The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 13th Annual General Meeting on the 13th July 2014 at its office at 96, Kirula Road, Colombo 5, attended by representatives of its stakeholders comprising the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, The Editors Guild of Sri Lanka, the Free-media Movement and the Sri Lanka Working Journalist Association. […]
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 13th Annual General Meeting on the 13th July 2014 at its office at 96, Kirula Road, Colombo 5, attended by representatives of its stakeholders comprising the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, The Editors Guild of Sri Lanka, the Free-media Movement and the Sri Lanka Working Journalist Association.
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SLPI welcomes Parliament’s passing of the 2016 Right of Access to Information (RTI) Bill The Sri Lanka Press Institute welcomes the passage of the Right of Access to Information (RTI) Bill by unanimous vote in Parliament on Friday the 24th of June 2016. The SLPI, which comprises the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, The Editors’
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Furthering their commitment to nurture young talent in the communications and related industries, the Accredited Advertising Agencies Association (4A’s) partnered with the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) to launch a Certificate Course in Corporate Communications and PR.The three months program concluded recently with 25 students successfully completing the course. Focused on professional hands-on learning, underpinned
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වම්පස කෙලවරේ සිට එස් . තිලෙයිනාදන් මහතා, සරණපාල පමුණුව මහතා, නිහාල් රත්නායක මහතා , ලතීෆ් ෆාරුක් මහතා, බිනෝයි කුමාර වික්‍රමසුරේන්ද්‍ර මහතාLifetime Achievement Award From Left Mr. S. Thillainathan, Mr. Saranapala Pamunuwa, Mr. Nihal Ratnaike, Mr. Latheef Farook and Mr. Binoy Surendra එස් . තිලෙයිනාදන් මහතා 1962 වසරේ දී වාර්තාකරුවෙකු ලෙස වීරකේසරී පුවත්පතේ සේවයට එක්වෙමින් ජනමාධ්‍ය කේෂත්‍රයට පිවිස
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එස් . තිලෙයිනාදන් මහතා 1962 වසරේ දී වාර්තාකරුවෙකු ලෙස වීරකේසරී පුවත්පතේ සේවයට එක්වෙමින් ජනමාධ්‍ය කේෂත්‍රයට පිවිස ඇති කලාභූෂණ එස්.තිලෙයිනාදන් මහතා එම ආයතනයෙන් ඉවත්වන විට එහි ප්‍රධාන වාර්තාකරු ලෙස කටයුතු කරමින් සිට ඇත. ඒ මහතා පසුව දවස දවස පුවත්පත් ආයතනයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන්විදුලි සංස්ථාවේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති අංශයේත් සේවය කර ඇත. ඔහු ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන්විදුලි සංස්ථාවේ ඡ්‍යේෂ්ඨ ප්‍රවෘත්ති කර්තෘවරයා
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For the last few weeks SLPI has been visiting journalists in the provinces and have discussed with them the issues of elections reporting and the need to be impartial about the same. The training was conducted in Polonaruwa, Batticaloa, Vavuniya and Kurunegala. Further training on improving the capacity of journalists on the same will be
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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 Sinhala and Tamil for the provincial journalists in the Uva Province. The sessions held on the 18th of January 2017 at Hotel Malindi Inn, Bandarawela, consisted 45 participants from
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Colombo: December 30, 2015 Mr. Kavinda Christopher Thomas, who came first in the 2014-2015 batch of the Sri Lanka College of Journalism, has been awarded the Lakshman Kadirgamar Journalism scholarship this year. He will be attending the advanced media studies course at the prestigious MASCOM Academy in Kottayam, India, which is managed by the Malayala
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The constituent partners of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) vehemently condemn the Executive actions of the President Maithripala Sirisena to re-activate the Sri Lanka Press Council on July 2, 2015 through the provisions of the anti-democratic Press Council Law No. 5 of 1973. The re-establishment of the government appointed Press Council, re-introduces dormant legislation
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