A Sinhala newspaper headline refers to veteran singer Pradeepa Dharmadasa using her spouse’s title
Veteran singer or ‘wife of former minister’?
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Two sister newspapers on UK sanctions
How did editorials in sister newspapers Aruna & Thamilan react to this?
March 24, 2025 – March 28, 2025
The TV coverage of the issues The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
March 24, 2025 – March 30, 2025
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March 24, 2025 – March 30, 2025
This week’s memes
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Mar.24 – 30
Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past week the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to six main stories. The six stories were on the: (i) preparations for the upcoming local government...
‘Attractive’, ‘Tattooed’. Arrested. Objectified?
One Sinhala newspaper report, three violations: sexual objectification of women, negatively highlighting women and stereotyping.
March 17, 2025 – March 21, 2025
The TV coverage of the issues The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
Ethic of the week: How to report on addiction
Best practices for responsible media portrayal of Substance use disorders (SUDs) and recovery.
March 17, 2025 – March 23, 2025
This week’s cartoons