'Thorathuru Nirathuru' workshop today

KANDY: The 'Thorathuru Nirathuru' one-day training workshop for the journalists, jointly organized by the Ministry of Media and Information and the Government Information Department will be conducted today at Devon Hotel, Ampitiya Road, Kandy.

This is the 14th in a series of workshops conducted monthly. All journalists in the Kandy District have been invited to attend the occasion. Accordingly there will be 150 journalists attending the seminar today.

Senior journalists Mohan Samaranayake, Edwin Ariyadasa, Dr. Ariyaratne Ethugala, Gamini Sumanasekera, M.S.M. Ayub Khan, Lucien Rajakarunanayake, Dr. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa and Jayantha Karunaratne are the resource persons participating in the workshop.

The following are the topics that are expected to be touched upon at this workshop: Correct news reporting and correct usage of the language by Gamini Sumanasekera, Identification of the relevant news by Mohan Samaranayake, Elementary principles involved in the use of the Camera in news reporting by Jayantha Karunaratne, Media ethics and laws governing journalism by Attorney-at-Law Asoka Serasinghe and Social responsibilities of journalists by Dr. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa.

Future workshops in the series are scheduled to be conducted in the Districts of Matale, Puttalam, Hambantota, Ampara, Batticoloa, Trincomalee and Vavuniya.

The Workshop begins at 9.30 a.m. under the patronage of Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Central Province Governor Tikiri Kobbekaduwa and Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake.