TV Reporting

Paper Code: 
PTV 153
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00

News and News values- Understanding of news, Changing notions of news, News values,

Factors affecting News selection.

 

12.00

Writing a News Story, Structure of a News story-The inverted pyramid, Chronological style, Five W’s and One H, Leads, The body of the story.

12.00

News story- facts and figures, objectivity, Accuracy, Balance, Fairness,

Sources of News.

12.00

Different areas of reporting- Crime, Disaster, Accident, Legislature and Parliament, Covering Elections, Reporting Budgets, Covering Public speeches, Meetings and Press conferences.

Specialized Reporting- Interpretative and Investigative.

12.00

Reporting Trends- Human interest Stories, Development Reporting, Business and Finance, Sports, Science and environment.

Trend of Sensationalism and breaking news.

Essential Readings: 
  1. News Reporting and Writing, 9th Ed.—Melvin Mencher, Mcgrew-Hill-2003
  2. The Journalist Handbook—MV Kamath
  3. Journalism as a profession—MV Kamath
  4. Writing and Reporting News—KM Shrivastava, sterling publishers,2003
  5. Reporting Science—KS Jayaraman
Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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