The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) recently conducted a training session on the importance of Data Journalism in news reporting. The training was conducted by Mr. Asim Bashir Khan, Msc in Economics and from the Centre for Excellence in Journalism from Pakistan, conducted the training to the print journalists in Sri Lanka. Mr. Khan stressed […]
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තොරතුරු පනත සකි්රයව කි්රයාත්මකයි வெற்றி நடையில் தகவல் அறியும் உரிமைச்சட்டம் The 3rd of February marked the 1st year of the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) law in Sri Lanka. The law enables citizens of Sri Lanka to access information from public authorities for their own
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in partnership with Media in Corporation and Transition (MiCT) of Germany, conducted a 3 day workshop to the photojournalists on “Visualizing Reconciliation” from the 15th to the 17th of December at Hotel Mirage, Colombo. The objective of the workshop was to bring about positive perspectives in photos, which promote
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute held the Convocation Ceremony to award certificates to 132 journalists hailing from all provinces of the country, for their successful completion of the ‘English for Journalists’ course. The event was held on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) and Mr. Jim Russo, Director, Press, Cultural
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A section of the crowd attending the event to commemorate the International Right to Know Day held at the SLPI Auditorium on September 28, 2017. Ms. Namini Wijedasa (Right), Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times and recipient of the D.R. Wijewardene Award presented by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka sharing her experience and emphasizing
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ජාත්යන්තර තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ දිනය සෑම වසරකම සැප්තැම්බර් 28දාට යෙදෙයි. අද දින ලෝකයේ හොඳම තොරතුරු නීතියකට හිමිකම් ඇති ශ්රී ලංකාවට පවතින තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය වඩාත් තහවුරු කරගැනීමට ඇති මංපෙත් විචාරයට ලක්කිරීමට මෙවන් දිනයක් වඩාත් කාලෝචිත නොවේද? තොරතුරු වෙත පිවිසීමට සැමට ඇති අයිතිය වඩාත් තහවුරු කර එය අන්තර්ජාතිකව පිළිගත් සම්මුතීන්ට සමකිරිම යහපත් වුවත් අප වැනි රටවල එය
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In commemorationg the International Right to Know Day, the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) launches the Right to Information (RTI) promotional song was composed by veteran ‘Gypsies’ singer Sunil Perera.
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), as part of its ongoing, islandwide Right to Information (RTI) awareness programme, this week conducted its training in Sinhala for the People’s Bank , Pensioners’ association at Matara district People’s Bank auditorium. The sessions held on September 14th, had 150 participants from the People’s Bank , Pensioners’ association. The programme is designed
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) as part of its on-going Right to Information (RTI) awareness program in the country, this week conducted its training in Tamil for the civil Society in the Batticaloa. The sessions held on the 27th of August 2017 at Hotel Bridge View, consisted 50 participants from the Batticaloa. The program is designed to
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According to the Right To Information act in Sri Lanka the main purpose is guide the Sri Lanka citizen regarding this Law. Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) conducted one day awarness programme for Civil Soceity in Puttalam.It was held on 24th of August, 2017 at the Ice Talk Hotel. This Training Programme was conducted by
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