The Journalist Collective meeting was held 04th of October at Subasinghe Hall of Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research Institute under the theme of “Future of Using Social Media”. The meeting, which was held under the intervention of the Right to Life Human Rights Center, was attended by journalists at national and regional levels.
Mr.Dulan DassanaykeHuman, Editor of “Aithiya” human rights website explained the objectives of the collective and recalled the past activities and summary of the discussions. The discussion focused on social media, the current status of local journalists and the challenges they face. They also discussed what they could do in the future as a journalist.
Philip Dissanayake, Executive Director of the Right to Life Human Rights Center and Editorial Board of the Right to Life website were among the large number of invitees present at the meeting.