TV Reporting

Paper Code: 
PTV 153
Credits: 
4
10.00
Unit I: 

News and News values- Understanding of news, Changing notions of news, News values, Factors affecting News selection.

10.00
Unit II: 

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.

15.00
Unit III: 

News story- facts and figures, objectivity, Accuracy, Balance, Fairness, Sources of News.

10.00
Unit IV: 

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.

10.00
Unit V: 

Reporting Trends- Human interest Stories, Development Reporting, Business and Finance, Sports, Science and environment. Trend of Sensationalism and breaking news.

References: 

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: 
2018-2019
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