In observance of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2019 UNESCO organized South Asian Open Talks under the theme “Leaving No One Behind Promoting the Right to Information, Multilingualism in Cyberspace, and Local Content Development” on Wednesday 9 October 2019. Kumar Lopez, CEO of Sri Lanka Press Institute was a speaker at […]
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Panel discussion on “The Role of Media in Ethnic Reconciliation” was held at the Sri Lanka Press Institute on 6th August 2019. The panelists Prof. Jayantha Seneviratna, Associate Professor at University of Kelaniya, Att. K. W. Janaranjana, Editor-in-chief, “Anidda” newspaper, Mr. Rashi Fernando, Acting Director, Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM) and moderator Mr. Shan Wijethunge,
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සිංහල ලිපිය தமிழ் கட்டுரை Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) marks World Press Freedom Day with UNESCO on the 3rd May 2019 under the theme “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation”. It is at a quite critical juncture that Sri Lanka as a country comes upon Press Freedom Day this
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SLPI conducted workshops for more than 40 journalists from diverse ethnic religious and linguistic backgrounds on reporting in pluralistic environment(s). The workshops gave working journalists an opportunity and understanding of pluralism and how media ethics and professionalism factors into pluralism. Workshops were conducted in four locations in the country; Kalutara, Batticaloa, Kandy and Colombo with
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Representatives from nine countries will be attending an international conference from Sept. 27 to 30, 2018 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Colombo Declaration on Media Freedom and Social Responsibility organised by the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in partnership with its constituent partners, UNESCO and the Royal Norwegian Embassy. The conference will also
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A workshop to educate youth on Right to Information Act was held in Batticaloa. This was organized by Sri Lanka Press Institute and funded by USAID under Empowering Youth in Building Culture of Accountability in Sri Lanka project. The workshop was held on 15th and 16th of September at Hotel East Lagoon View. There were
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute, in collaboration with the Climate Change Secretariat and the Western Province Chief Secretary’s Office, organized a discussion cum workshop on Climate Change Impacts for public sector stakeholders of the Western Province in support of the preparations for the Provincial Adaptation plan for Climate Change Impacts. The workshop was held on
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Sri Lanka Press Institute after conducting a series of sessions educating journalists on Right to information (RTI) Act formed a committee to create awareness on RTI and to uplift integrity of journalists. This was formed on 5th June 2018 at SLPI. The committee meets on the first week of every month. Journalists who like know
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns French oil giant Total’s cancellation of a big ad campaign in the French daily Le Monde in reprisal for a story about Total’s funding of Myanmar’s military. The extremely shocking cynicism of this decision matches the hypocrisy with which Total has handled its operations in Myanmar since last February’s coup,
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තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය පිලිබඳ අන්තර්ජාතික සමුළුවක්, 2018 මැයි මස 8 හා 9 දෙදින තුළ කොළඹ දී පැවැත්වේ. නෝවීජියානු තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ පුර්ණ සහයෝගය ඇතිව ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන මෙම අන්තර්ජාතික සමුළුව කොළඹ 7 පිහිටි ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා ප‍්‍රතිපත්ති අධ්‍යයන ආයතනයේදී පැවැත්වේ. තොරතුරු දැනගැන්මේ අයිතිය පිලිබඳ නීතිය ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ ක‍්‍රියාත්මක වී 2018ට වසරක් පිරීම
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