Screening of Documentary Films produced by the Media Studies students held on the 08th of April 2024 at the Kailasapathy Auditorium, University of Jaffna. The documentary films were produced in a systematic way as an outcome of the course unit ‘Digital Storytelling: Documentary Filmmaking’ at Level III of the Honors Degree programme in Media Studies. The following shortlisted 10 best documentaries…
Ms.S.Sowmiya, Alumni of Media Studies awarded as ‘Woman Achiever’ by the Nandavanam Foundation, Thiruchchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India. The award has been given to Ms.S.Sowmiya in recognition of her valuable contribution and commendable achievements in the field of media in the year 2023. The awarding ceremony was held on 03rd of March 2024 in Chennai, India.
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.S.Someetharan, Documentary filmmaker, a versatile and well-known Documentary filmmaker conducted the ‘Sharing Session’ on the topic of…
Prof. Ankuran Dutta, Director, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo and Professor (On lien) of Dept. of Communication and Journalism at Gauhati University visited the University of Jaffna and discussed with the Students of Media Studies regarding the topic of ‘Reflecting Community through Media’.Prof.Ankuran elaborated on the community media, making documentary films and how media construct society through…
One of our Students, Mr. Piryatharshan Croos awarded the Young Artist Award-2023 (இளங் கலைஞர் விருது-2023) for his contributions towards folklore by the Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Youth Affairs of the Northern Provincial Council, Sri Lanka. The award was given to Mr.Piryatharshan Croos at the Northern Provincial Cultural Festival-2023 of the Division of Cultural Affairs of the Ministry held…
Mr. Ranjith Joseph, a Filmmaker who directed ‘Sinam Kol’ and his crew members conducted an awareness session for the Students of Media Studies regarding the intern opportunities for his next film production with ‘Sky Magic Pictures’. The session was held on the 21st of November 2023 at the Seminar Hall, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna with the presence of Prof.S.Raguram,…
The 10th Batch of Media Studies Honours Degree students who completed their undergraduate studies donated a Condenser Microphone Kit to the Department of Media Studies on 10th November 2023.The donation was received by Prof.S.Raguram, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Ms.S.Poongulaly, Head, Department of Media Studies at the Going Down Party from the 10th Batch Students.The donated Condenser Microphone Kit will be…
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…