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The following is an alphabetical list of journalists from the Asian country of Sri Lanka This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Also: Sri Lanka: People: By occupation: Mass media people / Non-fiction writers: Journalists Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Frederica Jansz is a Sri Lankan journalist and former editor of The Sunday Leader.. During her time at The Sunday Leader, she was highly critical of Sri Lanka's government. Jansz became editor of the paper after her predecessor Lasantha Wickrematunge was assassinated, and fell subject to frequent intimidation and harassment, including numerous death threa
The case against Sri Skandharaja was later restarted and is currently postponed. [63] Relangi Selvarajah, a freelance journalist working for the state-owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, and her husband Sinnadurai were shot dead in Bambalapitiya, Colombo on 12 August 2005.
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.
Vadivel Nimalarajah is a minority Sri Lankan Tamil proof reader for the newspaper Uthayan in Jaffna. He has been missing after being abducted on November 17, 2007, after working overnight in the Uthayan newspaper office. Uthayan has been specifically targeted for its independent reporting by the Sri Lankan military and the paramilitary group EPDP.
He was the founder of the free media movement in Sri Lanka. [5] In 1990s, he founded the popular newspaper Lakbima. [4] He was the editor of the Kumari newspaper published on May 9, 1979. [13] He was a close friend of late Vijaya Kumaratunga in last five years of his life before assassination. [14]
By the time of his death, Wickrematunge was widely regarded as the finest journalist Sri Lanka had produced and the embodiment of journalistic values. [269] [270] [271] Wickrematunge's brand of journalism was at times regarded as controversial. Wickrematunge was viewed by his critics as being excessive in his anti-government criticism of excesses.