The inaugural workshop of the “Know Your Parliament” provincial youth series, hosted by the Sri Lanka Press Institute, was successfully held on January 31, 2024, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Riverside Hotel, Badulla. Aimed at young journalists and communicators aged 20-30, the program fostered meaningful engagement between youth groups and parliamentarians. Hon. […]
Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with the Direct Aid Program (DAP) of the Australian High Commission to mark six years of implementation of the Right to Information in Sri Lanka conducted the fifth workshop of the series “RTI: Protecting our rights through the Right to Information Act” on February 3rd at Kalutara, was
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ශ්රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනය (SLPI), පරිසර සංවිධාන සම්මේලනය (FEO) සමඟ එක්ව රක්ෂිත කලාප තුළ වාසස්ථාන කළමනාකරණය, එහි ප්රතිස්ථාපනය සහ පාර්ශ්වකරුවන්ගේ සහභාගීත්වය පිළිබඳව ජනමාධ්යවේදීන් සහ අනෙකුත් උනන්දුවක් දක්වන පාර්ශ්වකරුවන් දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා මාර්ගගත සංසදයක් සංවිධානය කරයි. මෙම සැසිය සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් පැවැත්වේ. දිනය: 08 පෙබරවාරි 2023වේලාව : ප.ව. 7:00 සිට ප.ව. 8:00 දක්වා ලියාපදිංචි වන්න: https://forms.gle/xvr2QVgouiTBgn8F8 The Sri Lanka Press
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in association with the Australian High Commission’s Direct Aid Program (DAP) held the second training program of the series “RTI: Protecting Our Rights through the Right to Information Act” on December 07 held at the Puttalam Chilaw Far Inn Village Hotel. Chairman of the Right to Information Commission, retired
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Journalists play a key role in safeguarding everyone’s human rights. Ensuring the safety of journalists and media professionals is vital in fostering human rights. The Sri Lanka Press Institute in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Sri Lanka & Maldives conducted the symbolic handing over of the SLPI safety jackets to journalists in
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Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) conducted the second training program on “Eco Journalism” for provincial journalists in the Central Province on 1 and 2 November 2022 at Hotel Kandyan Arts Residency, Kandy. The training sessions were conducted by University of Moratuwa Senior Lecturer Dr. Thusitha Sugathapala and Environmental Journalist and Media Trainer Malaka Rodrigo in
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 19th Annual General Meeting last Wednesday (7th) virtually on the Zoom web conferencing platform. The meeting was attended by representatives of its constituent partners, the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka (NSSL), The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL), the Free Media Movement (FMM), the Sri Lanka Working
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute printed and distributed safety jackets for journalists to be used during protests and public demonstrations prevailing in various locations in the country. These vests help journalists stand out among crowds and help ensure safety while reporting. The jackets were distributed to print media newsrooms. Nurturing a safe and secure environment
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), its constituents and affiliated organizations raise concerns over the Personal Data Protection Bill that was tabled in the Parliament on the 20th of January 2022. A joint letter raising 7key concerns was signed by the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka (NSSL), Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri Lanka Working Journalists
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 Matara and Kethumathee Hotel in Ratnapura on 8th and 9th February 2022. The workshops were attended by 19 and 17 youth participants in Matara and Ratnapura districts respectively. The training program
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