Activities

The final year students of Media Studies successfully completed their Media Internship Professional Training for the year 2023 in Rupavahini State Television, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Cooperation (SLBC), DAN TV, Government Information Department, Lake House, Maharajah Television Channel Private Limited and International Broadcasting Corporation (IBC Tamil) during the period of May and June 2023.The internship training is very significant to provide opportunities…

As facilitation to the university activities, the Department of Media Studies covered and audio-visual documented the event of the Orientation Programme for B.A Degree Academic Year 2021/22 at the Kailasapathy Auditorium of Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna held on the 04th July 2023.

In order to enhance the teaching of professional media to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite senior journalists, filmmakers and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs.On par with the above, Parvathy Meera, a well-known Indian Lyricist conducted the ‘Sharing Session’ with the students on the 30th of…

As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna, the Alcohol and Drugs Information Center (ADIC) launched the Short Film Competition on Alcohol and Drug Awareness at the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna on 27th of June 2023. The Short Film Competition on Alcohol and Drug Awareness is conducted at the University…

Mr.Chandramohan Niroshan, Third Year Student of the Department of Media Studies awarded Special Merit Award at the national level Mo-Jo competition. The competition for mobile journalism and mobile filmmaking was organized by USAID, IREX’s Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka (MEND) Program to unearth and champion the talent and the best examples of Mobile Journalism in Sri Lanka. The Competition was…

Department of Media Studies conducted the Youth workshop on ‘Gender Orientation and Gender Politics’ with the collaboration of Jaffna Transgender Network on 25th of June 2023 (Sunday) from 09.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. at Arts Seminar Hall, Faculty of Arts. The objective of the workshop was creating awareness and understanding to the media students on LGBTQUIA+++ challenges and their rights. The…

In order to enhance the teaching of professional media to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite senior journalists, filmmakers and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs. On par with the above, Mr.Bharathi Rajanayagam, Senior Journalist, Former Editor, Thinakkural Weekly, Colombo and Eezhanadu Daily, Jaffna conducted the ‘Sharing…

In order to enhance the teaching of professional media to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite senior journalists, filmmakers and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs. On par with the above, Mr.Elroy Amalathas, a versatile and well-known Journalist and Media Professional who has worked with MTV, IBC…

Mr.Selvakumar Rinoshan, Third Year Student of the Department of Media Studies submitted his Short films ‘Emali’ and ‘Mann Soru’ for the Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF) 2023. The Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF) is the premier platform for showcasing the artistic talent of student filmmakers from around the world. Screening the films of filmmakers from 120 countries each year,…

In order to enhance the teaching of professional journalism to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite senior journalists and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs.  On par with the above, Ms.Kiruththiga Tharumarajah, Independent Gender and Media Consultant (INGO) shared her experience on the topic of ‘The Newsroom…