Sri Lanka, Sept. 1 -- Ranga Kalansooriya, PhD, the Asia Regional Advisor of International Media Support (IMS) for the past 17 years, has compiled his book 'The Youthquake', drawing on experiences from five countries - Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Indonesia. He examines how networked citizens fight for accountability, transparency and good governance without waiting for legacy media. The book is scheduled to be launched on Monday September 07 at the BMICH.

Ranga has gained international media development experience in both Asia and Africa. He is also a member of the Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute and holds Sri Lanka's first Ph.D. in Journalism. A former Director General of the Department of Government Information, Sri...