Activities

Department of Media Studies organized the event to introduce the Book ‘நினைவு நல்லது’ (Ninaivu Nallathu) written by Mr.P.Wickneswaran, a veteran Tamil Broadcaster on the 29th of August 2023 at the Library Auditorium of University of Jaffna.‘நினைவு நல்லது’ (Ninaivu Nallathu) is a memoir of a Tamil broadcaster for more than fifty years and it is the collection of columns written by Mr.P.Wickneswaran…

In order to enhance the professional exposure in journalism to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to send the students to media institutes and relevant outlets to make them familiar with professional media exposure in addition to the academic inputs. On par with the above, Level III Semester II students visited St. Joseph’s Catholic…

In order to enhance the teaching of professional journalism to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite senior journalists and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs.On par with the above, Ms.Roshani Manoranshan, News Presenter & Promoter, IBC Tamil shared her experience on the topic of ‘Radio Production and…

Two days workshop on ‘Reporting During Crisis and Feature Writing’ conducted by the Department of Media Studies to the students in order to enhance their professional knowledge in reporting and editing. The sessions were related to the course units of ‘Magazine Journalism: Content and Design (ACMC 42053)’, ‘Print Media: Productions and Design (CMCH 32013)’ and ‘Conflict Sensitive Journalism (CMCH 31053)’. The…

In order to enhance the teaching of professional journalism to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite senior journalists and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs. On par with the above, Ms.A.Suvethini, Broadcasting Journalist, Sooriyan FM shared her experience on the topic of ‘News Reading & Compering programs…

Releasing Ceremony of ‘Kanali Volume-04′, the students’ magazine of Media Studies held on the 10th of August 2023 at the Library Auditorium of University of Jaffna. ‘Kanali’ is an outcome of the course units of ‘Newspaper Editing: Concepts and Processes’ (CMCH 22023) in the Level II of Media Studies. Volume 04 of ‘Kanali’ is the special edition of ‘Folk Media’ which…

In order to enhance the teaching of professional media to the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite senior journalists, filmmakers and editors for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs.On par with the above, Mr.Murugesu Raveendran, Controller, Yaal FM, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Cooperation conducted the ‘Sharing Session’ with the students on…

The training program titled Values for Digital Community with the Collaboration of American Corner Jaffna was conducted on the 27th of July and the 03rd of August 2023. This training program focused on creating awareness of using digital media responsibly and countering disinformation, especially while using Social Media. Also, this program created youth to be more vigilant about social media hate…

A training session on Mobile Journalism (MoJo) was conducted relevant to the course unit ‘Contemporary Media Technology’ (CMCH 22043/CMC 22013) which falls under Level II semester II. The course unit provides an avenue for the students to learn the practical exposure and training on MoJo relevant to create innovative ways to utilize the new media constructively and originate a social media…