SLPI News

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 of the Present and Priorities for the Future: to coincide with the World Press Freedom Day,  emphasizing the importance of access to information as a public good. The eminent  panel of

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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 of the Windhoek Declaration under the theme “Information as a Public Good”. The completion of 30 years of the landmark Windhoek Declaration for the development of free independent and pluralistic press

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PRESS RELEASE

Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) has partnered with the Colombo Hilton to launch a PRESS CLUB. An agreement was signed last week between the Chairman of the SLPI Mr. Kumar Nadesan and the General Manager Hilton Colombo & Area General Manager Hilton Sri Lanka, Mr. Manesh Fernando. Colombo Hilton will be the host-hotel for the

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SLPI and Media Organizations Meet Minister of Media

A delegation from constituent partners and affiliates of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) met the Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella this week to request him to consult stakeholders when drafting media law reforms as had been proposed by the Minister recently. The Minister agreed to do so in the New Year. The delegation

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SLPI Media Salons

Sri Lanka Press Institute hosted a series of media salons on the zoom platform for journalists which addressed election-context, post-election, and current media and political contexts. The three areas addressed following the 2020 Parliamentary election covered a discussion on election reporting namely for provincial journalists, a session to gauge the media influence on public opinion, and

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