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List Of Sri Lankan Journalists
The following is an alphabetical list of journalists from the Asian country of Sri Lanka. A–M * Chathura Alwis * M. H. M. Ashraff * Iqbal Athas * Nisthar Cassim * Ernest Corea * Premakeerthi de Alwis * Harold de Andrado * Edmund de Livera * Mervyn de Silva * Sampath Lakmal de Silva * Armand de Souza * Richard de Zoysa * P. Devakumaran * Prageeth Eknaligoda * S. J. Emmanuel * Basil Fernando * Susitha R. Fernando * Vijita Fernando * Thevis Guruge * Tim Horshington * I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla * Isaipriya * Victor Ivan * Balanadarajah Iyer * K. Natesa Iyer * Frederica Jansz * Sirilal Kodikara * Suresh Kumar and Ranjith Kumar incident, Suresh and Ranjith Kumar * Buddhika Kurukularatne * Champika Liyanaarachchi * Charles Ambrose Lorensz * Mariathas Manojanraj * S. P. Mylvaganam N–Z * Aiyathurai Nadesan * Manusha Nanayakkara * Mylvaganam Nimalrajan * Maunasami Parameswaree * K. S. Raja * Selvarajah Rajivarnam * Subramaniam Ramachandran * Dushy Ranetunge * Premil Ratnayake * El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism. Roles Journalists can be broadcast, print, advertising, and public relations personnel, and, depending on the form of journalism, the term ''journalist'' may also include various categories of individuals as per the roles they play in the process. This includes reporters, correspondents, citizen journalists, editors, editorial-writers, columnists, and visual journalists, such as photojournalists (journalists who use the medium of photography). A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes and reports on information in order to present using sources. This may entail conducting interviews, information-gathering and/or writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom, or from home, and going ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thevis Guruge
Thevis Guruge (died 23 July 1989) was a distinguished broadcaster with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, ''Shrī Lankā Guvan Viduli Sansthāva'', ta, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் க .... He was the first Sinhala Announcer with Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Iconic status He enjoyed iconic status alongside other announcers of the station, Guruge was one of the early pioneers particularly where the Sinhala service was concerned. Millions tuned into Radio Ceylon. He was the second announcer in Radio Ceylon, who joined in 1949. He retired in 1983. Chairman of ITN In the 1980s Thevis Guruge was appointed Competent Authority of ITN in Sri Lanka after it was acquired by the government. Guruge was assassinated in 1989 by the JVP, whose youth squad had th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manusha Nanayakkara
Manusha Nanayakkara (born 24 September 1977) is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister, and a current Member of Parliament for the Galle District. He is a journalist by profession and was educated at Mahinda College, Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern ....He was appointed as the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment on the 20th of May 2022. References External linksSri Lanka Parliament profile 1977 births Living people Sri Lankan journalists Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Provincial councillors of Sri Lanka Alumni of Mahinda College Sinhalese politicians Samagi Jana Balawegaya politicians {{SouthernLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiyathurai Nadesan
Aiyathurai Nadesan, a prominent and veteran minority Sri Lankan Tamil journalist was shot dead on 31 May 2004 on his way to work in eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa by gunmen belonging to an armed paramilitary group widely believed to be so called Karuna Group. Biography Nadesan, the father of four children and aged 50 at the time of his death, hailed from Nelliyadi, a town in North Jaffna District in Sri Lanka. He wrote under the pen name Nellai Nadesan. Large crowds attended Nadesan's funeral on 3 June 2004 in his hometown. The normal life of Nelliyady, came to a standstill. Shops were closed. The hearse was taken to the Nelliyady Madhya Maha Vidiyalayam Thursday morning from his residence where funeral orations were delivered by Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians, LTTE activists and Sunanda Deshapriya of the Free Media Movement. A protest demonstration was held in Colombo on 9 June 2004, condemning Nadesan’s killing, and a one-day shutdown was observed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariathas Manojanraj
Mariathas Manojanraj was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil distributor for the Tamil newspaper Thinakkural from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was killed by a mine which exploded when he went to collect newspapers for distribution on 27 July 2006 in Navakeeri near Jaffna. Background Mariathas Manojanraj was part of a series of killing of Tamil media workers particularly those seen supporting the Tamil nationalist cause as the newspaper Thinakkural was seen to be doing. It was seen as part of the intimidation of Tamil media. Free Media Movement an International Federation of Journalists The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is the largest global union federation of journalists' trade unions in the world. It represents more than 600,000 media workers from 187 organisations in 146 countries. The IFJ is an associate ... associate reported that newspapers like Sudor Oli and Thinakkural have received threats from anti-LTTE para-military groups demanding that their dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ambrose Lorensz
