Course Structure
Price On RequestUNIT 1- INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM History of Journalism, Concept, Dimension, Growth, Importance, Requirements, Ideals, Nature, Objectives, Purpose Functions. What is News? Definitions, Nature of News, Qualities of News, News Value, Hard Soft News. Orientation Perspective, Objectivity Fairness, News as a process, Verification, special interests. Why is News Important - Difference between News Information -Journalism Communication - Stories of High Interest - Celebrity Journalism, Trends in modern journalism - Influence of TV channels on serious news reporting in print media-Sensationalism Entertainment. News Media Operations: How news media functions? Three Modes of Daily Journalism, National media - How it nationalizes the news? Agenda setting function of the National media, New categories of News, Approaches of Journalism. Press Organisations. News Agency Journalism, History, functioning role of National and International News Agencies, Feature, Syndicates UNIT 2 - NEWS WRITING AND BEYOND NEWS WRITING Types area beyond news writing, importance of beyond news writing, writing skill important points. Reporting of cultural events. Editing , Layout, Printing, Proof Reading, Introduction to New Technologies of Print Media Concept of reporting, Journalism is the discipline of gathering writing reporting news broadly it includes the process of editing presenting the news articles. Writing skills, Hindi English typing, copy paste, justify formatting enhance communication skills writing, feature, story, editorial, review etc. Writing For Magazines: News - Angles - Structure Organisation - Human Interest Stories writing feature - Articles, Editorials, Letters To The Editor, Book Reviews, Film Review, Sports Reviews. UNIT 3 - TYPES OF REPORTING AND EDITING Principles of reporting, functions and responsibilities, writing news - lead - types of leads; body - techniques of re-writing - news agency copy. Reporting techniques - qualities of a 'reporter - news - elements, sources - types ,problems in reporting - attribution - off - the - record - embargo - pool reporting; follow - up. Crime, courts, health, civil administration, civic, culture, politics, education beats. Editing-Nature and need for editing. Principles of editing, editorial desk, functions of editorial desk, copy-editing preparation of copy for press - style sheet - editing symbols, proofreading symbols and their significance., Functions and qualifications of a sub-editor and chief--sub editor, copy selection and copy testing. Structure and functions of newsroom of a daily, weekly newspaper and periodicals, different sections and their functions. Headlining - principles, types and techniques. UNIT 4 - LAYOUT, DESIGNING AND USE OF COMPUTER Newspaper Make - Up: Layout of The Page, Inside Page Make - Up, Using sketches, using boxes, Graphics, cartoons Pictures, Caption writing styles ,Using Photographs: Pix have a purpose, Picture pages, . Front Page :Its Importance As The Face Of A Daily Newspaper, Logic Of Gradation And Treatment And Positioning Of Items; Balancing News And Make - Up Requirements; " Late News Types of Editorials Morning And Dak Editions: Types of Editions, readership Surveys, The decline in Readership. Emerging Trends In Newspaper Presentation. Computer Application for Journalism- Page Maker, Interfacing, Working with text, Page Setup, Printing, Formatting Techniques; Graphics and Drawings. Corel Draw Environment, Working with Objects, Outing, Clipart and Symbols; Control of Object Outlines - Text Creation and Alignment - Bitmap Graphics - Conversions - Graphs - Cartoons - Use of colors in publishing concepts.