Journalism trainings on skilled labour migration gets underway

CIR’s latest training and in-depth reporting initiative “Reporting for Change on Skilled Migration” will kickstart in June with the first training workshop scheduled to be held in Colombo.

The three-part training series will be delivered by two senior journalists and CIR founders, Dilrukshi Handunnetti and Shihar Aneez. 

Dilrukshi is an international award-winning investigative journalist and a certified trainer in journalism in many disciplines including labour migration. She is a co-founder and a director of CIR and serves as a board member of several regional media and human rights organizations. Dilrukshi has delivered multiple trainings on international labour migration in Sri Lanka and abroad. She has extensively reported on the sector and has undertaken multiple country reporting under international journalism fellowship schemes. Dilrukshi devises time at home and abroad, undertaking journalism trainings an reporting gigs.

Shihar is an international award-winning investigative journalist who has specialized in economic reporting and data journalism. Having served as Reuters correspondent in Colombo for over a decade, Shihar currently functions as the Consultant Editor at EconomyNext, a high-quality web-based business news platform. A co-founder of CIR, Shihar is also the current Executive Director at the center. He is a well-known journalism trainer who works in Sri Lanka and across Asia.

The training series will offer an opportunity to 60 select journalists to learn about international labour migration as well as journalism best practices in reporting on the sector. Half of the trained journalists will be eligible for reporting fellowships.

නිපුන ශ්‍රමික සංක්‍රමණය පිලිබඳ පුහුණු වැඩසටහන් මාලාව ආරම්භයට සූදානම්

විමර්ශනාත්මක වාර්තාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානය විසින් මෙහෙයවන නවතම පුහුණු සහ වාර්තාකරණ වැඩසටහන “වෙනසක් සඳහා වූ නිපුණ ශ්‍රමික සංක්‍රමණ වාර්තාකරණය” 2023 ජුනි මස ආරම්භයේදී කොළඹදී පැවැත්වේ.

වැඩසටහන් ත්‍රිත්වයකින් සමන්විත මෙම පුහුණු වැඩසටහන් මාලාව ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදීන් මෙන්ම විමර්ශනාත්මක වාර්තාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ සම-නිර්මාතෘවරුන් වන දිල්රුක්ෂි හඳුන්නෙත්ති සහ ෂිහාර් අනීස් විසින් මෙහෙයවනු ලැබේ.

ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මානලාභී විමර්ශනාත්මක මාධ්‍යවේදිනියක් වන දිල්රුක්ෂි, ශ්‍රම සංක්‍රමණය ඇතුළු බොහෝ විෂයයන් සඳහා සහතිකලත් ජනමාධ්‍ය පුහුණුකාරිනියකි. ඇය විමර්ශනාත්මක වාර්තාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ සම-නිර්මාතෘවරියක් සහ අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරියක් වන අතර මාධ්‍ය සහ මානව හිමිකම් පිළිබඳ කලාපීය සංවිධාන කිහිපයක අධ්‍යක්ෂ මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකාවක් ලෙසද කටයුතු කරයි. දිල්රුක්ෂි විසින් අන්තර්ජාතික ශ්‍රම සංක්‍රමණය පිළිබඳ පුහුණුවීම් ගණනාවක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේදී සහ විදේශයන්හිදී මෙහෙයවා ඇත. මෙම ක්ෂේත්‍රය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පුළුල් වාර්තාකරණයක නියැලී ඇති දිල්රුක්ෂි ජාත්‍යන්තර මාධ්‍යවේදී සහයෝගිතා වැඩසටහන් හරහා විවිධ රටවල වාර්තාකරණයේ යෙදී තිබේ. ඇය සිය කාලය කළමනාකරණය කර ගනිමින් සිය රට තුළ සහ විදේශයන්හි නිරන්තර පුහුණු සහ වාර්තාකරණ කටයුතු වල නිරත වෙයි.

ෂිහාර්, ආර්ථික වාර්තාකරණය සහ දත්ත මාධ්‍යවේදය පිළිබඳ විශේෂඥ දැනුමක් ඇති ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මානලාභී විමර්ශනාත්මක මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකි. දශකයකට වැඩි කාලයක් කොළඹ රොයිටර් වාර්තාකරු ලෙස සේවය කර ඇති ෂිහාර් වර්තමානයේදී වෙබ්-පාදක ව්‍යාපාරික පුවත් වේදිකාවක් වන EconomyNext හි උපදේශක කර්තෘ වශයෙන් කටයුතු කරයි. විමර්ශාන්තමක වාර්තාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයෙහි සම-නිර්මාතෘවරයෙකු ද වන ෂිහාර් එහි වත්මන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂවරයා ලෙස කටයුතු කරයි. තව ද ඔහු මාධ්‍ය පුහුණුකරුවෙක් ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ ආසියාව පුරා සිය සේවය ලබාදෙයි.

