Dr. Chandrika Subramaniyan, Editor of Sydney based ‘The Sub-Continent Voice’, Monthly Magazine in English conducted a one day workshop for the Media Studies students on 6th of August 2018 on ‘DIGITAL MEDIA: Traditional Media to Transitional Media’ aims to strengthen the exposure of Media Studies students in new media and its emerging trends. The areas on Digital Journalism, Digital writing, Editorial…
Third year Media Studies students who are involved in Documentary Filmmaking participated in Mobile Journalism (#MoJoLK) training program which was launched to capacitate young community activists, enabling them to effectively capture the voice of vulnerable populations from marginalized settings in Sri Lanka by Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum (SDJF). The training programme conducted in Kandy during 8 – 9, July 2018…
Documentary Filmmaker Mr. Somitharan participated in a sharing session on ‘Making Political Documentaries – A Critical Perspective’ with Media Studies students on 4th of July 2018 at Media Lab of Media Studies.
The popular Script writer, Producer, Director, Singer and Music Director Mr. Denmark Shan (Mr. Shanmugam Subramaniam) from Denmark conducted a sharing session with Media Studies students on ‘Musical Albums – A storytelling tool through visual and music’ on 29.06.2018.
Media Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna successfully conducted a workshop for the more than 300 Advanced Level students from the 24 schools of Northern Province on 20th of June 2018 with the collaborations of Provincial Department of Education, Northern Province at the Kailasapathy Auditorium.The event aims to enhance the knowledge level and competency of the students in the subject…
Media Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna successfully conducted a photography exhibition, documentary films screening and launching ‘Kanali’ students’ magazine under the title of ‘Irullenpathu Kuraintha Oli’ (Dark means less light) on 18th of June 2018 at the Exhibition Hall – Fine Arts, Kailasapathy Auditorium and Physics Seminar Hall respectively.The event aims to encourage the students of media studies to…
‘Kanali’, a magazine produced by the second year students of media studies as an outcome of the course units ‘Reporting Techniques and Skills’ and ‘Editing Concepts and Processes’ at their study programme launched at Physics Seminar Hall as part of the 'Irullenpathu Kuraintha Oli' event on the same day evening.The magazine was ceremonially released by Prof. R. Vigneswaran, the Vice Chancellor,…
As part of the 'Irullenpathu Kuraintha Oli' event, the nine documentary films produced by the media studies students in different themes for the last two years as a part of their academic activities also were screened at Kailasapathy Auditorium on 18th of June 2018.The documentaries talked about various unspoken issues and the stories usually sidelined by the main stream media such…
Fifteen number of Media Studies students from second and third year participated the workshop series on building capacity of the journalists of North and East, conducted by ‘Adayaalam’ – Centre for Policy Research, Jaffna with the collaboration of Jaffna Press Club and funded by Embassy of United States in Sri Lanka and, completed their training on 26th of May, 2018. At…
The stakeholder discussions with pass out students of Diploma in Journalism and the Senior Journalists from Northern Province to collect their insights and inputs on newly designed curriculum of Diploma in Media Studies as per the Sri Lankan Quality Framework and the present challenges in media field conducted on 25th of May, 2018 at Media Lab of Media Studies.