities of the host town. The site also contained a district-wise presentation of the festival news, live television and a daily column.
The site was also noted for the space provided to its readers. Festival participants and audience could use the selfie booth set up beside the main venue apart from the photo booth and studio. The photos and videos from the festival were screened on a public video wall set up near the Banerjee Club.
The Manorama Online pages were visited by hundreds of thousands of readers from India and abroad. The Facebook Lives proved to be instant hits since they were an effective way to present the contests and interviews of contestants and teachers.
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