මෙම පුහුණු මාලාව මගින් තෝරාගත් මාධ්‍යවේදීන් 60 දෙනෙකුට අන්තර්ජාතික ශ්‍රම සංක්‍රමණය පිළිබඳව මෙන්ම වාර්තාකරණ යහ පිළිවෙත් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවබෝධයක් ලබා ගැනීමට අවස්ථාව සැලසේ. පුහුණු වැඩසටහනට සහභාගි වන මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගෙන් අඩක් වාර්තාකරණ පුහුණුව සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබයි.

CIR இன் சமீபத்திய மற்றும் ஆழமான அறிக்கையிடல் முயற்சியான “திறமையான தொழிலாளர் புலம்பெயர்வு மாற்றத்திற்கான அறிக்கையிடல்” ஜூன் மாதம் ஆரம்பமாவதோடு அதன் முதல் பயிற்சி செயலமர்வு 2023 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜூன் மாதம் ஆரம்பப்பகுதியில் கொழும்பில் நடைபெற ஏற்பாடுசெய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.

மூன்று பகுதிகளை கொண்ட இந்த பயிற்சித்தொடர் சிரேஷ்ட ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் மற்றும் CIR இன் ஸ்தாபகர்களான தில்ருக்ஷி ஹந்துன்னெத்தி மற்றும் ஷிஹார் அனீஸ் மூலம் நடாத்தப்படும்.

சர்வதேச விருது பெற்ற புலனாய்வு ஊடகவியலாளரான தில்ருக்ஷி ஹந்துன்னெத்தி தொழிலாளர் புலம்பெயர்வு உட்பட பல்துறை சார் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட ஊடகவியல் பயிற்றுவிப்பாளருமாவார். மேலும் அவர் CIR இன் இணை ஸ்தாபகரும் பணிப்பாளரும் பல பிராந்திய ஊடக நிறுவனங்கள் மற்றும் மனித உரிமை அமைப்புகளில் குழு அங்;கத்தவராகவும் கடமையாற்றிவருகிறார். தில்ருக்ஷி சர்வதேச தொழிலாளர் புலம்பெயர்வு தொடர்பில் பல பயிற்சிகளை இலங்கையிலும் வெளிநாடுகளிலும் நடாத்தியிருக்கிறார். அவர் இந்த துறையில் மிக விரிவாக அறிக்கையிட்டுள்ளதோடு சர்வதேச ஊடகவியல் கூட்டுறவு திட்டங்களின் கீழ் பல நாடுகளினதும் அறிக்கையிடல்களை மேற்கொண்டுள்ளார். தில்ருக்ஷி உள்நாட்டிலும் வெளிநாட்டிலும் ஊடகவியல் பயிற்சிகளையும் அறிக்கையிடல்களையும் மேற்கொண்டு வருகிறார்.

ஷிஹார் அனீஸ் சர்வதேச விருது பெற்ற புலனாய்வு ஊடகவியலாளராவதுடன் அவர் பொருளாதார அறிக்கையிடல் மற்றும் தரவு ஊடகவியலில் சிறப்பு தேர்ச்சிபெற்றிருக்கிறார். ஒரு தசாப்த காலமாக ரொய்ட்டர் செய்தி சேவைக்கான கொழும்பிற்கான நிருபராக கடமையாற்றியதோடு தற்போது அவர் இணையத்தை அடிப்படையாக கொண்டு இயங்கும் உயர் தரம் வாய்ந்த வணிக செய்தித்தளமான EconomyNext இன் ஆலோசக ஆசிரியராக பணியாற்றிவருகிறார். இவர் CIR இன் இணை ஸ்தாபகரும் தற்போதைய நிறைவேற்று பணிப்பாளருமாவார். மேலும் அவர் இலங்கையிலும் ஆசிய பிராந்தியத்திலும் பணியாற்றும் நன்கறியப்பபட்ட ஊடகவியல் பயிற்றுவிப்பாளருமாவார்.

இந்த பயிற்சித்தொடர் சர்வதேச தொழிலாளர் புலம்பெயர்வு மற்றும் இத்துறையில் சிறந்த ஊடகவியல் நடைமுறைகள் பற்றிய பயிற்சியை தெரிவுசெய்யப்படும் 60 ஊடகவியலாளர்களுக்கு வழங்கும். பயிற்றுவிக்கப்பட்ட ஊடகவியலாளர்களில் முப்பது பேர் மேலதிக ஆழமான அறிக்கையிடலுக்கான பயிற்சிகளை பெற தகுதிபெறுவர்

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