Fourth year Media Studies students participated in the workshop on 'Challenges and Opportunities Face by Tamil Journalism' jointly organized by Sri Lanka Tamil Journalists Association and Jaffna Press Club on 24th of February 2019 in Jaffna. Senior Journalists, Chief Editors of Tamil Dailies and Media Academics took part in the one day workshop and discussed the various issues in relevant to…
23 students from Media Studies participated in a two days workshop on 'Right to Information and Community Journalism' conducted by the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in Jaffna on 23rd and 24th of February 2019, with the financial support from USAID through the Strengthening Democratic Governance and Accountability Project (SDGAP) in Sri Lanka.
The Media Studies students who has been involved in Mobile Journalism (#MoJoLK) training program which was launched to capacitate young community activists, enabling them to effectively capture the voice of vulnerable populations from marginalized settings in Sri Lanka, awarded for their productions in Colombo on 23rd of February 2019. The event was organized by Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF) and…
More than 40 young and aspiring media students from the eight universities across the country including five of our students from third year of studies gathered for the workshop on 'i-voice' content generation jointly organized by Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on 21st of February 2019 in Colombo. They have been trained on generating…
The Jaffna Press Club organized a discussion on ‘Ethics on Reporting Suicide and Road Accidents in Media’ with the participation of Dr. MuraliVallipuranathan, Dr. Sivayogan and Dr. Kesavan and it was held on 15th of February 2019 in Jaffna Press Club. The second year Media Studies students actively participated in the discussion on the invitation of Jaffna Press Club and got…
On the invitation of the organizing committee of International Conference on Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Health Applications (ICAMCEHA 2019), University of Jaffna - Media Studies contributed in the audio - visual documentation of the conference for three days on 6th to 8th, February, 2019.
The Students of Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA) of University of Peradeniya who follow M.Sc. in Development Communication Extension visited Media Studies as part of their study programme and attend the lecture on 'Developmental Journalism (EX 5201)' conducted by Dr.S.Raguram, Senior Lecturer, Media Studies. They have collected field experiences by visiting resettlement villages in coastal areas and media outlets in…
A high profile team of International Media Support (IMS) visited Media Studies on 28th of January 2019 to explore the future ventures with Media Studies, University of Jaffna to uplift the journalism standards in Northern Province.International Media Support is a Denmark based non-profit organization working to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue throughout the…
The staff of Media Studies participated in 'Media and the Law in Sri Lanka' Conference, conducted by Sri Lanka Media Law Forum (SLMLF) in collaboration with National Secretariat for Media Reforms (NSMR), Colombo Law Society and International Media Support (IMS) on 26th of January 2019 at Waters Edge, Colombo.Dr.S.Raguram, Coordinator, Media Studies moderated the session on 'Defamation and Media' in the…
Ms. Gabrielle Menezes, Former Correspondent for 'Al Jazeera' – West Africa and Multimedia Storyteller conducted a sharing session with Media Studies students on ‘Photo Journalism and Multimedia Storytelling’ on 24th January 2019.Further, she has explained about the her involvement in Polaroid Photography and how is differ from the Digital Film-making on the context of creativity.For further information about Ms. Gabrielle Menezes…