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SLPI launches ‘Hot Desk’ for journalists on the move
View(s):The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) launched a ’Hot Desk’ with computers, for journalists on the move, to attend to their work. The computers were donated by Rangana Fernando, in memory of his late father, Elmo Fernando, a former BBC Correspondent in Sri Lanka.
The computers were handed over at a ceremony held at the SLPI on Tuesday (16) to launch the biography of the late Elmo Fernando, with Minster of Media & Parliamentary Reforms, Gayantha Karunathilaka as Chief Guest.
The concept of the ‘Hot Desk’ is to provide journalists on the move, a location with computers and internet facilities, to report and research information, in support of their work. This initiative has also enabled the SLPI to be a Wi-Fi zone where Journalists could work with their own devices. SLPI CEO, Kumar Lopez said, “The SLPI is a place which the media community patronises often, and this facility will be of much support to journalists and students of journalism.”
Journalists on the move can access this facility by producing their media card at the SLPI located at, 96, Kirula Road, Colombo 5.
From Left to right : Rangana Fernando, Kumar Lopez and Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka