Media Ownership Monitor: Who owns the media in Sri Lanka and how much?

    Media Ownership Monitor: Who owns the media in Sri Lanka and how much?
    by |26 October 2018|Press Release
    The Media Ownership Monitor is an international platform that traces and identifies the owners behind the key media outlets in different countries. As a pioneering initiative between the German Section of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Verité Research, the Media...
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    A Historian’s Collection: Michael Roberts’ Curios Worth Preserving
    by |28 September 2018
    Over the course of his career, Michael Roberts has amassed a valuable collection of essays, books, pamphlets, newspaper cuttings and letters on Sri Lanka's rich history. From ancient legends to ethnic identity, from communal violence to cricket, this collection provides...
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    The battle against homophobia in Sri Lanka
    by |25 September 2018|Verité in the News
    BY AANYA WIPULASENA As LGBT communities in India celebrate the decriminalisation of same-sex relationships in the world’s largest democracy, the grim reality is that Sri Lanka has a long way to go, and news-creators and opinion shapers may be part...
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    Verité launches online fact-checking platform
    by |17 September 2018
    Export promotion has been a key policy objective of successive governments of Sri Lanka. The Government aims to .....
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    Derana Aruna daily segment
    by |17 May 2018|Verité in the News
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    Media Ethics
    by |08 May 2018
    Verité Research analyses press sentiment and trends by looking closely at various political, economic and social issues reported in the Sinhala, Tamil and English newspapers. A key theme explored through the media research practice is ethical violations in Sri Lanka’s...
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    How Should The Media Report Suicide And Rape?
    by |08 May 2018|Verité in the News
    What comes to your mind when you remember media reports of rape and suicide? Photographs of the victims, including their names? Gruesome details of how it happened, along with quotes from the family? The photographs and names might help to...
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    Suicide rates down, but concerns remain
    by |15 October 2017|Verité in the News
    Suicides rates in Sri Lanka may be falling but self harming by youth is on the rise, the police said. The WHO in a global update on suicide incidence in 2015 ranked Sri Lanka as the country that had the...
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    Deepanjalie Abeywardana on the News Media Standards Act – News Line
    by |11 July 2017|Interviews & Articles
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    Janeen Fernando on the News Media Standards Act – News Line
    by |06 July 2017|Interviews & Articles
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