Activities

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…

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…