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for good and fair journalists "During the period of the tsunami, the need for good journalism was indispensable. The social responsibly of journalists is not to sensationalize the story or point fingers at others. Proper reporting reminds us of accountability. Sri Lanka needs good and fair journalists" said Mr. Bermeo The College was set up by the Editors' Guild, The Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, the Free Media Movement, and is working in close partnership with the Swedish journalism institute Fojo under the Sri Lanka Press Institute. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Fojo Representative in Sri Lanka, Johan Romare said the essence of journalism is to tell good stories. "It's not our own story, about stories of others. Some journalists are better than the others in telling good stories. What makes them better is hard work. It's hard work to double check, to maintain sources and to rewrite the story you have written once. Apart from the hard work, you need to have good analytical skills to be a good journalist" said Mr. Romare. Twenty students out of the 24 students who successfully completed the one-year diploma course were present and received their certificates. Chamika Janakantha received the Best Student Award in the Sinhala medium, Thavayoganathan Sajitharan the award in the Tamil medium and Amali Dinushika Dissanayake the award in the English medium. The present director of SLCJ, Dr. Uvais Ahmed said he was happy to see most of the diploma-graduating students already busy practicing their profession at many reputed newspaper institutions. "They are successfully facing the challenges of journalism. The College is proud of them" he said. |
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