Archive for August, 2008

Ban on scantily clad female cheerleaders

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Pro nationalistic Sinhala language Sunday Divaina has an interesting article today by columnist Chandrasiri Dodangoda criticising the ban on scantily clad female cheerleaders at cricket matches. It is worth reading this column by a veteran journalist who had been with the newspaper since its inception in 1981. Hats off to Dodan, the ...

‘Reverse Swing’ in Journalism

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Some journalists still practice the 'reverse' feature in Adobe pagemaker software to change the side of the picture on a page layout which helps to fine tune a newspaper page. However, practice had been criticised for changing the whole scenery creating a reverse perception on the reader. It is unfortunate ...