Mangaluru: Senior Journalist Jagannath Shetty Bala has been selected as the member of Karnataka Media Academy.

He has been working in the field of journalism from past 33 years. He was honoured with several awards such as Karnataka Media Academy Award, DK District Rajyotsava Award (2008), Vishwa Kannada Sammelana Award, Abudhabi (2018).

He also worked ad the member of Tulu Sahitya Academy.