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APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR UNITED NATIONS JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS

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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 Role of Media in Ethnic Reconciliation

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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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සමාජ මාධ්‍ය පාලනය ද? නියාමනය ද? ආචාර ධර්මීය ප‍්‍රවේශය ද?

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හිතුවක්කාර සමාජ ජාල මාධ්‍ය භාවිතය වලක්වාලනු පිණිස සමාජ මාධ්‍ය නියාමනය බලවත් අවියක් ලෙස පෙරට ගෙන ආ යුතු බවට සිදු කෙරෙන බලපෑම් හා හඬ නැඟීම් අද සිරිලක දස අතින් ඉස්මතු වෙයි. ප‍්‍රායෝගිකව ගත් කල ගෝලීය හිමිකාරිත්වයකින් හා සිවිල් බලයකින් සමන්විත සමාජ ජාල මාධ්‍ය වේදිකා වෙත බලපෑම් කිරීමෙහි ලා හෝ ඔවුන් සමඟ කේවෙල් කිරීමකට යාමෙහි ලා අප

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Press Freedom in a State of Emergency : World Press Freedom Day 2019

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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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Journalists Discuss Reporting in a Pluralistic Environment

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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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Glimpse of the Colombo Declaration 2018

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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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