Activities

The virtual discussion on interior design of the proposed incubator space which will be established under the Memorandum of Agreement signed between University of Jaffna and HELVETAS, held on 30th of June 2021. Ms. Chandula Kumbukage, Project Manager, HELVETAS, Mr. Sahithyanan, Project Officer, Inspire Project, Mr. Mohamad Azad, Program Director, SDJF and Ms. Vithya Subhasranjan, Interior Designer were attended and conducted the brain storm session with the…

The Senior Sports Journalist and Media Instructor Mr. Arun Arokiyanathan participated in the Sharing Session with Media Studies students via online on 27th June 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the title of 'Sports Journalism'.Mr. Arun Arokiyanathan explained the important aspects in reporting sports and shared his experiences with the students about the career in sports journalism. He advised the students to have serous concern on background stories…

The senior Journalist and Political Analyst Mr. Amirthanayagam Nixon who is having more than ten years experience as a Parliament Correspondent for a national Tamil daily guided the students in reporting parliament sessions at the Sharing Session via online on 19th June 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mr. A. Nixon further explained the constitutional background of the formation and development of Sri Lankan parliament system, Standing order for…

Dr. M C Rasmin, Media Researcher and Consultant shared his valuable experiences to the Media Studies students on 'Broadcasting Media : A Sri Lankan Perspective' at the Sharing Session via online on 18th June 2021 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.He talked about the timeline changes in Sri Lankan broadcasting, Positioning radio in the information ecosystem, Landscape of radio medium in Sri Lanka, Radio audio concentration, Radio in…

The senior Journalist and Political Analyst Mr. Amirthanayagam Nixon shared his views and present condition of the international media at the Sharing Session via online on 14th June 2021 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The session primarily aims to enhance the exposure of the fourth year students who are learning 'International Media Scenario' and provide awareness to the second and…

The well-known Tamil Magazine 'Siriththiran' which considered as the first satire magazine in Tamil relaunched from year 2021 provide the opportunity to Mr. Selvarajah Vinoth, a fourth year Media Studies student and a young enthusiastic cartoonist by giving chance to draw the cover page cartoons in its recent issues. It will be another avenue to the Media Studies students to enhance the talents…

In order to reinitiate the Film Appreciation Movement in Northern Province and encourage the youngsters to involve in film productions, 'Balu Mahendra Library', the one and only film archive in North donated 1200 original DVDs of award winning films from different countries and various languages to the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna on 20th of April, 2021.The formal ceremony…

Ms. Shawmiya Sriskantharajah, Assistant Programme Manager, Capital TV and alumnae of Media Studies shared her experiences as a producer, announcer and anchor in television field with the Media Studies students on 15th of April 2021 via Zoom.The students were motivated by her speech and enthusiastically participated in Q&A session.She advised the students in her session to work with media while study…

In order to inspect the progress of the establishment of the incubator space which has been carried out at the Department of Media Studies with the collaboration of HELVETAS and Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF), the European Union Delegation to Sri Lanka and Maldives who is the funding agency visited Media Studies on 24th of March, 2021. The discussion was held at the Media…

Under the title of 'Promotion of a Commemorative Culture and Peace in Sri Lanka', Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) Invited Media Studies Students to participate in collaborative writings particularly producing feature articles from their own landscape. The purpose of this endeavour will work on the below objectives: Strengthening of the network of Tamil and Sinhalese media professionals Increasing media capacity in human rights reporting, with…