Course contents:
Unit 1-Understanding News
Ingredients of news
News: meaning, definition, nature
The news process: from the event to the reader (how news is carried from event to
reader)
Hard news vs. Soft news, basic components of a news story
Attribution, embargo, verification, balance and fairness, brevity, dateline, credit line,
byline.
Unit 2-Different forms of print-A historical Perspective
Yellow journalism
Penny press, tabloid press
Language of news Robert Gunning: Principles of clear writing Rudolf Flesch
formula- skills to write news
Unit 3 Understanding the structure and construction of news
Organising a news story, 5W's and IH, Inverted pyramid
Criteria for news worthiness, principles of news selection.
Use of archives, sources of news, use of internet
Unit 4 Different mediums-a comparison
Language and principles of writing: Basic differences between the print, electronic
and online journalism
Citizen journalism
Unit 5- Role of Media in a Democracy
Responsibility to Society
Press and Democracy
Ethics in journalism
Contemporary debates and issues relating to media
Readings:
Bruce D. Itule and Douglas A. Anderson. News writing and reporting for today's media; McGraw Hill Publication, 2000,
M.L.. Stein, Susan Paterno& R. Christopher Burnett. News writer's Handbook: An
Introduction to Journalism: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
George Rodmann. Mass Media in a Changing World, Megraw Hill Publication, 2007.
Carole Flemming and Emma Hemmingway. An Introduction to Journalism; Vistaar Publications, 2006.
Richard Keeble. The Newspaper's Handbook; Routledge Publication, 2006
Additional readings:
Vartika Nanda: Media Laws and Ethics: Kanishka: 2018
Vartika Nanda: Radio Journalism in India: Kanishka: 2018
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