Activities

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…

The graduates of Media Studies who are successfully involved in the 'Jaffna Gallery' YouTube Channel trained the Second Year students on Content Production and Marketing of 'YouTube Channels' on the 13th of October 2022 at the Media Lab of Media Studies. This was conducted as a part of the coordination of 'Alumni of Media Studies' in providing avenues to the internal…

Mr. Nadarajah Kuruparan, Senior Manager of 'Aathavan Media Network', London and 'Tamil FM', Colombo and Former News Director, 'Sooriyan FM', Colombo shared his experiences with the students on the 4th of October 2022 at the Arts Seminar Hall of the Faculty of Arts. Mr.Kuruparan elaborated the 'Role of News Editor in Radio Broadcasting' to the students and answered the questions on…

Mr. Nadarajah Kuruparan, Senior Manager of 'Aathavan Media Network', London and 'Tamil FM', Colombo and Former News Director, 'Sooriyan FM', Colombo shared his experiences with the students on the 4th of October 2022 at the Arts Seminar Hall of the Faculty of Arts. Mr.Kuruparan elaborated the 'Role of News Editor in Radio Broadcasting' to the students and answered the questions on…

The students who are following MSc in Development Communication at the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA) visited Media Studies and discussed with the students on Dev Comm issues in Northern Province on the 30th of September 2022.The team of PGIA students was guided by Professor WADP Wanigasundera, Retired Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya and…

The Commissioners of the Right to Information Commission visited the University of Jaffna and participated in the Discussion with the students of Media Studies, Law, Political Science, and Sociology on the 28th of September 2022 at the Arts Seminar Hall of the Faculty of Arts. The discussion was organized by the Department of Media Studies at the invitation of the RTI…

The Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) conducted a one-day workshop on 'Investigative Journalism' for the Media Studies students at the Arts Seminar Hall of the Faculty of Arts on the 26th of September 2022.The sessions were conducted by Mr. Shihar Annez, Senior Journalist and Investigative/data journalism trainer at the Center for Investigative Reporting, Sri Lanka and Mr. Ramkumar, Assistant News Editor…

Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC) conducted the annual SPOT survey together with the students of the Department of Media Studies in order to find out the trend of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs usage in Jaffna and Kilinochchi districts on the 6th and 7th of September 2022.According to the MoU between ADIC and the University of Jaffna, the survey carried…

On the invitation of the Department of Media Studies, Dr. S. Karmegam, Assistant Professor, Department of Folklore, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India participated in the ‘Sharing Session’ on ‘Importance of the Fieldwork in the Folklore Studies’.The session conducted on 1st of August 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at the Mini Board of the Faculty of Arts,…

MIL Summit 2022' and the Release of the Findings of 'Study on MIL Education in Sri Lanka' Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) supported the 'Study on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Education in Sri Lanka', an assessment of the trends and gaps and it was facilitated by the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna as per the Memorandum of…