Jan 11, 2022

Batch of 2024: Students share their lockdown routine in interactive classroom session

 

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 

The students of the Batch of 2024, B.A. (Hons.) Journalism attended their Introduction to Journalism class on Tuesday, November 11, 2022, taken by Dr. Vartika Nanda.

 

The class commenced on an insightful note where students discussed the articles they wrote on various writing exercises undertaken by them in the course of online education as well as their daily lifestyle during the COVID-19 lockdown. Several students shared their views on the pros and cons of online education while others presented an unfiltered glimpse of their day to day activities during the pandemic.

 

A powerpoint presentation explaining the different ways to organise news stories was also showcased by a group of students as a part of the interactive session. The presentation defined, simplified and elaborated media-related terminologies such as 'by line', 'credit line', 'leads', 'body of a news story', among others, with examples, providing an in-depth and integrated smart learning experience to all students.

 

The students are delighted to receive the best possible interactive learning even in the virtual mode and continue to be regular and participative to make full use of the opportunity.

 

Written by:

Riya Upadhyaya

Batch of 2024

B.A. (Hons.) Journalism

Lady Shri Ram College for Women

  

Monday, January 10, 2022

 

Batch of 2024: Lecture on 'Inverted Pyramid' style and '5Ws and 1H'

 

The following report presents the gist of the Introduction to Journalism lecture on Monday, January 10, 2022, attended by the Batch of 2024, taken by Professor Dr. Vartika Nanda.

 

The class commenced with a presentation on some real-life news stories adhering to the ‘Inverted Pyramid’ style including the '5Ws and 1H' format in the lead paragraph. The examples helped students understand the basics of the inverted pyramid structure and explained how it can be best put to use.


This discussion was followed by a comprehensive presentation by a group of 5 students on the concept '5Ws and 1H' as it is adopted in the news media. The presentation was helpful in enabling a deeper understanding of factual news stories among the students.

Finally, the students were asked by Dr. Nanda to prepare a news report on the latest developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as online education based on the concepts discussed in the lecture. The topic ‘Organizing a News Story’ was decided for discussion in the next lecture.

 

Written by:

Nandini Rikhee

Batch of 2024

B.A. (Hons.) Journalism

Lady Shri Ram College for Women

 

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

The lecture conducted on the inverted pyramid writing style for the paper, Introduction to Journalism was a very informative one. Since this concept makes up the crux of a journalistic article, learning about it was valuable and practical.