Activities

The third session of the special seminar on 'Improving Communication and Media Literacy in Northern Province Schools' was conducted by the Department of Government Information with the collaboration of the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna under the National School Media Club Promotion Program on 29th of October 2021. The event was coordinated by Mr. Harsha B. Abeykoon, Assistant Director of Information, Department of…

Under the project of 'Film for Dialogue' which was implemented by the Chrysalis, an affiliate organization of CARE International and funded by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Ms. Suvanya Srithar, a final year Media Studies student produced a short film 'Punkodai' which speaks about an unspoken issue of the same-gender orientation under the gender sensitization and gathered a notable widespread viewership.Ms.…

The second session of the special seminar on 'Improving Communication and Media Literacy in Northern Province Schools' was conducted by the Department of Government Information with the collaboration of the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna under the National School Media Club Promotion Program on 07th of October 2021.The event was coordinated by Mr. Harsha B. Abeykoon, Assistant Director of Information, Department of Government…

In relevant to the 'Reporting Techniques', a course unit of the second year second semester, two senior journalists were invited for the sharing sessions with the students virtually to get professional exposure in the field reporting.The first session was conducted by Mr. Arun Arokianathan, Freelance Journalist and Media Instructor on 'Reporting in Modern Era' on the 29th of September 2021. Mr. Arun shared his…

The Sri Lanka Press Institute with the collaboration of Sri Lanka Press Complaints Commission conducted a webinar on 'Emergency Regulation and Media Freedom' on 23rd of September 2021.Dr. S. Raguram, Head, Department of Media Studies, Mr. Javid Yusuf, Attorney at Law and the Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Mr. R. Thayaparan, Senior Journalist and Convener of Jaffna Press Club were…

The Department of Government Information started the implementation of the National School Media Club Promotion Program since 2019 in collaboration with the School Curriculum Division of the Ministry of Education and the Media Subject Development Project Division of the National Institute of Education by an Advisory Committee consisting of Senior Academics and Professors of the University Mass Communication Studies Divisions. On…

Higher Diploma in Media Studies (HDMS), a community outreach study programme of the Department of Media Studies was inaugurated by Prof.S.Srisatkunarajah, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jaffna at the virtual ceremony on 17.09.2021.Dr.K.Suthakar, Dean, Faculty of Arts was the guest of honour of the event and it was chaired by Dr.S.Raguram, Head, Department of Media Studies.The Vice-Chancellor made a remark in his keynote…

The students' magazine 'Kanali' - 2020 was ceremonially released by the Vice-Chancellor Prof.S.Srisatkunarajah at the virtual function on 17th of September 2021.The release function was chaired by Dr.S.Raguram, Head, Department of Media Studies and the Dean of the Faculty Dr. K. Suthakar graced the function as the guest of honour.'Kanali' 2020 is consecutively released this time as the third issue from…

Mr. T. Prabakaran, Editor, Uthayan Tamil Daily guided the students on 'How to write features interestingly?' via a sharing session on 29th Sunday August 2021 virtually. He has analyzed the features written by the students and shared constructive ideas to develop them to attract the readers of the newspapers. Mr. T. Prabakaran further discussed about the selection of themes for features,…

With over 100 promising young media students from the Media Studies, HELVETAS and Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF) began the virtual training program on Digital Citizenship on 25th of July 2021 morning with a brief inauguration ceremony, as a part of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed between the Helvetas Intercooperation gGmbH and University of Jaffna.The virtual training programme on ‘An Exploration of…