Activities

The COVID – 19 pandemic situations forced the universities to do the teaching and learning activities towards online. On par with that a training session was organized by Professor T. Velnampy, Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce for the faculty staff to update their knowledge on video recording using zoom and Smart Phone with the assistance of Department…

The third year students of Media Studies who are selected and trained under the ‘Media Corps Fellowship’ by Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF) made number of mobile digital stories during the Covid 19 Pandemic Period and Post Covid 19 Period and, published their productions in the official social media platform of the Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF). The following…

The third and fourth year media studies students along with media professionals participated in two days training on 'Election Reporting' organized by 'Internews Sri Lanka' at Jaffna on 7th and 8th of March 2020, ahead of Parliamentary Elections 2020. Mr. M.M. Mohamed, Former Election Commissioner delivered the lecture on 'The Role of Media in Elections', Mr. A. Nixon, Senior Journalist shared…

The pass out and the students of fourth and third year of Media Studies involved in the documentation of 'Second International Thirukkural Conference 2020' held 21st to 23rd of February at University of Jaffna. The conference was organized by 'Thamilththaai' Trust, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu , International Institute of Tamil Studies, Tamil Nadu and Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu.

Mr. Dilakshan Prabhakaran, Third Year Media Studies student made a landmark in International Photography Competition conducted by '35 Awards', an International Professional Photo Community, Moscow, Russia by got the place in top 10 % of votes and entered top 17 % of best photographers among 1789 participants who sent their 5225 number of photos to the competition.The thematic contest 'Monkeys' was…

Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum (SDJF) is a national level organization committed to promote development, human rights, equality and inclusivity as well as peace and reconciliation through development communication organized ‘MediaCorps Fellowship’ which is a unique program that aims at incapacitating young journalists to produce stories that promote national dialogue and reconciliation in Sri Lanka.It is a part of Media Empowerment…

Ms. Luxshana Paheerathan, a third year student of Media Studies won the 'Best Photography' award in the competition titled 'Kan Vazhiye 2019' (Through the Eyes 2019) conducted by Tamil Literary Association of Uva Wellassa University for their annual festival 'Malaiththendral'.

International Media Support (IMS), a non-profit organisation working to support local media in countries affected by armed conflict, authoritarian rule and political transition conducted two days workshop on 'IT for Journalism' on 21st and 22nd of December 2019 at Jet Wing Hotel, Jaffna.Along with the professional journalists of Northern Province, 14 students of Media Studies from third year of study programme…

In order to enhance the teaching professional journalism to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite the senior journalists and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ addition to the academic inputs. On par with the above, Mr. Thirumaran Krishnapillai, Senior Broadcaster participated in the ‘Sharing Session’ on ‘Voice Modulation for Radio Programmes’ relevant to…

The third year Media Studies students who are following the course unit ‘Broadcasting Journalism’ (ACMC 31023) visited 'IBC Tamil' and gathered the professional inputs via discussions and practical learning at its studios during the first two weeks of December, 2019. More than 30 students visited 'IBC Tamil' in four groups and guided by Mr. Thiyagarajan Rajan, Managing Director, IBC Media Lanka,…