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About JNW

JNW provides timely, well-sourced news headlines via text messages to reach you on your mobile phone wherever you may be.
Concisely written text news reach you faster and more conveniently than news delivered via other media such as internet, radio or television. As JNW news is delivered to your mobile, you won’t miss key news headlines and events when they happen.
At all times, JNW aims to be a facilitator of sharing news, views and experiences by citizens. i.e. JNW aims to be driven by public news priorities and needs.
Started by a group of journalists, JNW reports Sri Lankan news for Sri Lankans and those who want to be informed of happenings in the island.

JNW pioneered SMS breaking news in Sri Lanka and is one of the first in the Asian region. JNW commenced operations in April 2006. JNW together with Mobitel was the first to launch SMS news in Sri Lanka in June 2007.

Our Ethics

JasmineNews has a strong focus on ethics.
We believe in the following:

1) Ensure headlines are non-judgmental with clear observations.
2) Correct all misleading and incorrect headlines immediately with a clear CORRECTION tag.
3) Ensure ethnic diversity among journalists so as to reduce bias.
4) Make news available to those who request it on a pay-what-you-can basis.
5) Aim to be a trilingual news service.
6) Aim to reinvest in improving the quality of news, and operate as a public service.
7) We believe news gathering is not independent of the people whom around news is centered and their needs come first.
8) Pay an adequate salary to journalists.
9) At all times, facilitate a sharing of information and experiences by subscribers and public alike.
10) Source all news clearly and provide names of sources quoted on the JNW web site. Verify all headlines from at least 3 different sources.

JNW started reporting news in April 2006 and is accredited with the Information Department of Sri Lanka.
The policies of JNW are based on communication best practice such as work of Marshall Rosenberg in Nonviolent Communication cnvc.org.

Editorial

JNW has team of freelance reporters and staff with experience working for a number of leading Sri Lankan and international news agencies.

Our Subscribers

JNW is currently available on Mobitel and Tigo networks.

Technology

JNW is backed by cutting-edge technology provided by Mobitel and other telecom operators which ensures JNW mobile news is delivered to subscribers on any network in Sri Lanka.

Support JNW

Jasmine Newswires has a team of regional freelance reporters who act as eyes and ears in their communities and are in a position to relay regional news. JNW aims to strengthen the capacity of these journalists. JNW news services, based on direct contact with the public via mobile telephony, also supports a new model of public journalism that places the potential of reporting in the hands of the public.

Reviews

JNW services have been reviewed by writers such as on the following sites:

ICT For Peacebuilding

Techie And The Media

Industry

Those interested in reading further about SMS news services and its various applications can visit the following sites:

Textually.org

SMS Text News

ICT For Peacebuidling

Txt2nite.com

w3.org

LIRNEasia

techcrunch.com

Contact Us

Tel : +94-115-630496
Fax : +94-115-542000
Mob : +94-777-598770
Email : contact@jasminenews.com

6 Responses to “ About JNW ”
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shivanthi de silva said:

I am reguler viewer in your web site your news update accuratley and faster but name of your web site is not attractive at all when i convey to my friends of jasmin news they were not attract to your web site name so as a reguler viwer I suggest you please change name of your web sit becaue jasmin is not attractitve name to your web site it will healp to more pepole read news jasmin is not a name for a news related web site i am suggest you because i am working a s creative director in a leading advertising comany

5-21-2007 at 00:16

H De Mel said:

I had heard of your News recently & was wondering who u were. I have subscribed to your news via my Mobitel Cell phone recently. While congratulating u on a Real SL fast News service that will make ALL SL’s proud to be a SL..especially now as so many Big foreign news Co’s give slanted, biased views due to various facts..much angering many SL’s that live here & around the World but its hardly ever countered by anyone. Even the famous BBC which we hear daily on the local SLBC English Radio from early am till midnght too is guilty of this while the SL Radio broadcasts these errors & All. I saw that another had suggested u change your name..At least so ALL will clearly know who u are..pl try to add SL after your name,..JNW-SL

10-2-2007 at 17:51

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CA-(JNW) said:

Dear H De Mel,
Thank you very much for your comments and feedback. We are news agency started by a group of Sri Lankan journalists, and we are very much focussed on public perception and views on news, and we would like readers such as yourself to be at the center of this process and help determine reported news.

Thank you for your suggestion. We will definitely look at a way of implementing it.

10-3-2007 at 00:14

mk.damodaran said:

BUSH BEARS TOO MANY “TWO” AND SO MANY “SEVEN”!
President George W Bush delivered his final State of the Union address on January 29.This date has great prominence as far as Bush is concerned.Number 29 adds up to 2.
numbers 2 and 7 have a lot to do with Bush.In fact these numbers have exerted enormous influence on him.
The name”GEORGE W BUSH” contains 11 letters.Eleven adds up to two.
It was on September 11 that the terrorists struck at the heart of the US.
The occult number of his name is 47 which adds up to 2.
He is the 2nd US President from his family.He was elected President for 2 times.For the second time,he was elected in the November 2 election.
Bush has 2 daughters-twins!
The Us started war against Iraq on March 20(2+0=2)
The marriage of Bush was in the month of November,the 11th month(1+1=2)
Now,see the influence of number 7.
His name begins with the 7th alphabet “G”.
His twin daughters were born on November 25(2+5=7).
He is the 43rd US president(4+3=7).
Firstly he was elected President in the November 7 US Presidential election.
When the election was challenged in the court,it was the State of Florida that rescued Bush.This state had 25(2+5=7) electoral college members.
7 Judges of the US Supreme Court pronounced the verdict against recounting of votes in Florida .That tilted the balance in favour of Bush!
The Us started war against Afghanistan on October 16(1+6=7).
Bush is now 61 years old(6+1=7).Since the age represents 7 this age is very crucial for him.
I had numerologically made the following predictions about Bush through THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS daily:
1)His victory in the November 7,2000 election.
2)That Bush would ultimately lose out to Saddam in the Iraq affair.
3)That Bush would not be elected President for the 2nd time(this prediction was proved incorrect).
M.K.DAMODARAN,numerologist
cheneppurath@gmail.com

1-31-2008 at 13:18

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Janaka said:

Im getting your hot news thro mobitel to my phone…Actualy its a gooooooooooooooooood concept….but I need say if u can improve in speed n more news….bcos we need hot hot news…. i wish to continue this service……….thanking youuuuuuuuuu….try to be improved….

0716 966 966

2-22-2008 at 10:06

Sajith said:

11 JVP members join Wimal in support. The JVP is split.

4-8-2008 at 15:41


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