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Sri Lanka Press Institute Annual General Meeting 2022

 The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 19th Annual General Meeting last Wednesday (7th) virtually on the Zoom web conferencing platform. The meeting...

Training on Counter-Disinformation for Journalists and Media Professionals

Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with Mythos Labs and the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives  (CFLI) conducted a training program on “Countering...

Fact-Checkers Forum – Sri Lanka

The FactSeeker team of the Sri Lanka Press Institute took the first steps to set up a Fact Checkers Forum in Sri Lanka today....

SRI LANKA PRESS INSTITUTE’S BASIC MEDIA LITERACY AND FACT-CHECKING TRAINING

The Sri Lanka Press Institute’s fact-checking unit, FactSeeker, conducted two successful on-site workshops on “Basic Media Literacy and Fact-checking”  at the Solis Hotel in...

“Making the Political Establishment Accountable to RTI” International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2021

Recognizing the significance of access to information the UNESCO declared 28 September of every year as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI)....

Webinars on Emergency Regulation and Media Freedom

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) together with the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL)  and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH conducted a timely...

“Digital Transition of Traditional Media” – Online Workshop Series

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) conducted a three-day workshop series titled “The Digital Transition of Traditional Media'' in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für...

Right to Information: Gains of the Present and Priorities for the Future – Webinar on the World Press Freedom Day 2021

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) and the Pathfinder Foundation jointly hosted a webinar on Right to Information (RTI) titled “Right to Information: Gains...

Strengthening Journalism to advance Democracies; Information as a Public Good World Press Freedom Day 2021

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) marks the World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May 2021 in concurrence with UNESCO's commemoration of 30 years...

Annual General Meeting 2020

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 17th Annual General Meeting on the 21st of   October 2020 virtually using the Zoom web-conference platform,...

Webinars on Tackling Fake news during the Election Period

Sri Lanka Press Institute hosted webinars for journalists moderated in both Sinhala and Tamil languages on  "Tackling Fake news during the Election Period" The...

Journalism Awards for Excellence 2018

The Journalism Awards for Excellence 2018 (20th Edition) was successfully concluded with the 'Awards Night'  at the Empire Ballroom of Mt. Lavinia Hotel on Tuesday,...