Activities

The ‘Internews’, a non-profit organization operating internationally, with administrative centers in California, Washington DC, London and Paris, as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi – invited students of Media Studies for its two days workshop regarding ‘Discussion and Story Production Programmes’ held on January 14th and 15th in Colombo. Five students from third year participated in the workshop and…

The Media Studies, with the collaboration of Iran Cultural Centre, Colombo conducted 'Iran - Sri Lanka Friendship Cinema Festival' and screened two Iranian films at Kailasapathy Auditorium, University of Jaffna on 10th of January 2019. From the initiative of Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Colombo, Mr. Mostafa Sohrab, Counsellor - Iran Cultural Centre and Mr. DhanushkaGunathilake, Deputy Director…

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) invited the students of Media Studies for a workshop on Right to Information (RTI) held on 10th and 11th of November in Jaffna with the facilitation of USAID. The participants learnt how to write RTI application, appeal and filing process through this workshop.

The students of third year Media Studies who involved in Documentary Film-making in order to produce their final submission for the subject ‘Introduction to Production Technologies’ (ACMC 32033) participated in a workshop in editing conducted by Mr.Thangavel Sivanesan, Graphic Artist – Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on 20th October at Media Lab.

In order to acquire the practical knowledge of ‘Introduction to Production Technologies’ subject, the second year students visited different types of printing productions and gathered first hand experiences.

Media Studies students took part in ‘Master Class on Documentary Film-making’ - A parallel session of Jaffna International Cinema Festival 2018, conducted by Brad Allgood (USA), a well-known Documentary Filmmaker and the director of ‘Landfill Harmonic’ on 4th of October at American Corner, Jaffna. The Master Class provided a space to the students get to know the international experiences and professional…

As a facilitation to the university activities, Media Studies covered the Jaffna University International Conference – 2018 (JUICe 2018) held on 27th and 28th of September 2018 and furnished a documentary on the event.

The four students: Mr. Thivakar Thiruchchelvam, Mr. Ramanathan Jeyanthan, Ms. Vijayatharsini Vijayakumar and Ms. Pirainila Krishnarajah who are completed their final year of studies presented their dissertations as research papers at the Jaffna University International Conference – 2018 (JUICe 2018) held on 28th of September 2018.

Media Studies students and staff participated in 20th Anniversary of Colombo Declaration on Media Freedom and Social Responsibility in Colombo. The three days anniversary events and the International Conference conducted by Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL) and Sri Lanka College of Journalism from 27th to 29th of September 2018. Mr. A. Nixon further explained the constitutional background…

As per the request from the Chairman, Tourism Bureau, Northern Province to the Vice Chancellor – University of Jaffna, the students of Media Studies visited tourist attractive places in Jaffna Peninsula and prepared news features, interviews and travel articles and published them in local newspapers as a part of public awareness related to ‘World Tourism Day 2018’.