Presentation made at 20th World Editors Forum in 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand.

1. When the world’s media has moved on
Sanjana Hattotuwa, Groundviews,
www.groundviews.org

2. Post-war media “freedom”

3. Sri Lanka #162 out of 179
RSF, Press Freedom Index 2013

4. Over-reported
Government led infrastructure development
& cricket scores

5. Under-reported / Un-reported
Systemic violence & human rights abuses post-war

6. Custodial murder
Ganesan Nimalaruban’s mother

7. Police shootings
Covering up State brutality

8. The end of war
Zero civilian casualties vs. ground realities

9. Mass graves
From 2009 to end of 2011

10. Bearing witness
Impeachment of Chief Justice

11. Rally against impeachment of CJ
Goons mingle freely amongst Police

12. Recording human rights
#unlk at 22nd HRC sessions

13. Islamophobia
Documenting its rise in post-war Sri Lanka

14. State complicity
In religious extremism

15. Failure of MSM
Supine, seeking favour, unprofessional

16. Tamil student arrests
Out of sight, out of mind

19. Militarisation of society
New media bear witness

20. Recording for posterity
Wordpress, Blogger,
Facebook, Twitter,
Google+, YouTube,
Vimeo, Bundlr, Storify,
Vimeo, SoundCloud,
Flickr, Infogr.am,
Typeform, Google Maps,
Google Earth,
Timeline.js, Tiki Toki,
Ushahidi CrowdMap,
OpenStreetMap, SMS,
Mobile Apps, HTML5

21. Their stories matter
Tech secondary

22. Thank you
All photos via Vikalpa Flickr, www.flickr.com/vikalpasl