Print Journalism and Production (Practical)

Paper Code: 
DJMC602A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives 

This course will enable the students to conceptualize content for newspapers and create relevant material for magazines.

Course Outcomes (COs): 

Course

Learning outcomes 

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Course Code

Course

Title

24DJMC 602 A

Print Journalism and Production

(Practical)

CO234: Conceptualise content for different Newspapers and experience the working pattern of various print media platform.

CO235: Create relevant content for different types of Magazines and familiarize themselves with the basics of writing for magazines.

CO236: Create designs and Layouts for Broadsheets and Tabloids. They will learn patterns of designing for various pages of Broadsheets and Tabloids. 

CO237: Create and design Newspapers using editing software 

CO238: Create and design Magazines using editing software.

CO239: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

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, writing news, articles, features, producing newspaper and magazine, learning page designing softwares

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Crafting Content for Newspapers
  • Writing for Newspaper, News Writing and Opinion Writing.
12.00
Unit II: 
Crafting Content for Magazines
  • Writing for Magazine-Articles, Features, and Reviews.
12.00
Unit III: 
Concept to Creation: The Design Process and Page Makeup
  • Production of Newspaper and Magazine
  • Understanding Principles of Layout and Design
  • Design process, Page make-up   
12.00
Unit IV: 
Creating Newspaper
  • Designing newspaper using Software
12.00
Unit V: 
Creating Magazine
  • Designing magazine using Software
Essential Readings: 
  • Here is the News! Reporting for Media (2010). Rangaswami Parthasarthy. Sterling Publishers Ltd.
  • Journalism Reporting (2005).  Seema Sharma. Anmol Publications. New Delhi.
  • News Coverage Reporting and Editing (2010). Shymali Bhattacharjee. Kanishka Publishers. New Delhi.
References: 

Suggested Readings:

 

  • News Reporting Presentation and Style: Principles and Practices (2009). Suhas Chkravarthy, Kanishka Publishers. New Delhi.
  • Newspaper Feature Writing (2006).  Len Granato. Anmol Publications. New Delhi.

 

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Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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