Charles Ambrose Lorensz (1829–1871) was a lawyer, a journalist and a colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was a member of the Legislative Council. He is credited for initiating Sri Lankan journalism and was the founder and editor of the island's first local news paper, the ''Ceylon Examiner''. He was a District Judge and was an Acting Queen’s Advocate. Born to a Burger family, Lorensz was educated at the Colombo Academy, winning the Turnour Prize in 1846 with Frederick Nell. Beginning his legal practice in 1849, he became a barrister at the Lincoln's Inn in 1855. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch . After serving as the District Judge of Chilaw in 1855, he went back to being a practicing lawyer. He was appointed as a Burger non-official member of Legislative Council of Ceylon from 1856 to 1864, as opposed to the official members, who held their seats in the council by virtue of their offices in government. He was the first non-official member to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champika Liyanaarachchi
Champika Liyanaarachchi is a journalist, an academic and the first woman to be the editor of a daily newspaper in Sri Lanka. Liyanaarachchi was the Editor of Sri Lanka's largest selling independent English daily, the Daily Mirror from January 2007 to January 2015. She stepped down from editor post in January 2015 on completing eight years as editor. Currently she serves as the Consultant editor of the paper. Career Liyanaarachchi was appointed the Editor-In-Chief of Daily Mirror in January 2007 and under her the Daily Mirror became the first ever Sri Lankan newspaper to break news on web 24/7 dailymirror.lk as well as on iPad. Besides, in 2009 she started Mirror's Tamil news websittamilmirror.lk and also the Daily Mirror mobile breaking news service with two mobile phone operators. Three years after taking over duties as Chief Editor, Liyanaarachchi managed to double the circulation of the Daily Mirror. The Sri Lanka Representative for Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhika Kurukularatne
Daluwatte Hewa Buddhika Kurukularatne (19 June 1943 – 9 June 2021) (known as ''Buddhika Kurukularatne'') was a journalist, author, lawyer, and Sri Lankan politician. . Sunday Observer, Retrieved on 23 July 2006. He served as representative of for the in the . Early life Buddhika Kurukularatne was bor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Kumar And Ranjith Kumar Incident
Suresh Kumar and Ranjith Kumar were minority Sri Lankan Tamils working for the ''Uthayan'' – a Tamil newspaper published from Jaffna. ''Uthayan'' has been specifically targeted for its independent reporting by the Sri Lankan military and the paramilitary group EPDP. They were killed on 2 May 2006 during an attack on the ''Uthayan'' office. Background In Jaffna – which is under Sri Lankan army control – journalists, human rights activists and civilians have lived under constant fear. These killing are part of series of killing, abduction and attacks on the Tamil Media in Sri Lanka. These killings, abductions and threats are seen as part of the dirty war launched by Mahinda Rajapaksa government. Incident and reaction Suresh Kumar and Ranjith Kumar were killed after a ''Uthayan'' published a cartoon mocking Douglas Devananda the leader of EPDP a paramilitary group allied with the Sri Lankan Army. Armed Gunmen entered the office of ''Uthayan'' in army controlled Jaffna o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirilal Kodikara
Sirilal Kodikara (27 August 1924 – 19 November 2021) was a Sri Lankan novelist, poet, journalist, and radio play writer who wrote in Sinhala. He was a Buddhist priest in the early part of his life. Life and career Kodikara was born on 27 August 1924. He started his journalistic career in 1948 writing for a weekly Sinhala newspaper, ''Sinhala Jathiya''. Later he worked under Editor-in-Chief D. B. Dhanapala at the newspaper ''Davasa'', founded in 1961 by M. D. Gunasena. This period of journalism by Kodikara and his contemporaries has been described as “a golden era in the history of local media in Sri Lanka”. Kodikara later wrote for the newspapers ''Aththa'', ''Heta'', and ''Ravaya''. He authored many books on various subjects. He was known for his stint as a journalist at the now defunct ''Aththa'' (Truth) newspaper. His daily column “ Ranchagoda Lamaya”, in the form of a two-stanza poem, was heavily laced with biting criticism of whoever was in power and was very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederica Jansz
Frederica Jansz is a Sri Lankan journalist and former editor of ''The Sunday Leader''. During her time at newspaper she was highly critical of Sri Lanka's government. Her predecessor Lasantha Wickrematunge had been assassinated, and Jansz was subject to frequent intimidation and harassment and to acts of arson and numerous death threats. After being dismissed from her position at the newspaper in September 2012 by its new, government-friendly owner, Jansz emigrated to the US, where she now lives. Personal life Jansz is a Burgher people, Burgher of Dutch origin and is the cousin of Jacqueline Fernandez and the sister-in-law of Jatin Rungta. She has two children. Media and journalism Jansz "began her career as a war reporter for ''Visnews'', the television arm of ''Reuters'', during the Sri Lankan Civil War." She conducted interviews with government soldiers and guerilla forces, and also served as an investigative journalist covering the Sri Lankan parliament. "As one of the onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanadarajah Iyer
Kandasamy Iyer Balanadarajah Iyer (Balanadarasan), also known as Sinna Bala, Sunday Leader - 17 October 2004 (6 June 1957 – 16 August 2004) was a activist, writer and poet who was a media secretary and a senior member of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Personal life Balanadarasan was born on June 6, 1957, in Urelu Jaffna to a Teacher named N. Kandasamy Iyer and his wife Ambigai Amma. Balanadarasan was the second of seven children. He is a member of Jaffna's Tamil Brahmin community. Yalpanam N. Veeramani Iyer (well known Sri Lankan Carnatic Music Co ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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