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Media Fest 2026 is happening TODAY – Sri Lanka’s biggest gathering of journalists, editors, publishers, media professionals, content creators, and students.
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මහ කොමසාරිස් @santjha මහතා විසින් දෙවන වරටත් කොළඹ දී පැවැත්වෙන @SLIMFA මාධ්ය උළෙල 2026, ජනමාධ්ය නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය කෞශල්යා ආරියරත්න මැතිනිය සමඟ එක්ව සමාරම්භ කළේය. (1/3)
Inaugurated the 2nd edition of @SLIMFA Media Fest 2026 in Colombo along with Hon. Deputy Minister of Mass Media Dr. Kushalya Ariyarathne.
Under the theme “Staying Relevant in a Changing World,” the festival brought together media professionals from Sri Lanka and India, including distinguished Indian journalists Ms. @smitaprakash, Ms. @maryashakil and Mr. @MalikAshok, to discuss trust and credibility in journalism, holistic media strategies and the changing dynamics of audience engagement.
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The 2nd edition of the @SLIMFA Media Fest held in Colombo! 🇱🇰🤝🇮🇳
Inaugurated by High Commissioner @santjha and Hon. Deputy Minister of Mass Media Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne, this year's MediaFest tackles a crucial theme: “Staying Relevant in a Changing World.”
Building on the success of 2025, the event brought together top journalists, editors, academics, and digital creators from Sri Lanka and India to navigate the future of media.
@MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy
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@SLIMFA Media Fest 2026🇮🇳🇱🇰
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🎙️ SLIMFA මාධ්ය උළෙල සාර්ථකව අවසන් වේ!
දෙවන වරට කොළඹ දී පැවති @SLIMFA මාධ්ය උළෙල 2026 මහ කොමසාරිස් @santjha මැතිතුමා සහ ජනමාධ්ය නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය කෞශල්යා ආරියරත්න මැතිනිය විසින් විවෘත කරන ලදී.
පළමු SLIMFA මාධ්ය උළෙල 2025 වසරේදී සාර්ථකව පැවැත්විණ. මෙවර මාධ්ය උළෙල ඉන්දියාවේ සහ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ මාධ්යවේදීන්, කර්තෘවරුන්, මාධ්ය වෘත්තිකයන්, විද්වතුන් සහ ඩිජිටල් නිර්මාණකරුවන් රැසක් වෙනස් වන මාධ්ය ක්ෂේත්රය පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡා කිරීම සඳහා එකට එක් කරමින් "වෙනස් වන ලෝකයක යාවත්කාලීනව සාර්ථකව රැඳී සිටීම" යන තේමාව යටතේ පැවැත්විණ.
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🎙️ SLIMFA ஊடக பேரமர்வு !
@SLIMFA ஊடக பேரமர்வு 2026 ஐ கௌரவ வெகுஜன ஊடகத்துறை பிரதி அமைச்சர் டாக்டர் கௌசல்யா ஆரியரத்ன மற்றும் உயர் ஸ்தானிகர் ஆகியோர் ஆரம்பித்துவைத்தனர்.
2025 இல் நடைபெற்ற வெற்றிகரமான முதலாவது பதிப்பை அடுத்து “மாற்றமடையும் உலகுடனான ஒத்திசைவு” என்ற தொனிப்பொருளில் நடைபெறும் இந்த அமர்வில் இந்தியா மற்றும் இலங்கையைச் சேர்ந்த முன்னணி ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் , பத்திரிகை ஆசிரியர்கள், ஊடக நிபுணர்கள் மற்றும் டிஜிட்டல் படைப்பாளர்கள் ஒன்றிணைந்து வளரும் ஊடக செல்நெறி தொடர்பாக கலந்துரையாடியிருந்தனர்.
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දෙවන @SLIMFA මාධ්ය උළෙල කොළඹ දී සාර්ථකව පැවැත්වේ! 🇱🇰🤝🇮🇳
මහ කොමසාරිස් @santjha මැතිතුමා සහ ජනමාධ්ය නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය කෞශල්යා ආරියරත්න මැතිනිය විසින් සමාරම්භ කරන ලද මෙවර මාධ්ය උළෙල "වෙනස් වන ලෝකයක යාවත්කාලීනව සාර්ථකව රැඳී සිටීම" යන වැදගත් තේමාව යටතේ පැවැත්විණ.
2025 වසරේ මාධ්ය උළෙලේ සාර්ථකත්වය තවදුරටත් ඉදිරියට ගෙන යමින් පැවති මෙවර මාධ්ය උළෙල සඳහා මාධ්යකරණයේ අනාගතය ගවේෂණය කිරීමට ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සහ ඉන්දියාවේ ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ මාධ්යවේදීන්, කර්තෘවරුන්, විද්වතුන් සහ ඩිජිටල් නිර්මාණකරුවන් රැසක් සහභාගී වූහ.
ANI හි ප්රධාන කර්තෘ සහ නියෝජ්ය ප්රධාන විධායක නිලධාරි @smitaprakash; India Today හි කළමනාකරණ කර්තෘ @maryashakil සහ The Asia Group හවුල්කරු @MalikAshok යන මහත්ම මහත්මීන් ඇතුළු ඉන්දියාවේ මාධ්ය ක්ෂේත්රයේ නායකයන් සහ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ මාධ්යවේදීන් රැසක් මාධ්ය උළෙල සඳහා සහභාගී වූහ.
