Practical: Reporting and Editing for Print

Paper Code: 
CJMC 202
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.
  2. Understand the nitty-gritty of speacialised reporting.
  3. Write and edit various types of write-ups for print media.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

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Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

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Paper Code

Paper Title

CJMC 202

Practical: Reporting and Editing for Print

CO32: Students would be able to understand the basics of reporting.

CO33: Students would be able to familiarize themselves with different types of reporting.

CO34: Students would be able to create understanding of specialized reporting.

 CO35: Students would be able to develop the general understanding of art culture and sports reporting and crime reporting.

CO36: Students would be able to edit the stories.

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, report writing, coverage of news, translations, editing stories
         

 

 

10.00
Unit I: 
I
  • Working on a beat
  • Covering of Beats- Crime, Courts, City Reporting, Local Reporting, Medical and Health, Education, Sports
  • Covering speeches, Meetings and Press Conferences, Political Reporting

 

15.00
Unit II: 
II
  • Interviewing: Research, Setting up the interview, Conducting interviews
  • Writing News Leads, Writing News Story: Inverted Pyramid Format
  • Body of the story
  • Attribution and Verification

 

15.00
Unit III: 
III
  • Understanding Features: Writing types of features: Human Interest Stories, Leads for features
  • Writing Articles on Current Issues
  • Writing Headlines for various piece of stories
  • Clicking pictures for news and features, using images and graphics

 

10.00
Unit IV: 
IV
  • Writing editorials
  • Editing News, Features and Articles
  • Comparison between Supplements and Pull outs
  • Writing Column

 

10.00
Unit V: 
V

Case studies on Media Trial.

Essential Readings: 

Suggested Text Books:

  • Reporting for the Media (2001-2015). Fred Fedler; Bender. Oxford University Press, USA
  • Reporting Methods (2005). S. Kundra, Anmol Publication, New Delhi.
  • Techniques of Feature Writing and Mass Communication (2011). Neha Arora, Random Publication, New Delhi.
  • Writing for the Media (2010). Usha Raman. Oxford University Press, New Delhi
  • Writing For the Media (2015). Latha Nair. Ane Books, New Delhi

 

Suggested Reference Books:

  • Newspaper Vocabulary (2002). Umesh Arya,. Anmol Publication. New Delhi
  • News Reporting and Writing (2010). Brooks, St. Martin's Press, New Delhi
  • Om Prakash Pandey (2021). Bharat Vaibhav. National Book Trust. New Delhi
  • Dharampal (2022). Bharat Ka Swadharma. Setu Prakashan. Uttar Pradesh
  • Dharampal (2021).The Beautiful Tree-Indigenous Indian Education In The Eighteenth Century. Rashtrotthana Sahitya. Karnataka. 
  • Dharampal(2000).Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century.  Other India Press.  Goa

 

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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