February 24, 2025 – February 28, 2025
The TV coverage of the issue The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
Contested coverage of a contested site in Thayiddi
How did the Sinhala and Tamil newspapers portray the protest?
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Feb.24 – Mar.2
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 five main stories. The five stories were on the: (i) assessment of the NPP government on various...
February 24, 2025 – March 2, 2025
This week’s memes
February 24, 2025 – March 2, 2025
This week’s cartoons
February 10, 2025 – February 23, 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.
Eight years of continuous protests by the relatives of missing persons
How did TV channels cover it?
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Feb.10 – 23
Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past two weeks, the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to three main stories. The three stories were on the: (i) presenting of the 2025...
February 10, 2025 – February 23, 2025
This week’s memes
February 10, 2025 – February 23, 2025
This week’s cartoons
AKD delivers Budget 2025
Front pages of Sri Lankan newspapers
President’s visit to Jaffna
Mawbima suggests that the visit was to ‘assess’ whether the northern populace stands with him;
Virakesari suggests that the visit was a gesture of ‘goodwill’
February 3, 2025 – February 7, 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.
Independence Day
Sinhala press emphasises economic freedom;
Tamil press emphasises ensuring justice
Marking Independence Day as a ‘Black Day’
How did Sinhala & Tamil cover it?
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Jan.27 – Feb.8
Over the past two weeks, the Sinhala and Tamil press converged with respect to four main stories. The four stories were on the: (i) 2025 Appropriation Bill; (ii) 77th Independence Day celebrations; (iii) attorney general’s announcement on the case of the assassination...
January 27, 2025 – February 8, 2025
This week’s cartoons
January 27, 2025 – February 8, 2025
This week’s memes
ඇගේ ඡායාරූපය අවශ්ය ද?
රත්නපුර ඇලපාත ප්රදේශයේ සිදුවූ ඝාතන-දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමට තැත් කිරීම මාධ්ය තුළත්, සමාජ මාධ්ය තුළත් අවධානයට ලක්වී තිබිණි. මෙය වාර්තා කළ මාධ්ය තුළ, ඝාතන-දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තාකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පවතින මාධ්ය මාර්ගෝපදේශයන් උල්ලංඝනය වී තිබූ ආකාරය, අපි මින් පෙරද පෙන්වා දී...
Sukirtharajan’s Murder & Prageeth’s Disappearance
How did Sinhala & Tamil TV channels cover the anniversaries?
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