Activities

The InSPIRE project conducted a series of the practical training programmes for the Media Studies students of the University of Jaffna, as individual sessions and collaborative sessions with the University of Peradeniya, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and South Eastern University under the theme, 'An Exploration of Creative Minds for Future Media'.The training programmes were organized by the Sri Lanka Development Journalists…

The award-winning filmmaker and having 10 years of professional experience in different sectors in the film field Mr. Mathi Sutha has shared his experiences in filmmaking among the students of Media Studies on 25th March of 2022 at the Arts New Auditorium, University of Jaffna. Mr. Mathy Sutha so far directed 15 short films and he has been awarded internationally for…

Media Studies students from the second year and third year participated in a one day workshop on 'Reporting in Pandemic and Media Ethics' which was organized by the Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs Ministry with the collaboration of the Governor Secretariat of Northern Province on 05th of January 2022 at the District Secretariat, Jaffna.Mr. K. Mahesan, District Secretary, Jaffna was presiding…

‘Virudcham’, a rural library that aims to encourage the reading habit among the children who are living in remote areas has been established in Senaippulavu, Mamadhu, Nedurnkerny by the effort of Ms. Sarumathy Nagaratnam, a third-year Media Studies student as an outcome of the course ‘Development Journalism’.The ceremonial opening of the library was held on 27th of December 2021 with the…

Mr. Arthur Wamanan Sornalingam, a versatile journalist from the Sri Lankan English newspaper field shared his experiences with Media Studies students in 'Reporting Conflicts' on 16th of December 2021.Mr. Wamanan was the Editor-in-Chief of the Nation newspaper and covered humanitarian issues of the Northern and Eastern Provinces during the height of the last phase of the war in Sri Lanka. Further,…

The academic staff of the Media Studies invited as resource persons to the Workshop on 'Ethical and Conflict Sensitive Journalism' to the Youths, Conducted by Caritas- HUDEC Jaffna, the Social arm of the Catholic Church of Jaffna' on 13th of December, 2021.The youths who are working in communication and media sector of the diocese of Jaffna and the second year Media…

The Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL) provides a voluntary self regulatory method to resolve inaccuracies that may occur in newspapers, magazines, journals and online editions of newspapers. Bound by the Editors’ Code, the PCCSL resolves complaints in a FAST,FREE and FAIR procedure.Mr. Sukumar Rockwood, Chief Executive Officer of the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL) shared his valuable…

‘Virudcham’, a rural library that aims to encourage the reading habit among the children who are living in remote areas has been established in Senaippulavu, Mamadhu, Nedurnkerny by the effort of Ms. Sarumathy Nagaratnam, a third-year Media Studies student as an outcome of the course ‘Development Journalism’. The ceremonial opening of the library was held on 27th of December 2021 with…

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.…