Year 2024

Mr.Selvakumar Rinoshan, a fourth-year student of the Department of Media Studies submitted his Short film ‘Aasanam’ in the 14th Short Film Festival organized by ‘Agenda 14’. The Short film was awarded as the ‘Most Gender Sensitive Film’ in the above Competition. The awarding ceremony was held on the 09th of December 2024 in Colombo.Media Studies has given an opportunity to the…

Department of Media Studies and the Department of Drama and Theater Arts collaboratively organized the workshop on ‘Biographical Documentaries’ on the 22nd of October 2024 at the Arts Seminar Hall.Indian Documentary Filmmaker and writer Mr. Amshan Kumar who won a National Film Award for his documentary film ‘Yazhpanan Thedchanamoorthy : Music Beyond Boundaries’ in the year 2015 attended as a Resource…

The screening event of Short Films which are produced by the Media Studies students was held on the 11th of October 2024 at the Kailasapathy Auditorium, University of Jaffna as a part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Jaffna. The short films were produced in a systematic way as an outcome of the course unit ‘Digital Storytelling: Short…

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 Mr.K.Prabha, a Blog Writer and Broadcaster from Australia conducted a ‘Sharing Session’ on the topic of ‘Blog…

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 Mr.Sarawanan Komathi Nadarasa, Researcher, Writer and Journalist conducted a ‘Sharing Session’ on the topic of ‘Artificial Intelligence…

The Department of Media Studies hosts the Documentary Film Festival annually for screening of Documentary Films produced by the Media Studies students. On par with this and part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Jaffna, `Documentary Film Festival- 2024` held on the 04th of October 2024 at the Library Auditorium, University of Jaffna. The documentary films were produced…

The release ceremony of ‘Kanali Volume-05′, the students’ magazine of Media Studies held on the 04th of October 2024 at the Library Auditorium of the University of Jaffna.‘Kanali’ is an outcome of the course unit of ‘Newspaper Editing: Concepts and Processes’ (CMCH 22023) in Level II of Media Studies which comprises the articles and interviews.The ceremony was chaired by Ms.S.Poongulaly, Head,…

The ‘Green Arts Collective’ proposes and initiates the Green Faculty of Arts as a part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Jaffna in the Year 2024.Greenery’s strategic role is to make the world more feasible. In addition to providing crucial ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and reduction of the Urban Heat Island effect, plants also help. In addition…

A training session on Mobile Journalism (MoJo) for the Academic Year 2021/2022 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 creating innovative ways to utilize the new media constructively…