This was initially written for and posted on Groundviews. Since it was published, the Sunday Times also carried the same ad on 29 May 2011. ### For the second time in a fortnight, subscribers to the Daily Mirror newspaper have been entreated to an interesting disinformation campaign that appears to be conducted with those embedded [...]
Archive | May, 2011
Blogging as a journalist, woman and individual in Sri Lanka
One or two years ago my friend Tarika Wickremeratne delivered a presentation on blogging to a group of female journalists in Sri Lanka that I had spoken to previously. I champion blogging in Sri Lanka for many reasons, and the empowerment of women being one of them. Over the past 10 years I have spoken to [...]
Online propaganda of pseudo-patriots: Need for digital media literacy
In my previous post focussed on how in lectures delivered at the Sri Lanka College of Journalism (SLCJ) on new media, what I end up teaching and discussing with the class is a digital / new media literacy. Sri Lankan journalists have no clue on about investigative journalism online, especially when it involves looking up [...]
New media for illustrators and photographers
I conduct a class on new media for every batch that enrols with the Sri Lanka College of Journalism as part of its diploma programme for mid-career journalists. It’s never a boring class to engage with, with journalists coming from State as well as Private media, from print, broadcast, radio and increasingly, from their web [...]
