Sri Lanka Press Institute hosted two media salons for journalists on “Stress and Mental Health; Reporting in a Time of a Pandemic” on 30th April 2020 and 3rd May 2020 for Sinhala and Tamil audiences respectively. The salons were supported by IREX USAID and were aimed at providing journalists awareness on stress and mental health […]
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Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with Free Media Movement (FMM) organized a web-conference under the title; COVID-19: Challenges to Media Freedom and Social Responsibility on 3rd May 2020 at 9.30 a.m. The session prelude was opening remarks with the historical origin and declaration of the World Press Freedom Day made by Mr. Sukumar
இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஸ்தாபனம் “ஊடகவியலாளர்களுக்கான பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் அறிக்கையிடல்” எனும் தலைப்பில் இரண்டு இணையவழி கலந்துரையாடலினை நடாத்தியிருந்தது. தற்போது உலகம் முழுவதும் தீவிரமாக பரவிவரும் கொரோனா வைரஸ் எனப்படும் கொவிட்-19 (COVID–19) தொற்று நோயைப் பற்றி எமது ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் அறிக்கையிடும் போது எவ்வாறு தங்களை பாதுகாத்தல், மக்களுக்கு எவ்வாறு விழிப்புணர்வை ஏற்படுத்துதல், போலிச் செய்திகளுக்கு இடமளியாது தகவல்களை சமூகப் பொறுப்புள்ள ஊடகவியலாளர்களாக எவ்வாறு உண்மையான விடயங்களை பாதிப்பு ஏற்படாத வகையில் அறிக்கையிடல் போன்ற விடயங்கள் கலந்துரையாடப்பட்டது. இந்த
Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held two web conferences on ‘Reporting and Safety for Journalists’ on 25th and 27th March 2020. To address the COVID-19 situation by providing awareness and best practices for the journalist community that educate and keep the larger public community informed, SLPI undertook this cause. The web conferences moderated in Sinhala
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SLPI conducted a Two day (13th and 14th March 2020) workshop on “Sail on your own strategies: For Sustainable work on Reconciliation stories”. SLPI hosted this event in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the British Council Sri Lanka, in partnership with the Ministry of National Integration, Official Languages, Social Progress,
Panel of speakers at the inaugural session.From left to right: Eric Falt, Director and UNESCO Representative, New Delhi; Kumar Nadesan, Chairperson Sri Lanka Press Institute;Dr P. N. Meegaswatte, Secretary General, Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO and senior journalist-activist Seetha Ranjani The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with the UNESCO New Delhi office
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SLPI conducted a Three-day workshop (31 st January, 1st and 2 nd February) on ‘VisualJournalism’ at The Villas Wadduwa. SLPI hosted this event in collaboration with DeutscheGesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the British Council SriLanka, in partnership with the Ministry of National Integration, Official Languages, SocialProgress, and Hindu Religious Affairs and Media in
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Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Situation Report – 2020.01.28 An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown reason was first reported on 31st December 2019 from Wuhan City in Hubei Province of China. On 7th Jan 2020, it was diagnosed as “Novel Corona Virus” As of January 27, 2020 the Novel Coronavirus has been reported from
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The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists for its 2020 fellowship program. The application deadline is Friday, March 6, 2020. The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, from mainly developing countries who are interested in coming to New York to report
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The Sri Lanka Press Insitute organized a residential workshop for journalists of print and electronic media on 17th and 18th December at The Villas Wadduwa, Wadduwa. The workshop was on Reparations where SLPI in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Sri Lanka spread awareness of the Office for Reparations Act, No.34 of 2018.
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