පැවති සැසි අතරතුරදී විශ්වාසය සහ විශ්වාසනීයත්වය, තිරසාර මාධ්ය උපාය මාර්ග සහ වේගයෙන් වෙනස් වන තොරතුරු ක්ෂේත්රයක වෙනස් වන ප්රේක්ෂක හැසිරීම ඇතුළු වත්මන් මාධ්ය ක්ෂේත්රය හැඩගස්වන කරුණු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගවේෂණය කරන ලදී.
@MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy
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@SLIMFA ஊடக பேரமர்வின் இரண்டாவது பதிப்பு கொழும்பில் நடைபெற்றது ! 🇱🇰🤝🇮🇳
@SLIMFA ஊடக பேரமர்வு 2026 ஐ கௌரவ வெகுஜன ஊடகத்துறை பிரதி அமைச்சர் டாக்டர் கௌசல்யா ஆரியரத்ன மற்றும் உயர் ஸ்தானிகர் ஆகியோர் ஆரம்பித்துவைத்தனர். “மாற்றமடையும் உலகுடனான ஒத்திசைவு” என்ற தொனிப்பொருளில் இப்பேரமர்வு நடைபெற்றது.
2025 இல் வெற்றிகரமாக நடைபெற்ற பேரமர்வின் தொடர்ச்சியாக இந்த அமர்வில் இந்தியா மற்றும் இலங்கையைச் சேர்ந்த முன்னணி ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் , பத்திரிகை ஆசிரியர்கள், ஊடக நிபுணர்கள் மற்றும் டிஜிட்டல் படைப்பாளர்கள் ஒன்றிணைந்து ஊடகங்களின் எதிர்காலம் குறித்து ஆராய்ந்தனர்.
இந்த அமர்வில் இந்தியாவின் முன்னணி ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் ANI துணை பிரதம நிறைவேற்று அதிகாரியும் பிரதம ஆசிரியருமான ஶ்ரீமதி @smitaprakash, இந்தியா டுடே முகாமைத்துவ ஆசிரியர் ஶ்ரீமதி @maryashakil மற்றும் ஆசியா குழும பங்காளர் ஶ்ரீ @MalikAshok மற்றும் இலங்கை ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் கலந்துகொண்டிருந்தனர்.
நம்பிக்கை மற்றும் நம்பகத்தன்மை, நிலையான ஊடக உத்திகள், மற்றும் வேகமாக மாறிவரும் தகவல் சூழலில் கேட்போரது நடத்தையில் ஏற்படும் மாற்றங்கள் உட்பட இன்றைய ஊடக கட்டமைப்பை வடிவமைக்கும் விடயங்கள் தொடர்பாக இந்த அமர்வுகள் ஆராய்ந்தன.
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Thank you for the wonderful opportunity @SLIMFA
A productive day with plenty of learning and networking!
@IndiainSL @santoshm @IndianDiplomacy – at Sri Lanka
Media Fest 2026 | Inaugural Session Highlights 🎬
What an inspiring start to Media Fest 2026, Sri Lanka's biggest media festival!
#MediaFest2026 #SLIMFA
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🎙️ SLIMFA Media Fest returns!
High Commissioner @santjha and Hon. Deputy Minister of Mass Media Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne inaugurated the 2nd edition of @SLIMFA Media Fest 2026 in Colombo.
Following the successful inaugural edition in 2025, the festival returned under the theme “Staying Relevant in a Changing World,” bringing together leading journalists, editors, media professionals, academics and digital creators from 🇱🇰 and 🇮🇳 to discuss the evolving media landscape.
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The Mediafest , Summary of the Day
By Santosh Menon the Festival Director – Media Fest 2026
#LKA #SriLanka #Mediafest #Mediafest2026 #SLIMFA #India
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The Media Fest , Vote of Thanks
Shehan Baranage – Vice President – SLIMFA
#LKA #SriLanka #Mediafest #Mediafest2026 #SLIMFA #India
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The Mediafest , Keynote address by Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa, M.P.
#LKA #SriLanka #Mediafest #Mediafest2026 #SLIMFA #India
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Keynote Address by Marya Shakil focussing the Audience Shift – From Readers to Viewers, From Media to Personalities
#LKA #SriLanka #Mediafest #Mediafest2026 #SLIMFA #India
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The Mediafest, Panel Discussion on the Audience Shift – From Readers to Viewers, From Media to Personalities
Moderator by Dhananath Fernando
Panelists Marya Shakil , Namini Panditha, Mahieash Johnney , Indika Sakalasooriya
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Asked @maryashakil at #TheMediaFest why Indian channels bring news + opinion into prime time. Her answer: 24hr news needs something extra, so editors step in as opinion makers.
But it leaves the big question open. When opinion leads, do facts still get the front seat?
Vote of Thanks 👏
Shehan Baranage, Vice President of SLIMFA, delivered the Vote of Thanks, expressing appreciation to the speakers, panelists, sponsors, partners, organizers, volunteers, and everyone who contributed to the success of Media Fest 2026.
Closing Session: Summary of the Day
Santosh Menon, Festival Director of Media Fest 2026, wrapped up an inspiring day by reflecting on the key discussions, ideas, and takeaways shared throughout Sri Lanka's biggest media gathering.






















