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කොහොමද දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමක් හෝ දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමට තැත් කිරීමක් හරි විදියට වාර්තා කරන්නේ?
No full textThis entry includes four infographics that present a set of guidelines for reporting on suicides (in Sinhala).On July 11, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a set of guidelines for reporting on suicides. These guidelines are designed to help journalists follow ethical and responsible reporting practices
“රූමත්” බව අවශ්ය ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On May 30, 2024, the Mawbima newspaper reported a murder incident, and on May 31, 2024, the Lankadeepa newspaper reported an incident of a drunk person trespassing into a house. In both reports, the newspapers unnecessarily highlighted the woman’s appearance by using the term “Ruumath” (රූමත්), which was irrelevant to the context. The use of such terms in media reporting can contribute to the sexual objectification of women
බාලවයස් ලිංගික අපයෝජන සැහැල්ලු කොට වාර්තා නොකරමු!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On June 27, 2024, the Dinamina newspaper reported an incident involving the abuse of a 15-year-old girl. It used a trivialised headline containing the term “biriya karagena” (බිරිය කරගෙන) but within its content, it used the ethical term "අපයෝජනය" (apayojanaya). The headline fails to recognise that the incident constitutes child sexual abuse and statutory rape. The use of such language is unethical, as it normalises the situation and obscures the seriousness of the offence. Media is advised to avoid derogatory or trivialising terms, particularly in sensitive and negative contexts, in order to uphold ethical reporting standards
2023 වර්ෂය තුළ වැඩි වශයෙන්ම උල්ලංඝනය වී තිබූ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම තුන සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම උල්ලංඝනය කිරීම් අතින් ඉහළින්ම සිටින පුවත්පත් තුන
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and two infographics (both in Sinhala).On January 30, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published two infographics featuring charts that compare the instances of the three most violated media ethics in 2023 and the three newspapers with the highest number of media ethics violations in 2023. These infographics showed that most violations involved reporting on suicide incidents, followed by the use of derogatory language and coverage of sexual crimes. Dinamina reported the highest number of violations in all three categories. Divaina and Aruna ranked second and third, respectively, in the suicide category. Lankadeepa and Divaina held the second and third positions for derogatory language violations, while Lankadeepa and Aruna ranked second and third for coverage of sexual crimes
හදිසි අනතුරු සහ ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය පිළිබද වාර්තා කිරීම සම්බන්ධ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes three infographics (in Sinhala) outlining emergency reporting guidelines, with no writeups.On July 09, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post as part of its “Ethic of the Week” series. The post aimed to guide media professionals on ethical reporting of accidents, violence, and other emergency-related news
RTI Learning Workshop for Civil Society Organizations – 2024 (Presentation)
No full textThis presentation was created by the Legal Team and delivered by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) for the RTI workshop organised by the Econ Team as part of an assignment. The English version was prepared by the legal team and subsequently translated into Sinhala and Tamil. The Sinhala version was used for the RTI workshops conducted in Matara (30th July 2024), while the Tamil version was used for the RTI workshop held in Jaffna (16th July 2024).The presentations used by Verité Research at two RTI workshops for Civil Society Organizations provide a comprehensive overview of the RTI (Right to Information) Act. They cover key topics such as the scope of the RTI Act, effective strategies for filing RTI requests, and the RTI process. Additionally, they explain how to appeal if requests are denied, share lessons learned from practical experiences with RTI, and detail the RTI strategy and its optimal use.
These materials aim to educate participants on the process of filing and obtaining information through RTI requests, with examples of how Verité Research has successfully used RTI in its work to hold the government accountable
Budget Promises: 2023 End Year Assessment - Infographics
No full textThis infographic was posted on the Public Finance Platform in English, Sinhala and Tamil.For the end-year assessment of the 2023 budget, the top 25 expenditure proposals, worth LKR 49.3 billion, along with seven regulatory proposals, were tracked. The proposals were categorized into five groups based on their level of openness, similar to previous years: "closed," "restricted," "uncooperative," "responsive," or "open." Additionally, they were assessed based on the extent of their implementation under the categories: "unclaimed," "undisclosed," "fulfilled," "substantial," "partial," "poor," and "broken." The findings were disseminated via 6 infographics in English, Sinhala and Tamil
මාර්ගගත සුරක්ෂිතතා පනතට එරෙහිව දියත උයන මංසන්ධියේ පැවැත්වූ විරෝධතාවය රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On January 24, 2024, the Socialist Youth Union and Civil Society Organisations held a protest against the Online Act on the Security of Online Systems at the Diyatha Uyana intersection in Baththaramulla. Sirasa, Hiru TV, Siyatha, Swarnawahini and TV Derana reported the protest during their prime Sinhala news bulletins on the same day. Rupavahini and ITN did not cover the event
‘ගණිකා නිවාස’ වෙනුවට ‘ලිංගික සේවා සපයන ස්ථාන’?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 19, 2024, the Dinamina and Mawbima newspapers reported on the raid of two sex service establishments. Both newspapers used derogatory terms such as “Ganika niwasa” (ගණිකා නිවාස) and “Ganika madam” (ගණිකා මඩම්), which contribute to the sexual objectification of women and promote marginalisation and negative attitudes. Media is advised to avoid such terms, especially in negative contexts, as their use is considered unethical
මව්බිම ජනතා පක්ෂ නායක දිලිත් ජයවීර ප්රධානත්වයෙන් ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ දී පැවති හමුව රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් විකාශ සහ සිංහල පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කර ඇත්තේ කෙසේ ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On June 11, 2024, media reported that Dilith Jayaweera, an entrepreneur and the leader of the Mawbima Janatha Party, had attended a special meeting organised by Sri Lankans in Australia on June 10, 2024. This infographic shows the media that covered and those that did not cover the news in Sinhala television main news broadcasts and Sinhala language newspapers on June 11, 2024. Only TV Derana and the Aruna newspaper covered the story, while several major media organisations, including Sirasa, Hiru TV, Siyatha, Swarnawahini, Rupavahini, and ITN television channels, along with the Lankadeepa, Divaina, Dinamina, Mawbima, and Ada newspapers, did not report the story