Practical: Journalistic Writing

Paper Code: 
GJMC 201B
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Understand the process of gathering information and writing news for different beats.
  2. Understand the process of feature writing and it’s types.
  3. Understand the process of writing news for TV and Radio.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

GJMC 201B

Practical: Journalistic Writing

CO45: Students will know about the basics of news writing.

CO46: Students will be developing the knowledge of the theory, methods, and practice of gathering information and writing news.

CO47:Students would be able to understand different writing techniques.

CO48: Students will have the knowledge of web writing.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

15.00
Unit I: 
I
  • Writing News for Newspapers.
  • Hard News vs. Soft News,
  • Applying 5 Ws and 1 H Formula.
  • Basic components of a news story - Brevity, Dateline, Credit line, Byline.

 

10.00
Unit II: 
II
  • News Writing vs Opinion Writing,
  • Reading and Reviewing Newspapers and Magazines
15.00
Unit III: 
III
  • Exploring Various Sources of news.
  • Different Pieces of Writing: Editorial, Article, Feature, etc.

 

10.00
Unit IV: 
IV
  • Writing for Radio- News, Interview and Discussion 

 

10.00
Unit V: 
V
  • Writing for Television – News, Interview and Discussion.
  • Writing for Web

 

Essential Readings: 

Suggested Text Books:

  • How to Write Report and Write the News(2010). Rajesh Kumar. DPS Publishing House, New Delhi.
  • The Basics of Media Writing- A Strategic Approach (2013). Scott A.Kuehn & Andrew Lingwall. SAGE, London.
  • Changing the News- The Forces Shaping Journalism in Uncertain Times (2011). Edited by Wilson Lowrey and Peter J. Gade. Routledge, New York.
  • Writing Reports (2002). John Seely.Oxford University Press, New York.

 

Suggested Reference Books:

  • News Coverage, Reporting and Editing (2013). Jamal Shekh. Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd. New Delhi
  • Media and Society – Production Content and Participatiop (2015). Nicholas Carah& Eric Louw. SAGE, London.

 

References: 

E-Resources:

 

Reference Journals:

  • Media Watch
  • The Indian Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism
  • Journal of Media and Communication
  • Amity Journal of Media and Communication Studies
  • International Journal of Communication
  • Critical Studies in Media Communication

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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