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දිවි තොර කරගැනීමක් පිළිබඳව ප්රශංසනීය වාර්තාකරණයක්!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-19)On January 10, 2024, the "Ada" newspaper reported on the suicide of an individual detained at the Mount Lavinia Police Station. The article included helpline numbers, which is commendable and reflects responsible reporting. -
කාටූන් හරහා කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතිකරණය කිරීමෙන් වලකිමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-16)On January 11, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the arrest of two individuals in Bandaragama for verbally sexually harassing three female police officers in civilian clothes. The report included an inappropriate cartoon ... -
ආගමික කණ්ඩායමකට සම්බන්ධ බවට සැක කෙරෙන දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් හතක් සිංහල, ඉංග්රීසි පුවත්පත් සහ රූපවාහීනි සිංහල පුවත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-04)This infographic illustrates how seven suicides, suspected to be linked to a religious group, were reported in Sinhala and English newspapers on 4 January 2024 and on prime Sinhala television news bulletins on 3 January ... -
‘ජාවාරම්කරු’ යෙදුම භාවිතා කිරීම එතරම් අපහසුද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-04)On January 02, 2024, the Divaina had reported two news stories related to drug dealers who were referred to using the derogatory terms “Jawaramun” (ජාවාරමුන්) and “Jawaramaku” (ජාවාරමකු). This usage violates media ethical ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් කෙතරම් යෝග්ය සිරස්තලයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-05)On January 5, 2024, Aruna newspaper reported on the arrest of two suspects on charges of organizing a beauty pageant and luring women into sexual crimes. Although the news content mentions that sexual harassment occurred, ... -
මත්ද්රව්ය ඇබ්බැහියකින් යුතු බවට පැවසෙන අයෙකුගේ දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා සහ පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-03)This infographic shows how a suicide incident in the Angampitiya, Padukka area, allegedly linked to drug addiction, was reported in newspapers and television channels. Hiru and Derana television channels on January 02, ... -
"සුද්දන්" ද? විදේශිකයන් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-03)On December 28, 2023, Dinamina reported that a group of foreign nationals had an accident while visiting Sinharaja Forest. The headline used the derogatory term "සුද්දන්ගේ" (Suddange) to refer to foreigners based on skin ... -
“සුරූපී” - අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-02)On December 28, 2023, Hiru news covered an incident of a sudden death of a nurse employed at the Colombo General Hospital. The report referred to the deceased nurse using the term "සුරූපී” (surupi)" which contributes to ... -
සැකකරු ආබාධ සහිත වීම පුවතට අදාළ වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-02)On December 19, 2023, Dinamina, Lankadeepa and Aruna newspapers reported an investigation incident leading to the arrest of a lecturer for brutally torturing a foster girl. The headline of the Dinamina news story used the ... -
"අයිස් ලෝලියෙක්", "මතට ලොල්" - සුදුසු ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-11-22)On November 19, 2023, the privately-owned Derana TV and Hiru TV channels reported an incident in which they used derogatory terms such as "Ice loliya" (අයිස් ලෝලියා), “Mathata lol pemvatha” (මතට ලොල් පෙම්වතා) and “Pemvathiya ... -
"ජාවාරමා" ද? "ජාවාරම්කරු" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-11-01)On November 1, 2023, the Divaina, Aruna, Lankadeepa, and Dinamina newspapers reported the arrest of a drug dealer who was referred to using the derogatory term "Jawarama" (ජාවාරමා). This usage violates media ethical guidelines. -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නා වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-16)On 10 August 2023, Sinhala newspapers reported the murder of a former police officer who was tied to a tree and beaten to death. Aruna used insensitive and sensationalised language in its headline to describe the incident. ... -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නා සිරස්තල(ය) කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-10)On 9 August 2023, Sinhala newspapers reported on the murder of a man in his mid-fifties, who was beaten to death by relatives of both himself and his girlfriend over his relationship with a 19-year-old woman. Newspapers ... -
මෙම සිරස්තලය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස? - අන්නාසි ගසක් ගලවන්න ගිය දෙදරු පියා ගල් තලාවකින් පත බෑවෙයි
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-04)On August 4th 2023, Aruna newspaper reported an incident in which an individual tragically lost their life after falling from a rock while attempting to remove a pineapple bush. The newspaper used sensationalised and ... -
වඩාත් සුදුසු හා සංවේදී සිරස්තල(ය) ලෙස මින් ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නේ කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-04)On 3rd August 2023, Sinhala newspapers reported an incident where a corporal tragically passed away due to a sudden health issue while attempting to retrieve a deceased body in the Great Western mountain range. Lankadeepa ... -
2023 මැයි දින සැමරුම් සිංහල පුවත්පත් මුල් පිටු සිරස්තල ඇසුරින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On May 2, 2023, several Sinhala language newspapers reported on the International Worker's Day (මැයි දින) celebrations organised by various political parties on May 1, 2023 in their front page headlines. Mawbima and ... -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නා සිරස්තල(ය) කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-17)On 13th August 2023, Mawbima newspaper reported on a murder case involving a female suspect, describing her as "Sundari" (සුන්දරී). Such references to physical appearance can contribute to the objectification and stereotyping ... -
මෙම පුවතට වාර්ගිකත්වය අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-23)On 21st August 2023, Dinamina reported on the arrest of three individuals for illegally butchering cows. In the report, the individuals’ ethnicities were highlighted, despite being irrelevant to the incident. Such reporting ... -
සැකකරුවන්ගේ අනන්යතාවය හෙළි කළ යුතුද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-22)On 21st August 2023, Dinamina reported on the arrest of a couple in connection with an arson incident, revealing the identities of the individuals involved. In contrast, Mawbima and Aruna covered the same incident without ... -
"අපෝ අපෝ මහතා" - මෙම කතුවැකිය ගැන ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-17)On 2nd August 2023, the Dinamina editorial commented on an incident where singer Umara allegedly mispronounced the word "Matha" (mother) as "Mahatha" (Sir) while singing the national anthem at a cricket-related event. While ...