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In order to reinitiate the Film Appreciation Movement in Northern Province and encourage the youngsters to involve in film productions, 'Balu Mahendra Library', the one and only film archive in North donated 1200 original DVDs of award winning films from different countries and various languages to the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna on 20th of April, 2021.The formal ceremony…

Ms. Shawmiya Sriskantharajah, Assistant Programme Manager, Capital TV and alumnae of Media Studies shared her experiences as a producer, announcer and anchor in television field with the Media Studies students on 15th of April 2021 via Zoom.The students were motivated by her speech and enthusiastically participated in Q&A session.She advised the students in her session to work with media while study…

In order to inspect the progress of the establishment of the incubator space which has been carried out at the Department of Media Studies with the collaboration of HELVETAS and Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF), the European Union Delegation to Sri Lanka and Maldives who is the funding agency visited Media Studies on 24th of March, 2021. The discussion was held at the Media…

Under the title of 'Promotion of a Commemorative Culture and Peace in Sri Lanka', Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) Invited Media Studies Students to participate in collaborative writings particularly producing feature articles from their own landscape. The purpose of this endeavour will work on the below objectives: Strengthening of the network of Tamil and Sinhalese media professionals Increasing media capacity in human rights reporting, with…

Media Studies students and alumni actively participated in telecasting and documenting photographs of the Convocation of University of Jaffna - 2021 held on 24th and 25th of February, 2021 at the Indoor Stadium of the University.Mr. T. Thivakar, Ms. P. Sivatharsiny, Ms. P. Pavatharany, Ms. M. Roshani, Mr. P. Dilakshan, Mr. R. Kalaiamuthan, Mr. B.S. Praveen and Mr. R. Muralikaran were…

The fourth year Media Studies students participated in the Virtual Discussion on 'What Makes Women Set Backed?' conducted by Law and Society Trust, a not-for-profit organization engaged in legal research, advocacy and human rights documentation in Sri Lanka. The discussion was held on 4th of February, 2021 and the participants analyzed the issues relevant to the social values which encourage the…

'Thinakaran' National Tamil Daily from Lake House Publications which was founded in the year 1932, committed to provide a full page for the feature articles of Media Studies Students from January 2021.The articles written by the students on social, cultural, economical issues and current affairs being published by 'Thinakaran' on its Friday issue and gathered the notable attention from its readers all over…

The selected students of Media Studies rendered their services as resource persons in school-based prevention programs on alcohol and drugs in Jaffna district schools. The Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC) trained the students and made the organization the school-based prevention programme. The students along with ADIC officials successfully conducted the prevention programmes on the 3rd, 4th and 9th of November…

In order to impart the knowledge on nature and create understanding of environmental journalism among the students of Media Studies the department made arrangements for the participation of the students with 'Podhigai Charal', an environmental movement from Tamil Nadu, India through a webinar on 16th of December 2020.The presentation and sharing made by Mr. 'Aatral' Praveen Kumar, Environmental Activist and Educator…

Ms. Luxana Pakirathan, a third year Media Studies student won two national level prizes in the photography competition conducted by the Asia Foundation in partnership with the Photographic Society of Sri Lanka.The competition conducted on theme of 'Pic Your Values' on six categories: peace, respect, tolerance, compassion, honesty / sincerity, cooperation / solidarity or year 2020 and Ms. Luxana Pakirathan won…