Activities

Media Studies Students completed in the ‘I’m a Storyteller’, the Workshop on Digital Story Telling organized by the American Corner, Jaffna in collaboration with ‘Auteurs’ Diaries’. The Workshop was conducted at the American Corner, Jaffna. The sessions were held for 20 hours and the students learnt about the hero's journey, storytelling ethics, scriptwriting, and digital storytelling tools. The certificate awarding ceremony…

Media Studies Students participated in a discussion on which has been organized by ‘Kälam’ under the theme of ‘Hate Speech on social media’ towards Women, Girls, Female politicians and the LGBTQIA+ community. The discussion was held on 04th of November 2023.The following students from the fourth year and third year who have completed their Dissertation and Media Project Work respectively in…

The students of Harmony Centre of the University of Vavuniya who are following Advanced Certificate in Media Literacy and Journalism visited the Media Lab of Media Studies of the University of Jaffna on the 30th of October 2023. The team of Harmony Centre of Vavuniya University students was guided by Mrs. S. Mathivathany, Director/ Harmony Centre and Mr.A.Nixon, Senior Journalist and…

Two students from the Department of Media Studies are selected for the Parliamentary Internship Program under the Inclusive Participatory Processes Project (IPP) implemented by the National Democratic Institute, (NDI) in Sri Lanka. The National Democratic Institute, Sri Lanka (NDI), a USA-based NGO, has called for the nomination of final year students and recent graduates of Faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Law…

The Level I Semester II students demonstrated their knowledge and creative talents on ‘Theories and Models of Communication’ by conducting a class exhibition on the 06th and 20th of September 2023 at the New Arts Examination Hall and Management Hall respectively. Class exhibition conducted under course unit ‘Theories and Models of Communication’ (CMC 12013) of the curriculum of the Bachelor of…

Media Studies Students participated in the Photojournalism Workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) collaborating with the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) for Undergraduates in Journalism held on the 14th of September 2023 (Thursday) at the Hilton Colombo. The applications were called from university students from around the country. The following students from the Department of Media Studies participated…

A Popular Actor from the Tamil Nadu Cinema Industry Mr. Black Pandi visited the University of Jaffna and had a discussion with students of Media Studies on 05th September 2023 at Seminar Hall, Faculty of Arts.Lingeswaran Madurai, known professionally as Pandi has acted in several Tamil films and Television shows. He is known for his role as "Pandi" in the popular…

Shri Raakesh Natraj, Consul General of India to Sri Lanka in Jaffna along with Shri Nagarajan Ramaswamy, Consul (CPV & PIE) visited the Media Lab of Media Studies on 05th of September 2023 (Tuesday) and discussed the development of the Department of Media Studies.The first time a Consul General of India visited the Media Lab with the officials of the Consulate…