Year 2021

The Department of Government Information started the implementation of the National School Media Club Promotion Program since 2019 in collaboration with the School Curriculum Division of the Ministry of Education and the Media Subject Development Project Division of the National Institute of Education by an Advisory Committee consisting of Senior Academics and Professors of the University Mass Communication Studies Divisions. On…

Higher Diploma in Media Studies (HDMS), a community outreach study programme of the Department of Media Studies was inaugurated by Prof.S.Srisatkunarajah, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jaffna at the virtual ceremony on 17.09.2021.Dr.K.Suthakar, Dean, Faculty of Arts was the guest of honour of the event and it was chaired by Dr.S.Raguram, Head, Department of Media Studies.The Vice-Chancellor made a remark in his keynote…

The students' magazine 'Kanali' - 2020 was ceremonially released by the Vice-Chancellor Prof.S.Srisatkunarajah at the virtual function on 17th of September 2021.The release function was chaired by Dr.S.Raguram, Head, Department of Media Studies and the Dean of the Faculty Dr. K. Suthakar graced the function as the guest of honour.'Kanali' 2020 is consecutively released this time as the third issue from…

Mr. T. Prabakaran, Editor, Uthayan Tamil Daily guided the students on 'How to write features interestingly?' via a sharing session on 29th Sunday August 2021 virtually. He has analyzed the features written by the students and shared constructive ideas to develop them to attract the readers of the newspapers. Mr. T. Prabakaran further discussed about the selection of themes for features,…

With over 100 promising young media students from the Media Studies, HELVETAS and Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF) began the virtual training program on Digital Citizenship on 25th of July 2021 morning with a brief inauguration ceremony, as a part of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed between the Helvetas Intercooperation gGmbH and University of Jaffna.The virtual training programme on ‘An Exploration of…

Dr. M C Rasmin, Media Researcher and Consultant on Community Radio (CR) Projects and Studies shared his exposure to the Media Studies students on 'Community Radio and Web Radio' at the Sharing Session via online on 13th of June 2021 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. He shared the history of the early efforts on the establishment of community radio in Sri Lanka and other countries in the…

Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) Sri Lanka is a well-recognized resource center, promoting demand reduction of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and advocating effective policy the formulation for ATOD control nationally, regionally and internationally over the last 30 years. ADIC provides the technical input to the Ministry of Health, Regional Director of the Health Service (RDHS), MOH, Ministry of Education, District…

The virtual discussion on interior design of the proposed incubator space which will be established under the Memorandum of Agreement signed between University of Jaffna and HELVETAS, held on 30th of June 2021. Ms. Chandula Kumbukage, Project Manager, HELVETAS, Mr. Sahithyanan, Project Officer, Inspire Project, Mr. Mohamad Azad, Program Director, SDJF and Ms. Vithya Subhasranjan, Interior Designer were attended and conducted the brain storm session with the…

The Senior Sports Journalist and Media Instructor Mr. Arun Arokiyanathan participated in the Sharing Session with Media Studies students via online on 27th June 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the title of 'Sports Journalism'.Mr. Arun Arokiyanathan explained the important aspects in reporting sports and shared his experiences with the students about the career in sports journalism. He advised the students to have serous concern on background stories…

The senior Journalist and Political Analyst Mr. Amirthanayagam Nixon who is having more than ten years experience as a Parliament Correspondent for a national Tamil daily guided the students in reporting parliament sessions at the Sharing Session via online on 19th June 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mr. A. Nixon further explained the constitutional background of the formation and development of Sri Lankan parliament system, Standing order for…