On 12 August 2024, Aruna and Dinamina used the term "දූෂණය" (dushanaya) in both headlines and content when reporting the Thanamalwila sexual assault incident. In contrast, Ada and Divaina used the more appropriate term ...

On 12 August 2024, Lankadeepa reported an incident at a hotel in Wadduwa involving Chinese and Nepalese nationals, using the derogatory term “චීන්නු” (Chennu) in the headline and “චීන ජාතිකයන්” (Chinese nationals) in the ...

On 11 August 2024, Aruna newspaper published a report on suicide that included several ethical violations: oversimplifying the cause of suicide, disclosing the method used, not publishing helpline information, publishing ...

This infographic shows how the triple murder and suicide involving a police officer in Inginiyagala, Monaragala on August 4, 2024, was prominently covered in Sinhala television headlines that day and in the front pages of ...

On 12 August 2024, Hiru TV used the terms "කෙළෙසූ" (kelesu) and “හදි කිරීම්“ (hadi kireem) in news subheadings when reporting the Thanamalwila student’s sexual assault case. The announcer, however, used the more appropriate ...

The triple murder and subsequent suicide of a police officer in Inginiyagala, Monaragala, on August 4, 2024, was reported by English, Sinhala, and Tamil newspapers on August 5. However, only Ada Sinhala newspaper included ...

The reports published on 29 July 2024 and 2 August 2024 in Dinamina used the term 'keleseema' (කෙලෙසීම) in headlines to describe the sexual assaults. This term implies impurity or uncleanliness and unfairly stigmatizes the ...

On August 1, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported on two incidents involving Chinese nationals. In reporting the incident where they were victims, the report used the term “චීන ජාතිකයන්” (Chinese nationals), and in the second ...

On 5 August 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a four-slide post in its “Ethic of the Week” series. It offers guidance for media professionals on reporting underaged sex crimes and child abuse.

On 31 July 2024, Lankadeepa and Dinamina reported that a police constable attended a liquor party at the home of a local drug dealer and allegedly assaulted another person while on duty at the North Central Inter-Provincial ...