Practical: Writing for Print Media

Paper Code: 
JMC 126
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Objectives: 

This course will enable the students to -

  • Write reviews of books, movies, theatre play, etc.
  • Translate the stories from Hindi to English and vice –versa.
  • Write opinion, feature, article, editorial and conduct interview.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

JMC 126

Practical: Writing for Print Media

CO25:Students would have  knowledge  about the basics of  hard and soft news writing

CO26:Students would be able to understand different writing techniques.

CO27:Students will have the knowledge of writing non newsy stories.

CO28:Students will be able to translate the stories from Hindi to English and vice –versa.

CO29:Students would be trained in conducting interviews indoor and outdoor.

 

Approach in teaching:

Lecture cum Discussion

Tool(Power Point Presentation)

Analyzing different newspaper reports

Case study methodology can be applied.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Engage students in writing in news format

Analyzing different non-newsy stories in different mediums

Translate stories from Hindi and English newspapers.

Students to conduct interview of in-house and outdoor individuals

Class test,

Continuous Assessment Test

Semester end examination

Assignments

 

15.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

 

Translation: News, Articles, Features.

 

 

 

10.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Reviewing News and Analyzing Newspapers. Writing Reviews: News, Book, Theatre, Film and Art, Music and Literature

15.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Opinion Writing: Editorial, Article, Feature, Column Writing

10.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Conducting Interviews.

10.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Writing Letter to the Editor.Writing News for Different Beats.

Essential Readings: 
  1. Aamidor, A. (2006). Real Feature Writing. London. Routledge.
  2. Abraham, Raimole. (2010). Journalists and Environment News. New Delhi.Kanishka Publishers and Distributers.
  3. Ahmad, Shahzad. (2005). Journalism: News Coverage. New Delhi.Anmol Publications.
  4. Frost, C. (2001). Reporting for Journalists. London. Routledge.
  5. Kundra, S. (2005).Reporting Methods. New Delhi.AnmolPublications.
  6. Parthasarathy, Rangaswami. (2014).Here is the News :Reporting for the Media. New Delhi. Sterling Publishers.        
  7. Randall, D. (2006).The Universal Journalist. London. Pluto Press.
  8. Spark, David and Harris, Geoffrey. (2011). Practical Newspaper Reporting. New Delhi. Sage Publication.
  9. Stovall, J.G. (2011). Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. New Jersey. Prentice Hall.
  10. Wheeler, Sharon. (2009). Feature Writing for Journalists. New York. Routledge.

 

References: 
  1. Aamidor, A. (2006). Real Feature Writing. London. Routledge.
  2. Abraham, Raimole. (2010). Journalists and Environment News. New Delhi.Kanishka Publishers and Distributers.
  3. Ahmad, Shahzad. (2005). Journalism: News Coverage. New Delhi.Anmol Publications.
  4. Frost, C. (2001). Reporting for Journalists. London. Routledge.
  5. Kundra, S. (2005).Reporting Methods. New Delhi.AnmolPublications.
  6. Parthasarathy, Rangaswami. (2014).Here is the News :Reporting for the Media. New Delhi. Sterling Publishers.        
  7. Randall, D. (2006).The Universal Journalist. London. Pluto Press.
  8. Spark, David and Harris, Geoffrey. (2011). Practical Newspaper Reporting. New Delhi. Sage Publication.
  9. Stovall, J.G. (2011). Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. New Jersey. Prentice Hall.
  10. Wheeler, Sharon. (2009). Feature Writing for Journalists. New York. Routledge.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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